Originally Posted by
jonwvara
The labor doesn't concern me, because my time isn't worth a great deal, but shouldn't I at least recover my out-of-pocket costs? Probably not, I guess. A more realistic way to look at that money would be to compare it to money spent on movie tickets or restaurant meals. In other words, it was spent, enjoyed, and is now gone forever, with no expectation of clawing any of it back.
Makes sense, right? So why can't I seem to do that?
One “benefit” I factor in to what I sell and for how much is the time I spent riding it and the benefits accrued from that use. In other words, if I have $300 into a bike, ride it for a couple of years, and then sell it for $200, I don’t see that $100 as a loss but instead as usage cost. So for roughly $50/year or $4/month, I was able to ride and enjoy the bike and now someone else can.