How do you know when to sell?

Oh yeah I had to sell a very limited and extremely hard doll to find to help out my husband when he had to get a lawyer and I cried my eyes out literally. I knew she would go to a wonderful home with someone here on the forum and I only sold her to that person and no one else because they really wanted her. Life comes at you when you least expect it.....

 

Maybe you could just down-size her stuff. The Armadillo Queen outfit is pretty valuable in and of itself.

 

Been there done that. Last year I was in a very tight money crunch and off they went. I was very lucky and able to replace one of them this year. I mean if it is between a roof over my head and my doll, I will choose the roof over my head all the time.

 

I had to foster my DollTi WooYan out last year due to me having to look after my partners sick parents and could'nt work etc.......have you got anyone who would foster her for you?
They pay you what she's worth and they keep her until you can pay them back. Luckily i got someone i know to foster WooYan and paid them back bit by little bit until i had paid off the 'foster loan'.
It's worth a try ^_^

 

I've never had this problem, but I feel horrible for you! It must be really hard.

I would try combining Mamehisa's idea with eppieblack's, maybe that will help? I hope you come out of this with your dollie and a new apartment! Good luck!

 

Yep- I;ve sold dolls to pay rent and all sorts. >_> It does happen.

But I would say sell the outfits and stuff first. Sell the doll last- that way, you stand a chance of making money without losing you lovely girl.

 

I would also say to sell off her clothing and whatnot first. The last thing you want is to sell your doll and have a box of her things to make you miss her even more. Perhaps you will get enough to make it though the tight sopt you are in.

If I had the money I would love to foster her as I was thinking of getting a DES myself, but alas I cannot be of help at the moment. I would love to buy the armaidillo outfit as well if I had the money.

I totaly understand how it feels to think you need to sell a doll. I nearly put up my Catsy for sale due to missing work due to illness and having a sizable car repair bill.

 

I'm thinking about selling the clothing all first. But one thing i hate is if luts would discountinue their girl body type 1. Gr... I prefer it over 2.

 

Some I just knew I had to sell from the beginning. Others I thought about selling, but then they bonded with the others and it was perfect. I'm still feeling my last girl out, but I think once I get her some more clothes she'll become just as beloved to me as my four boys.

 

I'm afraid that's my experience with bjd most of the time... They very often don't look at all the same in 3D somehow, and I'm not content to own a doll that looks good to me only in pictures.

Raven

 

I think I knew when I picked up my girl, took off her head, and just tossed her body back in the box... Her head went into a seperate box and stayed there.

I knew when I felt that the money I had spent on her and my other doll should have gone to the one doll I had been mooning over forever, but was out of my price range. Now I feel cost is nothing. If I like the doll, I will save up and get it!

 

I think I will sell the clothes first. Geez... If needed I have enough fabric I can make her a dress so she isn't creeping out my roomates haha.

 

Hi,
I know many of us purchase dolls, and then need to, or decide to, sell dolls to get more dolls. I have done this too.

How do you decide which dolls to sell? Sometimes it gets more difficult to decide. I don't really want to sell my dolls now, but I really, really, want new dolls, and I just cannot use any new money to buy them. It drives me crazy to have to decide which dolls to sell.

I now have 6 Blythe dolls, 6 Fashion Royalty dolls and the tiny bjd dolls that are in my signature. How do I decide which to sell?

I cannot use new money because I need it for other things, not dolls.

Any help or suggestions is appreciated. How do you do it?

Thanks.


Adding: Sometimes I want to sell some of my dolls, but I look them over again and they are so cute. It is hard to let them go, even if I sort of want to. Crazy. Also, some of the dolls I have could not be purchased again for the price I paid. Like my Blythes. If I ever wanted some again, they would cost more now.
Some of the dolls I want now are limited. Only sold for a limited time. Ouch! Agony...

 

This is really a personal matter so Im not sure how universal my advice will be ^^; I dont sell dolls to buy new dolls often but i usually look for the ones that dont fit in or that I havent bonded with yet. You really have to ask yourself things like "who would I miss most?" to figure out who you could part with easily, or you can try placing one or two in a box for a few weeks and if you forget about them its probably ok to sell them without regret, or if you can stand leaving them in the box you probably shouldnt sell them. I tend to think of it also "who can I imagine living with someone else in a different home?" Its not always easy

 

Well, I just decide if I could live without the doll or not. And if I really prefer the new one to the old one, if I'm unsure because I haven't seen enough of the other doll to decide if I like it more or not, I don't sell the old one yet. Over time I may find the new doll wasn't as good as I thought it was at first and I'd regret selling my old doll to end up with this newer one I don't like as much. If you're selling your old dolls just because they're old dolls, you might regret it later, specially if you end up losing a lot of money on the deal.

If you're attached enough to your doll to not want to sell it, you should probably keep it until that changes. Or maybe try and sell something else for doll things? I sold my old bike to pay for a new doll outfit at one point, hehe. It's pretty easy for me to sell dolls, because I only sell them if I find something about them that really bothers me. Such as the head is bigger/smaller than expected, the posability isn't as pleasing as I'd hoped, the size is too big/small. If I can't find anything 'wrong' with the doll, I can't justify selling it, since it manages to please me in most ways, I can't guarantee another doll will.

 

Thank you Aurora and Rikka. I really appreciate your comments.

Please, I welcome more comments and help.
I can't be the only one in dolly sell agony...

 

My answer is simple: The one I'm least attached to. The question I always ask myself is "Do I want the new doll more than I want to keep my current doll?"

When I first started in the hobby, I accumulated a lot of dolls very quickly. I was lucky to be able to afford to do this. But there were a lot that didn't click as well as I thought they would. So they were easy to decide to sell, whether they were standards or limiteds. As I purchased new dolls, I became more selective in the qualities I looked for.

Now that I have a core collection I'm satisfied with, it is much harder to part with someone. But the question above is the one I ask myself each time. It makes me look very critically at the doll I am thinking of buying. Often, I'll find something about it that makes me realize it's just an impulse want, and not worth parting with one of my beloved characters over.

 

Ooooo, this is a tough question...I am trying to decide which of my dolls I can give up as well. I try to think of the ones I can live without. This is usually the ones that get the least of my attention, the ones I haven't really bonded with.

Good Luck with whatever you decide to do.

debbie

 

i have only had two BJD's total and now i only have one (i kept my first one and sold my second)

i decided to sell my second for many different reasons

1. while she is beautiful i bought her for the wrong reason, i bought her because she was a pretty female with hooves and i wanted to get a good match for my boy with hooves. i made up my mind before she was released that if soom released a pretty girl with hooves i would try to get her for siren. i have a way of talking myself into thinking a doll is right for me when i first see it (i know this now and am much more careful) she was an impulse buy and not for the right reasons

2. i bought her for siren, and it was out of his character to have a love interest (atleast for the time being) and it showed lol ive seen heliot and amber couples that look great together but mine didnt clash well.

3. later i realised my plans for her where really quite close to another doll i admired and i tried to think of a new one and couldnt and i realised she wasnt the right doll for me

so when i started thinking about how badly i wanted to have two of my other dolls home i realised i was excited to have them and siren. and not the girl. so i sold her and got the funds for my other two dolls (i wasnt able to buy them as i ended up borrowing the money to family in need, but i should be fully paid back in about two months) and even though i dont have them yet im happy with my decision. i know as pretty as she is she wasnt right for me and ill be happier with the other dolls

it sounds like your really attached to your dolls though so i wouldnt sell them. maybe sometime down the road you will have money for new dolls. if you sell one your really attached to the new one might not be as great as you might think it will be and you could end up really regretting selling your dolls.

 

I've never actually understood the idea behind selling a doll unless it's literally no longer wanted (or hated, meep, yeah get rid of it). I guess that's partly because I tend to be satisfied with what I have, or be glad to have what I have because I have lost many things I valued. Also I have been used to no or extremely low income for many years now.

I think also it has to do with the fact that I don't have a BJD yet. My first BJD purchase is actually for my girlfriend, and I am getting my very first actual doll (an Elfkin ^__^) next month. I wouldn't let a doll I like go simply to purchase another doll I think I like. I've seen people do this on DA, "I'm selling x doll to get y doll and I'm going to rebuy x doll later because I love him so!" .....*scratches head* Something's wrong with that picture. o_o;;