How do you know when to sell?

My Igon is the only fellow who's come into Turtle House as an intended doll... who's not going to stay. With him, I made the choice after taking a good, long look at his face one morning, and realizing that no matter what I did to him, he wasn't going to be the doll I wanted him to be. He just doesn't have that potential in him. And I don't have space or time to deal with another random doll... So, that was that.

There are others here that I haven't really connected with as well as some of their cohorts... and I look at them once in awhile and consider selling them... but it never feels quite right. I end up wondering if I would miss them, and err on the side of caution.

Someday, I'll look at them and not wonder any more. That'll answer the question one way or the other.

 

It kind of depends since different people collect for different reasons ...

I collect them to materialize characters that I have in my mind. If I feel the doll does not embody that character too well, then I start to wonder. Second, if I see another doll and think... I want that doll more than such-and-such doll that I currently have, then I wonder more. Finally, if I feel someone can love the doll better than I can... I seriously start to consider it. It's nice to have a doll because it's pretty but if there's someone who can enjoy it not only for being pretty, but for filling the image of a character that they have~ then I would rather that that person has the doll instead of me :3.

I was lusting over one boy for so long, then when I got him, he was gorgeous! But I found he had so much personality, it was something I couldn't work with so I am passing him on to someone who I am pretty sure has great plans for him.

 

I had this problem also several times with my doll. . .
I had her and I was really happy 'just to have the doll'.
Then I went to the internet to search for clothing patterns and I discovered that there were other dolls which I liked more than this one.
Which makes me 'not love' her more, is seeing other dolls do such great poses which my doll can't because she's strung too tight and I can't restring her.
Now I'm 3 months further and I decided to keep her. I've done her face-up again and made some clothes for her which makes her already a couple of times cuter.
The only thing which I still don't like of her, is the fact that she can't pose nice. . .
And yes, I still have sometimes moments which I think "I'm going to sell her". . .
But there's something in me which says "don't". . .

 

I usually sell a floating head if I've had it for a year or more and havn't bought it a body yet.

I havn't sold any full dolls, but I'm guessing that I would decide to sell if I didn't feel inspired to change their faceup, wig or eyes for an extended period of time.

The put them back in the box idea is a good one. I put my dolls into a dark closet for safe, sun-free storage and it drove me batty until I brought them all back where I could see them again.

 

Same here ^^ I think most doll owners might get doubts and question their dolls' presences from time to time. But in the end it comes down to personal feelings. I love each one of my boys and would hate seeing any of them go. Petty problems like posing and maybe not having the best sculpt/body/whatever in the world wouldn't bother me as much as not having the doll, so I decided to keep my family together. To me, they're each perfect in their own way, so I have no desire to sell them anymore.

Except that floating El head, which I have no desire to do anything with at all and I don't like at all anymore. I think if that's the feeling with a doll, they're probably better off sold. I would say...when the creativity and feelings towards a doll dry up completely, they probably may be better moving on. Still, I keep the head for makeup experimentation ^^;

 

Having the same kind of issue, here.

 

I know what ya mean, sorta, when I got Farera, my first doll, I was so happy, then I got Eien and Tori, then Claudia, then Candy, then Lecaria.... and I don't seem to have enough time for all of them I do take them with me almost every where I go but I can only take so many of them, and the others just sit at home. Sometimes I'll not even touch one of them for days and not relized it until I see a think line of dust on their face! I've always thought about selling all my other dolls exept Farera, that way I could give undivided attention to him/her and have lots of money to spoil Farera to death! ...However I just can't bring myself to sell my other darlings cause it would just hurt too much if I saw pic's of them later on, and I know Farera would be lonely with-out his/her friends *sigh* I suppose it'll never make much sense

 

This is something that many of us struggle with - your question has been merged into an older thread dealing with similar issues.

You may also find some interesting posts in this thread -

"Ever fall out of love with a doll?"
http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37493

 

Erm. Thank you...

 

I really really wanted a Sweet Dream Mimi and I did get one but when I got her home, there was something odd or different then what I expected. Maybe see looked to much like a pixy or elf or looked to real nest to my DD. I posted a feeler here and found someone to take her, but then we some how clicked and I couldn't get rid of her. I felt really bad for the person who wanted her but Sweet Dream Mimi is my dream doll.
I'm having a similar experiance with my DD at the moment, I don't like her DD head. So I think I'm going to get her a CP Miyu head. I love the DD body and I love Hitomi so I don't want to sell her so I'm hoping this change will make all the differance.

 

I find that if I've actually done something with my doll or worked on their face or modded them, I love them more. I have a few limiteds and find that I love my worked-on ones better. I'm not quite sure why this is, but I know that I will sell the limiteds before I sell the ones I worked on. Maybe it's because I've put so much effort into them.

 

I have thought in selling my first doll, a Yen, a lot of times... I always thought that his faceup was the best and if it were damaged my doll will be ugly...

He has being wearing the same makeup from DOD during two years and six months and I was REALLY tired of him. Three days ago I redid his faceup thinking on selling him if it resulted a mess...

But now I love him a lot, he's the best and I never will think in selling him anymore.

 

Hehehhe, I've just read this old thread, and now I HAVE your Dean,( who I call Vince), and he has completely changed, and now he is my Harry Potter, and I LOVE him to bits....
So I suppose I want to say, even if YOU don't love/bond with your doll, someone else will, so don't worry about selling him/her....

 

I loved my Red when I first got him but then I started getting more boy dolls & he just sort of fell to the side. Their wasn't a spark there & he didn't really fit the character he'd said he was. I thought about adding to his face-up & giving him eyelashes but then I had a chance to do a trade for a doll I really wanted & he was out the door.

In general, I'd say if a doll isn't talking to you anymore then it's time to examine why you're keeping it. If it still pulls at your heart strings, then give it another chance but if it's cold then it's time to part ways.

 

Okay, I cannot decide if I want to keep my Mythdoll Diya, I love her but I do NOTHING with her. At all. The last thing I did was awhile back when I blushed her nipples and gave her a tat. Since then I haven't even made her new clothes. (I've never made just her clothes that I can remember...) And I only bought her eyes just so she would have them, and well, her wig is crap but she's always last!

I know this sounds crazy but I feel horrid for not paying more attention to her but I find that my boys are more demanding and she's a free spirit. (aka, she knows how to leave me alone. xx') But still, I've been on and off with selling her since september! So I'm going to put her in her box for a week and do the out of sight and see if I notice thing, but if I don't should I just bite the bullet and sell her? Because then I might be able to get my MSD's twin, but yeah... I just need some advice from the people here on DoA!

 

Doing a face up can do miracles. And it might sound silly when when you actually put a doll for sale you immediatly realise if you really want to keep her I'd suggest, trying to plau with the doll a little, trying styles ect... and then maybe putting a feeler

 

I've given her about three... xx' I have her story/character/everything, she just comes last... And I think it's unfair to her.. q.q (poor girl...) Maybe I will put a feeler....

(btw, totally random, I love you avvie. It's so cute, yet so true.)

 

i dunno, all i know right no is i really wish i ordered El but instead i ordered Mo. I'm gonna wait until Mo is here and i wish i thought longer before ordering but I luv Mo' sculpt anyway so i'll see when he is here and live with me for at least 3 months before i decide. For now i save up! (start in March) for El if i still want him but don't wanna part with Mo. (unlikly to sellm i get attached easily)

 

I had a doll I was having trouble liking. I also did her first face up and wasn't happy with the results.
I will also probably never buy a long haired wig again... They're way too much trouble to deal with...

I was thinking of selling her, but I knew the crappy face up was one of the major reasons I didn't like her much, so I decided to give her one last try. Her new face up isn't perfect... Actually the biggest problem is that my sealant was almost out, and it started pealing off before I'd even finished the face up.
So, her face is a bit peal-ly, but I like the new faceup far better. I suddenly don't want to sell her anymore.

 

when I recently bought my Soom elf Uyoo, I had second thoughts, I had at one time a Soul Little Metel I bought second hand and try as i might i just couldn't like her, so I sold her...and when I bought the Uyoo I had that same fear...but when I got her, I thought she was so much cuter than the Little Metel..
But i did take her lip color off as it was so pale I could even see it and she will eventually get whole new faceup as soon as the new lashes and wig arrive..but I actually sewed her a small dress, which was no easy task for a non seamstress such as myself to sew a barbie size dress...but it turned out pretty good.

I have no plans to sell any right now, but a recently financial problem has come up and I have tinkered with selling my BB Alice..even though i love her in all her gothic goodness...she would bring me the money i need....but I am going to find another way to get out of my financial problem...
I have already sold three limiteds....because i needed to thin out the ones I didn't play with much.. and even though I don't do alot with my Chickie {bb alice} except change her clothes....she is well loved......
if the government wasn't so greedy I wouldn't have to even think about selling her.