The one that got away? Have you ever sold a doll and regretted it later?

I keep regretting selling my Soo-Ri. I really loved his character, but the problem was that his character was never strong enough to house a doll. I didn't like him just laying around never being modded, never getting a face-up and never getting the attention he deserved.

 

I had to sell a doll when money got really tight, I'm hoping someday I can re-buy her (luckily I still see her around for a decent price)! It sucks when that happens but sometimes bills have to be paid.

 

I can't honestly say I'm the most experienced and involved BJD lover as I have only had one so far. She was a Felix Brownie named Gateau that I bought on ebay as a christmas present to myself. Times got hard and money issues led me to sell her on craigslist of all places to a shady woman spending her daughter's college money on my little girl and all the things I bought for her. Overall, I got milked for $120. At first, I didn't much care, but now thinking about it, and looking at the few pictures of her I had taken, i feel like I lost a child and I've felt very very depressed. had I kept the woman's contact information, i would sell my other things to get her back, but my precious Gateau is gone and there's no other way of getting another doll to "replace" her....

But, my sap story aside, how does selling your dolls make you feel? Have you had to sell your dolls to save your finances? I wanna hear you're stories.

 

These threads may interest you:

http://www.denofangels.com/forums/s...-selling-a-doll-because-of-its-previous-owner
http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?383562-Selling-a-doll-and-feeling-guilty
http://www.denofangels.com/forums/s...ng-the-changes-selling-older-dolls-to-buy-new.
http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?330331-buying-previously-sold-dolls-back
http://www.denofangels.com/forums/s...e-you-ever-sold-a-doll-and-regretted-it-later
http://www.denofangels.com/forums/s...urchase-back-a-doll-you-have-sold-in-the-past

To answer your question, yes. I've sold a doll. She was sold under circumstances much different than yours, however. I sold her because she did not fit in my resin family and I don't regret selling her at all. I ended up putting the money I earned back from her sale towards my MNF Rheia, a doll I love dearly.

I'm sorry to hear you miss your Gateau. Perhaps one day you will be able to be reunited with her again - as you can see by some of the links I posted, there are many owners who have bought back dolls they sold. Or perhaps you will find another sculpt that will tug on your heart strings! Good luck!

 

I've sold quite a number of dolls, or rather doll heads to be exact. Most of the time it's because they did not work out. Two were sold because I'm planning to replace them with smaller dolls. Now, of these two dolls I'm slowly coming to regret selling one of them.

He was in my closet for most of his life, rarely got a chance to use the resident SD body since he's supposed to be 70cm tall. I thought, it'll be okay to sell him. I rarely look at his face and have some issues with him anyway. But a few months after selling him, I started missing him so much :< It'll be a MAJOR pain to find him back too, since he was a minimee head with only 4 pieces casted OTL

I feel full of sorrow whenever I see his pretty blue head in my doll gallery, but eh the best thing I can do now is wait for fairyland/dollmore/orientdoll to make someone like him. (I thought Fairyland's sleeping Rou would fit him just perfect, but no. This fail makes me even sadder that I had sold him OTL)

 

I find it very difficult to part with dolls (of any sort, not just BJD's) once I have adopted them into "the family". I have doen it a couple of times, but mostly because they really don't fit in and opportunities to sell them on to people who will appreciate them more have fallen-into-my lap (and once when hit buy remorse-guilt just after completeing the payment, and I was lucky enough to have a buyer lined-up before the doll ever reached me).

I'm lucky, I guess, that my financial situation has never been bad enough that selling my dolls has needed to be considered.

Teddy

 

I've sold dolls under difficult circumstances and although it made me feel sad, I eventually got over it. Life is full of ups and downs and one must just learn to go with the flow. In the end, dolls are just stuff, however much you get attached to them, and sometimes real life has to come first. Watch the marketplace and someday you may find an opportunity to buy another one.

 

There was a time where I did have to sell dolls to make ends meet, and I did lose money because of it, however I had already detached from the dolls and though I still thought they were pretty and cool, it was almost like they weren't mine anymore anyway. My only regret is that I separated my identical twin set. I still think it would have been cool for someone to buy the two of them together, as they were painted and clothed to be together. They looked exactly alike, so if one or both of the two who bought them haven't changed their faces, there's two dolls who are nearly 100% identical out there. I suppose if it doesn't bother them, there's really nothing wrong though.

 

I thought about it, for I have gone through tough times involving money as well. My mother even asked "Would you sell your dolls if you really needed money?" I was stunned, this may sound naive, but at the time I never thought about selling my dolls to make money or anything. It's like saying would you sell your pet, or even child! I told her no. I went through a lot to get my boy, Sef, it was traumatic- and to some people it would have been something that would have made issues to get along with their doll, it made our bond stronger. My other two dolls have sentimental value as well, so like I said, they have grown on me. That being said, I have gotten rid of things in the past, and it slowly ate at me to the point were I was utterly depressed. So, if I so desperately needed money, I don't think I could bring myself to sell my dolls, it would hurt too much.

 

Ive sold tons of dolls I didnt bond with, Im just worried as I get older with working and school if I have enough time to have as many dolls as I originally wanted. Its something I constantly battle in my mind X.x

 

I've had and sold two dolls in the past. The first one I sold by choice, just because as I got more into the hobby I realized she wasn't my type of doll. The second was a bit of both. I wanted to sell her and re-shell her into a Volks YoSD Lin, but as I had her up for sale money got tight and I really needed to help my parents with their financial issues. So when she sold, I gave the money to them. Although selling her for financial needs wasn't the reason I listed her, it is where the money ended up going. At times I do still really miss her and get a bit depressed, but I'm hoping once I do get that Lin I was wanting to re-shell her into I won't feel that way anymore, I imagine if I would have been able to re-shell her into a Lin quickly like I had hoped I wouldn't have ever felt this way at all.