When you sell your personal stuff, do you usually make a profit?

I do. The first time I re-sold something was in the early 80’s. My husband and I were newly weds. We rented a house that had a fireplace. We wanted a wood burning, stand alone stove to use in place of the fireplace, so we bought a brand new one from a stove dealer for $350. However, being the dumb asses we were we didn’t think to clear it with our landlord first.
Landlord said, “Hell no!” of course. So then I took out an ad to sell the stove. Got a hit pretty quick and he paid the $400 I was asking.

We paid $27,000 for our land and tractor, sold them together last year for $35,000.

The most recent example is a couch table I had purchased from Goodwill for $25. I just loved it, loved the idea of a table behind a couch to put pictures on, or whatever. However…our living room just isn’t big enough, and there was no other place to put it, so I put it up for sale on a buy/sell/trade page on FB for $40.

Got a hit immediately, and she’s on the way to pick it up.

Do you usually make a profit on things you sell?