Reminder about whether to strip wire or not

Has anybody that strips wire ever actually weight what they start with and what they end with? Up until recently, the only wire I would strip was cable out of computer monitors and TVs (only the heavy gauge stuff). Not too long ago I scrapped degaussing cable

Turns out I was actually making nothing (or close to nothing.) If I stripped the small gauge wire, I was actually losing a little.

But over all, I don't strip wire, just like I don't strip lead out of car batteries. It would end up being too much of a hassle and I would end up getting payed about the same.