Seller's remorse?

I'd never sell my dolls because I know I'd regret it. I'm Ok with selling other possessions though.

 

The only doll I regret selling is my tan Dark Elf Soo. I think she's pretty much irreplacible but I really needed the money at the time & someone was looking for one. Other than that, I don't even remember most of the dolls I sold. It was generally because I couldn't bond with the doll or I needed the cash badly.

 

I sometimes regret selling my Mnf Elf Shiwoo, Mnf DES, and pukipuki cupid a couple of years ago whenever I first left the hobby. I had thought I was done with the hobby as I got to a point where I rarely even took them out anymore, and had little desire to even take pictures of them, let alone do photostories like I once did. My relationship with my ex-husband and his very negative opinion of BJDs in general had a lot to do with this, but that's another thing entirely. So I sold them to my friend and photostory co-author since I knew they'd get more attention from her than from me.

At the same time, though, I don't think I would buy them back if given the chance. There's a lot of negative emotions and memories attached to those dolls for me now, and I almost think that I miss the time of my life when I first got them and was really creative with them more than the actual dolls themselves.

Luckily, though, since coming back to the hobby I managed to obtain my grail doll, and am working up to doing photostories again one of these days!

 

I have no regrets after selling two of my dolls. I never felt a real bond with them and never developed their characters. I used the money I got for them to buy a body for my remaining floating head to create an important oc so I'm happy about it

 

I have sold A LOT of dolls over my time in the hobby, and I can't say I really regret selling any of them. Sometimes I think I would like to own the sculpt again, but not to recreate the original doll but to try something new with it.

 

I had bought three Pukifees thinking I would love them in person. When I received the first one I realized the size wasn't going to work, and when I received the others I had to find other homes for them.
I absolutely love looking at their pics, so I hope I don't regret parting with all of them.
It's just hard for me to keep a very expensive doll if she's not what I fully want.

 

I've sold a few dolls and none of them I've really regretted. I plan on buying one of them back but she's a basic and I needed the money more than I needed her around. Plus, she was getting a makeover so it was no big deal.

HOWEVER, I recently sold a Fairyland Minifee Siean elf - an event head from valentines day, and I'm seeing so many beautiful Sieans in the minifee thread and on flickr and tumblr and I desperately wish I hadn't. I do think I will try to get her back one day. I hope fairyland releases her as a human head.

 

No. I only sell a doll when I don't bond or when the bond I had is gone, so I never felt any regret. I did have someone regretting selling to me one and despite promising the doll would be sold to me once it was back from a faceup, they decided to keep the dolls. It really affected me since it was my dream doll and I considered leaving the hobby then.

 

Right now, the doll I have (a Minifee Breakaway) is a gift to me from the local meetup group and as such, I could never part with him. I mean... maybe I could sell the body since MNF bodies are so readily available... but the sculpt itself? Absolutely not. I had to sell my first doll Erik (a Minifee Mirwen) due to financial problems at home after finally owning him and having him for a month, and I still regret it a little, although I'm happy that he's found a new home and I'm happy that the whole financial circumstance is over with. Most likely, one day when I get the money again, I'll get him back. (Or at least just get a Mirwen sculpt again due to the nostalgia of said first doll.)

 

I sold the first doll I got in the middle of a major depressive episode. About two months later her new owner sold her on to someone else, and I have no idea what became of her. That is the only part of her sale that made me regret it. I didn't find her a good home. I wasn't mentally capable of it at the time. I have been very careful about the dolls I have gotten since. All are second hand, apart from the Loongsoul doll I am waiting for, and they will be staying with me. My MNF in particular has had at least four owners including me, from what I have been able to piece together of her past. I am not one of those people who believe dolls have souls, but after my experience with selling one, I feel a little odd treating them like any other piece of property. I can't imagine ever selling one again.

 

No, I haven't had regrets about selling. I've sold some beautiful dolls, but they just were not quite right for me or I didn't want to put forth the effort to finish them. If I'm wary about selling a doll due sentimental feelings or fears that I could never get the sculpt back again, I'll price it a bit high at first to give myself time to make sure it's want I want to do. Once I know for certain that I want the doll gone ASAP, I lower the price.

Selling dolls often makes me regret buying them, since you rarely get a decent amount of money back for used doll, and selling is so stressful.

 

So far, no, but then I haven't sold many. Mostly just floating heads I picked up on a whim because I wanted to try painting them to see what I could create.
I think I do better with fewer dolls but my problem now is that I really adore all the ones I have at home and even though I feel it might be too many I can't narrow down any I think I could do without. So for now I'm not selling anymore until/if something changes because I know I would regret it.

But to avoid that, I do try to make a point of not falling for limited dolls so they would be easier to replace if I did sell them then regret it XD

 

A while ago I sold all my YoSD-sized dolls except for one (his character is very important), because I just can't seem to handle the size and all my YoSDs are doomed to just sit around forever :/
I also sold my MNF boy because while I liked him there was just...I don't know. I didn't know what to do with him and instead of having him standing around, gathering dust and looking nice I decided to sell him.

All three dolls I sold went to beautiful new homes.
My first little boy went to a friend who actually owns his twin sister, and while it wasn't easy to give him away it was better like that.
My second boy was send to the US and I met a lovely collector that way that really adores my work and loves him to bits, he got a new (doll) family and everything is fine.
My MNF boy was bought by someone who really, really loves him, she was so happy to get him and was a pleasant buyer to deal with.

However, while most of the time I don't think about them very much I still feel a bit sad every time I look at photos of them, especially of the two little ones. I'm gladly able to see the first one regulary, and I know if I had the second one back he would again sit unused around for years here, but still...after all they were a part of my collection for years.
But I know now that YoSDs are not supposed to be here, I prefer to play with the ones my friends own, and accept that.

 

I've only sold one doll and a head, and I don't regret it. I sold them because I knew I wasn't bonding with them. I just didn't enjoy them nearly as much as my other dolls, so I wanted them to go somewhere where they would be played with more

 

I didn't sell much dolls at all, only one full doll and a couple of heads... I don't think i'd ever post a sales thread if i'm not sure.

 

I do a lot of selling in this hobby but I've never really regretted anything(: Occasionally I miss my Soom Chrom but I would never buy one again so it doesn't really bother me. I also missed my Luts Miyu for a bit right after selling her, but now Fairyland made her an F60

 

The only doll I regretted letting go of was my Yo-tenshi Kasumi. I got her in a trade, and then traded her off after giving her a new face-up. To be very honest, I still don't like the Kasumi scupt, and I would never get another one...but it was just the face-up, and the character all combined that I miss.

 

I regret selling my Crobidoll Marisol without even giving her a try back then... I thought I had made a mistake in buying her and was hasty in selling her... Now I keep thinking if only I could have her back, I would...

 

Oh, I clearly remembered I used to regret selling Luts Atlack Nacha El long time ago.
Yet, he will always be my top favourite male in my BJD hobby due to his "changing expressions"
If I have a choice, I'd like to exchange my DoD Sha with this doll...

 

I do quite a bit of selling while I figure my way, and there was one doll I regretted letting go of.

Thankfully, though, I was able to bring another one home a year or so later. I gave him a different name since it is a different sculpt (pong instead of piki), but his spirit is still the same. He's still a little bugger.