“cherrybim – why not? you’re not my friend?”
No, I’d love to be your friend. But, it’s me, not you.
For whatever reason, I don’t really appreciate recycled shaloch manos. I put a lot of effort into preparing and giving shaloch manos and people really feel good when I give it to them and enjoy the food which I prepare. You won’t find my shaloch manos being recycled.
For the actual mitzva of shaloch manos, the recipient must feel good about it. In other words, you are not yotze if you give a niggardly shaloch manos to a choshuv or wealthy person because he expects better.
So, while I will accept your recycled shaloch manos, don’t depend on me to be the one that you are yotze the mitzva with.