How do you know when to sell?

As someone who purchased a doll from a friend who was in a similar situation (she had multiple BJDs but only really did stuff for her Dollfie Dream, so she sold the others), I can sort of relate. She loved them, but she got a lot of joy out of how happy I was with her RS Ju and the stuff she got for her. Maybe you can look at it that way, and take comfort in selling the dolls to someone who will give them lots of love. ^_^ She also had them sitting in boxes for a long time, so I'd go with what Lula78 said and do that. If she hadn't done that, she probably wouldn't have wanted to sell them, or wanted to buy them back.

 

i've worried about this a bit myself. there are 4 dolls i have now, that are the most special to me, and i can't see that changing for any of them. however, i am getting 3 new ones in a short amount of time coming up, and i have worried that it will take time away from the ones that are really special to me. i'm worried that i will get too overwhelmed with all of them, and end up not enjoying it. but i'm not sure that will happen, though i can see that happening, and your situation is very understandable to me. i would take the advice of lula78, and put them away for awhile. just put them out of site, and focus on your core family for a few months, and see what you feel like then. don't worry! i'm sure it will turn out all right, and you will know what is best in the end!

 

Thanks for all the reply. It helps a lot.

Well I started with putting up my JID Benny for sale at the Norwegian bjd forum I`m a member of. I just never got used to her body and joints. About my Vian cat girl. I`ll let her stay for a while to find out how I feel about her. My Tender Elf Sha is coming home from gettting a new face-up very soon now. He could be a possible brother figure to her. They do look like the would fit very well together.

My DOI Luke Akira is safe even though I play very little with him. He is my very first doll so even if he sits a lot on the shelf, he do have a very special meaning to me. He represent the begining of my love and interests for bjds.

 

Hey, I once sold off my entire SD collection all at once! Collecting is a journey and sometimes it takes awhile for us to figure out which path is right for us. I, like you, was feeling overwhelmed and had the feeling that my collection just wasn't "right". For the longest time I couldn't figure out what was wrong...the dolls were gorgeous and had been purchased with the highest hopes. Each one had a fun character and had complete outfits, great faceups, the perfect eyes, wigs, shoes, etc. Yet I remained frustrated. So a few years ago I made the very difficult decision to just sell them all...and once they were gone, I was able to realize that it was their size that had been the problem all along. They were just too big and overwhelmed my small space. So I downsized to MSDs and have been happy ever since building the perfect collection for myself. I love each and every doll I own now and no longer feel overwhelmed or unhappy. It was the best decision I ever made! Sometimes, you just gotta do what you gotta do.

 

Then you and I are pretty alike when it comes to this situation you have been in and I am in now. And I don`t have that much doll space either. I also need to think about that there is more than dolls I need space for.

 

Most of my dolls have looked better in person. One or two I questioned when I opened the box. Body wasn't quite what I expected or face up was a little different. None the less I experiment with wigs and clothing. I gave them a chance and they all wound up growing on me after a few weeks. Sometimes accessories make all the difference.

 

I would give it a try, I just bought an unoa lusis for a week and don't really know if I can bond with her or not but I will give her a chance. Actually she's a love at first sight so I bought her as a second hand but when she arrives I just couldn't sure of it (may be because of her price that's make me guilt even if I use my money).

 

Clovers, I feel your pain! I'm getting an Unoa Lusis and I haven't even FINISHED paying for her and I feel guilty already! But she's my dream doll...

 

I have a bit of a dilemma. Basically, I've been thinking of selling my doll. I've had her for nearly a year and she is my only doll. Recently she's just been sitting in her box for weeks on end - if I had other dolls maybe this wouldn't seem so bad but I feel that she deserves to have more attention. Also, I'm a teenager, so I don't usually have much money. Ever since I bought my doll I've never quite been the same financially, and I'm really sick of having no money all the time, which is another factor contributing to my thoughts on selling her.
I just wondered if anyone had any advice for me - whether anyone else has been in a situation where they feel they aren't doing anything with their doll and could use the money more constructively. I still love my girl and everything and I would be sad to see her go (so sad in fact that I rather embarrassingly burst into tears when I was telling my parents I was thinking of selling), but I feel there is no reason for me to keep her.

Any advice or general thoughts would be appreciated

EDIT:
I was thinking also that she is a bit big for me (she's MSD) and that I'd be more comfortable with Puki-sized dolls that I could carry around more easily. Any thoughts from people who have switched from MSDs to tinies would also be appreciated

 

Typically, I'll know when I'm going to end up selling a doll almost immediately -- I don't get a a giddy happy feeling when I see it upon unwrapping it, for example. Sometimes I think I've "clicked" with a doll and then I'll grow lukewarm about keeping it. And then, of course, there are times when financially, it's just smarter to sell a doll or dolls to get money for something more important.

The dolls (and their varied accruements) are too expensive to just be "ok" with, at least that's how I approach them. You might as well sell the dolls you aren't 100% about so you can move on to something else you'll enjoy more.

 

has anyone had this experience, and then grown to love the doll more and more as time goes on, until you couldn't imagine parting with them?
I think I am pretty happy with my dolls, but I would not say that I would love it too much to parting with them. however, I think this is sweet though.
Or is it more likely that if the doll doesn't 'click' from the beginning, then you're never going to be completely happy with them, and the best option is to sell them and try another doll?
I want my dream doll for a long time untill I got one. I still like it a lot. I have not find a doll that might replace the one I have now. Maybe because it is my first doll and I have a special feeling to it.

 

I kind of did the opposite. Aside from Kaigo, I loved every doll I've ordered right off the bat. With Kaigo, I've never... really felt a strong connection like I did with the others, but I suppose the biggest reason for that is well... a short time after getting him I realized that SDs were just impractical for me. I'm not like, incredibly small, but I am small enough that carrying them around is like carrying around a human baby, and they're really heavy, and I have a harder time posing them. So I decided to sell my big boys. I will be rebuying one of them, Des, as a MNF boy Marcia, so hopefully MSDs work out for me. :3

With one of my tinies, an Ange Ai Uri from CustomHouse... I loved her, she was a little mysterious and never really told me too much about herself. When I got Kerrim (Glati from Soom) I realized how much easier it was to pose a tiny with a torso joint rather than a hip joint... eventually, I got frustrated with trying to get her to pose right, so I stopped playing with her. Now she's with a friend that'll spoil her rotten. :3

 

Has anyone had this experience, and then grown to love the doll more and more as time goes on, until you couldn't imagine parting with them?
I thought I had this with all of my dolls until recently, when I realised I have to sell, as I want to buy more. Dolls I thought I couldn't part with I am easily selling on now.

Or is it more likely that if the doll doesn't 'click' from the beginning, then you're never going to be completely happy with them, and the best option is to sell them and try another doll?
I think this does make sence in a way. A lot of my buys were impulse lead, and they are the ones which I am trying to sell now. A few of them I have grown to love though.

 

I have bought and sold dolls before. I found that if I don't click with a doll then someone else will click with them. I've had dolls which I thought good price I like it ill give it a try, and when the doll got to me it was a flop...one especially was a domuya body. It got here and I tries with him I really did. I restrung him I nodded him but in the end the body just didn't work out. Then I've had times where I received a doll and my fiance was just pissed off during the box opening and just wouldn't talk about the doll and such so that put me off the doll. If you are unsure about him keep him a month or two and try to bond. If it doesn't work out then it doesn't but if it does then that's great.

 

Don't focus on what's wrong with the sculpt first. Look at what you like, and then put the doll in a box and hide it away. If, after a few weeks, you don't care about the doll, then it's time to sell.

If you miss the doll then, then don't sell. Make sure you're not selling because of a faceup not looking right, or wig or eyes.

 

Yes, I bought a resinsoul ju i kept her month but i still couldnt get me binding so much with her so i sold her again. It was pity but she deserved a bette hom

 

I have had this experience. I sort of went a little trigger happy after I received my first doll and within a year had ended up with 7 dolls.

My Iplehouse Luna Tamer I had issues with straight from the box. She was beautiful for sure but her posing was driving me crazy and her joints were just too odd for me to use. I was just growing more and more frustrated with her and then when one day I found a chip in her face up, it was sort of the last straw. She's going to be heading to France soon to someone who will hopefully enjoy her much more than I have.

My first doll almost ended up being sold at one point as well. I was staring at him and something was just continuously off about him. I did what most have suggested in this thread and got him a new outfit and fixed up his wig. What a difference that made! I was in love with him all over again and I just can't stop staring at him now. So sometimes all you need is a bit of a wig fix and a new outfit to make him/her just the way you wanted .

I have another MSD boy now that may end up on the sales block sooner or later but for now I'm going to try a new outfit first. I haven't really been playing or posing him much since I got him so maybe a new outfit/ a wig fix up will help.
In my experience, a doll that you have major issues with from the beginning (like joints or something else) may never end up sitting well with you. I tried for a year with my Luna and it just was not working. On the other hand, if something just looks off from the beginning, trying a new outfit may just change your mind. Sometimes it takes a bit for a doll to acquire its personality ^^. I would say, always give them a grace period where you try to work with the doll and if its still not working out, then do yourself and the doll a favour and sell.

 

I tried finding a thread similar to this but I couldn't, but if this is a duplicate feel free to delete this.

I've come to a point in the hobby where I keep seeing newer sculpts that I like and would love to buy but don't have the funds for, and while I love the doll I have, I don't really pay attention to her. I don't know if its because I never really created a character for her or if I can't find clothes/wigs I like for her. When I bought her I figured I'd give her a character after, but I've never really been able to come up with anything. I've tried to think of characters but I feel like all the characters I've come up with are too old for her sculpt (shes a KD Cherry). I keep creating characters and then seeing other sculpts that fit them but nothing really sticks to her. It saddens me to think of selling her, especially as she was partly a gift, but I feel bad that I don't feel interested or bonded to her anymore.

So the question I have to ask is, Have you ever sold a doll, and what made you decide to sell him/her?

 

Yes, I've sold several dolls. one was sold cause I just couldn't bond with her, another because he was scaled wrong and got ignored (he has a lovely new owner who adores him more than I could). And the ones that I'm currently selling? They get ignored or I just can't finish them in the foreseeable future, so they need someone who will give them the time. I too have a KDF who just won't stick and was a gift. I've talked it over with my boyfriend (who bought her for me) and he agrees, she needs a new home. We just don't know what else to do about her lol.
I wish you luck in your decision.

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I sold the first doll I received, he was in stock in the US and arrived quickly. He was sort of a filler until the one I ordered from China finally got to me.
I liked him but never really bonded with him and I felt bad to sell him but as you said I found another I wanted more, actually the twin of the first one I ordered, so I guess that was my justification for selling him.
I felt bad until someone bought him and I knew he was going to a good home where he wouldn't be a filler or second best.