Taking back "that one that you let go of"

Yeah once or twice. I had a pair of Kid Delf Ani elf twins. I needed funds, so I sold the girl, thinking I could always rebuy her sculpt later. Well, right after that Luts redesigned the Kid Delf line and discontinued all the elf sculpts! I still had the boy Ani but just didn't feel right keeping him without his twin sister. I ended up giving him to my friend as a birthday present, since she loves BJDs but couldn't afford her own. I re-bought my twins as Cherry elves, instead, and never looked back. But, a few years later my friend needed some funds, so I offered to buy back the Ani elf boy I'd given her, since she really didn't do much with him and he just sat in his carrier. So, he is now back in my collection, but not as the same character. I hedge back and forth on whether or not I want to sell him again, but I fear I may regret it if I let him go. I really love the Ani sculpt and the elf ears just make him even cuter.

Another time, I sold my Souldoll Little Jandi girl, and always regretted that one, too. So, I bought her sculpt again a couple of years later.

I also had an Elfdoll Aurora whose character I ended up reshelling into a different doll (a Delf Lishe elf, whom she was always meant to be but I didn't think I could get that sculpt for a reasonable price). I didn't know what to do with the Aurora afterward, so I ended up selling her. I've always kind of regretted that, too. She was a beautiful doll. I'm sure I could have come up with another character for her. I consider trying to find one on the MP, but I haven't tried as of yet. Maybe someday.

Many other dolls I've sold and haven't regretted it. Just a few of them are that special I couldn't let them go.

 

you guys are great thank you. I feel more confident and I've decided to try one more thing. If it doesn't worth I'm gunna have to take a deep breath and sell her off. I've given my self until march to figure it out.
hopefully I don't end up on here later telling you guys about how I bought her back xD
*fingers crossed*

 

Did you ever sell a doll and later regretted it to the point you bought it back?
Hm nope. No regrets here. I am currently in the process of revamping my doll family and working out what I really love, and what I just kinda like. I went though a phase of buying every doll that made one go "OMGCUTEWANT!!" which looking back was kinda silly! ^^; It's like VampireAngel13 said, when I sell a doll I feel relief that this doll is finally moving on to a place where it will be appreciated and loved.

If you wouldn't ever consider buying a doll back even though you came to miss it later after selling it, why won't you?
Most of the dolls I've sold, I've moved on because there is something I just don't like about them. I might not like it's knee joints, or the way their torso doesn't bend, or their hands might look awkward, or their face just isn't right, or I might feel like the doll is just too much of a project I don't have time for. Things you can't change with a makeover. While the doll may be cute and give me the warm-fuzzies when I see one, once I remember why I sold it, I generally don't want to buy another one.

 

Yes. there was situation of that kind in my life.
I used to own Limhwa Sara. It was tiny and sweet, not very posable and so similar to other Saras that I didn't find it interesting to go on keeping it. At that time I had couple of other dolls, and Sara didn't get identity of ger own, nor she got anough attention. Some time later I sold her to buy a new doll and forgot about it.
Later on I even decided to sell off my dolls and to focus on getting my education and job. I just didn't have time and finances for this expensive hobby.
But after finishing the university I found it fascinating to look at BJD dolls, to think what color and style I'd make this and this one. And very soon I found myself again purchasing a doll. Again Limhwa To You, but this time it was not Sara, it was Mari. And now I am thinking of possibility to get Sara also, may be in the tan skintone or in the same normal that I used to have.
Actually I had a special feeling for almost all dolls that I had. Always pay much more attantion to the companies and molds I used to have.
I don't want to have a minifee again, but found it so tempting to get a Chicline instead, as now I am interested in more adult looking dolls.
But I'd get Brownie again if I could find inexpensive one.
So my story has some similarities and some differences from yours.

 

Did you ever sell a doll and later regretted it to the point you bought it back?
Nope, I have no regrets!

If you wouldn't ever consider buying a doll back even though you came to miss it later after selling it, why won't you?
I am 100% sure the doll isn't for me when I decide to sell it. One doll I wish I would have bonded with was currently released in tan skin which is a nice change, but I am not considering him because I know his sculpt isn't for me. His lips bother me and I didn't care for his expression. Because of this, I am content enjoying him from afar

 

I have sold and traded a few dolls and heads and I still think about some of them but I would not buy them back because I also think of the reason why I sold them.
Some of the reasons - my collection is getting too big and there's too many incomplete dolls, my tastes have changed, I prefer to keep dolls of certain sizes, I don't like them as much as other sculpts.

 

I own 20-some BJDs now, and there are several I haven't really bonded with and have done nothing with. There's on that's never actually been out of his box. He doesn't have a name or eyes or clothes or hair or anything. But the reason I haven't sold him is out of a fear that some day I might see someone else's version of him and wish I'd done something with him and start to miss him. So I'm hanging onto him. I also don't think I can get back what I paid for him, because he was a thousand dollars from the company and I see people selling him on DoA for half that price. X_X

 

I've been terrified of this, which is a lot of the reason I haven't sold my Minifees even though I don't dedicate enough time to them.


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I don't completely regret selling any dolls, but there have been a few that I had mixed feeling about selling. I'd wanted a Pixydoll Sevy for over 5 years and managed to get a brand new one that was released briefly from Roserin Doll. After I got him, I felt like he looked too much like my Crobidoll Lance. I thought they would look like brothers, but to me they looked almost like twins. I thought about how much it would cost to get him a body, face-up, outfit, eyes, shoes and then decided to list him on the MP just to see if he'd sell. Since I was uncertain about selling him, I listed him at a higher price than what I paid (but my price was lower than what older Sevy's had sold for). Someone bought him, and I'd never back out on a sale, so off he went. On one hand, I thought "How could I sell something I'd wanted for so long that I'll likely never be able to buy again?" However, with that money I got for the sale plus the amount I saved by not finishing him, I put into my "kitten fund". Once I got my little kitten, I felt like selling a few dolls was definitely worth it - I got enough from selling the Sevy head to pay for her vaccinations and spaying. Also, my dog had health issues that cost about $1000 in vet bills. So, overall I'm glad I sold Sevy, and I don't think I'd get another one because I have way too many large dolls as it is.

The other one I had mixed feelings about was my Napidoll Naya head. She was discontinued after I got her, which always makes the decision to sell more difficult, especially since she was unpopular and unlikely to turn up on the MP. Plus she had a gorgeous face-up by Hitomifrens. The problem with Naya was that I didn't see myself buying her a body soon due to lack of money, and I hate heads just sitting in drawers. As with Sevy, I priced her a bit higher than what I paid, but she sold fairly quickly. I think that if no one had bought her within 6 months, I would have kept her, rather than lowering the price until someone bought her.

 

Didn't happen to me yet, but that's indeed scary. Hope it won't happen wit a limited or I'll be screwed y^y
I usually have no troubles with bonding but, well, guess it will happen with my MNF Juri 13 except if I manage to do something good with her faceup. And I don't know what will happen if I sell this head.
Maybe I'll miss her when I'll see somebody doing great with this sculpt x)

 

I dont think i could ever sell my dolls. They are a part of my family. Sounds crazy when i say it like that.

 

I had to sell my D.O.D Luke v2, which was the first BJD I'd ever bought. I'd spent almost a year debating over whether to get a Homme Ducan or a Camine, and then when I saw Luke I just fell in love with the sculpt I found my notebook the other day that I had way back in 2008 when I got him, which had all my notes from while I was on the phone to customs trying to find where he was, and literally all over my page was "I WANT MY DOLL NAOW DAMMIT", and it made me realise how much I missed him.

I bought a Custom House Iriya Ai in his place, and although she's quite pretty, she doesn't have that same spark about her that Luke had. I don't know if it's because I bought her from her previous owner or what, but there's no connection there with her at the moment. Maybe after I redo her face up and give her a new character she'll come to life a bit more. She's been bald, eye-less and saggy from loose elastic for over a year, which I guess goes to show how little interest I had in her after Luke.

So, tl;dr, yes, I miss my Luke and would love to just get him back ^^

 

Yes, there have been two instances where I've sold a doll and I missed them so much that I wanted them back. First one was my Fairyland Bisou and I have plans of buying a Bisou again, but this time a boy body, by the end of this year. Then I've sold my Mystic Kids Evelyn, because I needed the money for school. I have yet to buy her back, though I definitely plan to buy her in the future.

The other ones I've sold, I have no regrets. Mostly because they were a huge pain in the butt and all the reasons of why they annoy me come back to me. xP

 

I did have it happen once. She was pretty uncommon, and when I started feeling regret, I noticed the person I'd sold her to was selling her. I bought her back and enjoyed her for awhile, but in the end I did sell her again. Sometimes that's just how it goes.

 

hmmm it has not happened to me.. but i have thought about selling one or two because i dont play with them very much and the they are so expensive! but then i really think about it and i know i could never do it, i love them too much and i would regret it way too much to even think about letting any of them go. i am however thinking of maybe having one of my boys faceup redone..

 

I feel you....I wish I could buy back Soom MD Alk, I sold him because I didn't like his face up...that was when I was too chicken to do my own face ups and I didn't want to send him to someone else either but I still felt sad when I let him go and now I deeply regret it because I love that sculpt and that doll felt like it was meant to be in my BJD family! I wish Soom release him again but with human body.

 

The only doll I sold and kinda miss is my first doll ever: an NS MNF/ kid delf Nara mod. I sold her because she looked silly and bobble headed next to my Ruth boy (who was sold for a new A-line Ruth) and recently I've started to plan for her replacement. Thinking about the character has me reminiscing and thinking about trying to get her back she wasn't just any Nara, she was my first modification too, so I went hunting through feedback threads trying to find who had her. Turns out the person who bought her sold her about a month later, in pieces. (In a bit shocked and upset that she hadn't found a home with that buyer, but whatever)
I found her back in the states, and this time she has a home and a new body. I'm debating sending a pm asking her to notify me if she decides to sell. I still plan to get the other doll for her character, I think I'm just missing my first doll and doll mod, it's a bit of nostalgia, I'll get over it.

 

I haven't had it happen yet... When I look at buying a sculpt, I go for sculpts that I would love to have and keep even if they didn't end up fitting the character I had in mind. And I've learned that female dolls and I just don't get along.

I tried a Soom Beyla, who was adorable and took great pictures, but I ended up ignoring her a lot, so I sold her and didn't look back.

Then a friend and I split the cost of a Soom Faerie Nelen, but now my friend owns her 100%

And then I fell in love with Soom Aenigma and bought her second hand, but she came with a company faceup that I didn't want to wipe and was the white skin version so we didn't end up bonding and I haven't tried going for a blank magenta version yet because there's other dolls I want more.

And then I tried to get the Nobilitydoll Muscular Female body(the fiasco) for one of my characters, but the issues with the company and the issues with the body and the time I would have had to spend fixing it outweighed how much I wanted the body for the character(that and the head I wanted for her was too big, but the head I kept and am going to get a different body for, I've since found a different sculpt for that character)

Otherwise I sold a Luts Lu Wen head because it was the sleepy vamp version and I decided I wanted the open eyed version, I now have the open eyed version and I love him to death.

The one who is giving me trouble is my Dollshe Saint SA head, I've tried to put him up for sale three times now and each time have taken him back down because I get a new idea for him, but then I never end up going through with the idea and he just kind of sits there...

Otherwise I had debated selling by Soom Auber for a while because he was so small and because I'm afraid of breaking or losing him so much I rarely do anything with him, but then I got a Soom Boehm to be his twin brother(they are storm twins) and now I wouldn't dream of selling either of them because I'd miss them too much even if they are too small for me to play with very much.

The other dolls I have I know I'd miss, I feel guilty or sad if they spent too much time in their cases after I get home from a meet up, so there's no way they are going on the sale list any time soon(some of them are never ever ever's)

 

My story is a little different: Years ago I did aesthetics, and GraceFaerie (super duper sweet lady!) was my main 'partner in crime'. I did quite a few faceups and blushings for her. The last one I did before having to close the Spa down and move overseas to be an English teacher was a tan AoD Juli and I believe she was one of the best, most creative faceups I had done to date. I was really starting to get into the swing of things, as it were, when I had to quit. I had to stop my doll hobby cold and it was almost 3 years later when, back in the States and with a bit of money in my wallet, I finally allowed myself to browse SD dolls on eBay.... and who do I find that first fateful scan? My dearest Juli! I'd never forgotten her, often thought of her, meant to contact Grace and ask if I could buy her back if she ever needed to rotate her doll model stock (and I never got around to it) and there she was! Someone else had bought her from Grace and nothing had been changed, everything from mani and pedi to the special facial tattoos I'd given her were still in place, no chips or dings. The seller was even using a pic of my signature on Juli's bum (Grace liked it when I signed them) as a selling point which tickled me to no end because it's not like I'm Dink or anything. Anyway, I bought her for fairly cheap and brought her home! I always did the ordering, so the new dolls simply shipped to me right away and Grace got the finished product; Juli started here and she ends here and I'm not ever getting rid of her! Of all the faceups I'd done for other people, she was the one I thought of -the only one- and I'm so pleased I found her. So I got her at discount and happened to have been paid for the aesthetics job I'd done for her years ago. *L* Full circle.

 

Did you ever sell a doll and later regretted it to the point you bought it back? Why did you sell it?

Yes, I had an Iplehouse Freezia. I liked her, but there were things about her body that bothered me, and sometimes her expression looked vapid from certain angles. An unexpected opportunity came up to trade her for a Dollzone Yuu-2. I had considered getting a Yuu for quite some time and... well, I wanted him WAY more than I wanted her! So I traded her away. It didn't take me five minutes to make the decision!

Under what circumstances did you buy it back? And if so how did it turn out the second time around?

I had been trying to find a girl to be the twin sister of one of my boys for years. I think I was getting desperate, because I decided to give Freezia another chance (she had just been discontinued). She was the best candidate I had found so far. So I bought another one... and the second one was even less suitable than the first one to be the character I wanted! She was still wrong for me. I sold her almost immediately.

Linda S.
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