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What do you do with dolls you're selling?

Jun 10, 2016

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    1. I just recently sold one on layaway. I left her in her glass curio cabinet and enjoyed her until the layaway was almost finished. Then I packed her up and got her labeled and ready to go to her new home.
       
      #21 zodwollop, Apr 13, 2017
    2. I don't pack up dolls that I'm selling, because undoubtedly if I do, I'll get a PM asking for a specific picture of the doll. Plus I often worry that maybe the doll isn't selling because the photos aren't good enough, so after several weeks I generally take more photos.

      I recently redid a faceup on a doll for sale because first I worried she wasn't selling because her faceup sucked and then I worried she wasn't selling because she was blank. Maybe redoing the faceup counts as "play" I dunno.

      My for sale stuff has a specific storage space away from my other dolls, so I can find them easily.

      It definitely feels like it takes forever to sell any doll stuff these days.
       
      #22 skyealloway, Apr 13, 2017
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    3. If I have decided to sell a doll, I will usually put them put them away to save space/ensure they are safe. I have a little tower of doll boxes for dolls I intend to sell/has sold on layaway/etc. When they do sell, or the layaway is finished, I'll take them out and pack them up safely before shipping them out.

      I only really get anxious once a doll has sold, because suddenly I am dealing with someone else, and what if shipping messes up? what if a postal worker steps on the package and breaks fingers and arms? what if it gets lost in transit? what if the new owner discovers a stain or a chip that I hadn't noticed? what ifs what ifs what ifs...
       
      #23 sanachii, Apr 13, 2017
    4. I don't feel guilt on selling dolls. I just cleaned it if there is dirt, take sales photo, make sales page, then wrapped it in a lot of bubble wrap and package it so I can ship like within 24 hour once paid.
      I only get annoyed and more anxious if the doll stay too long, with thinks like I can use the money for something else and the doll is taking up a space till I sold them. So yeah, it might bother me and make me think hard if it doesn't sold yet. I kinda wish someone will tell me tips :sweat

      At that point, I don't really want to do or even see the doll I'm selling at all cause it make heartache and more depressed, and feel guilty on why I even buy the doll at the first place...
      PM asking my doll is like a ray of sunshine to me, and if the potential buyer ask for more picture or such, then I'm willing to let the doll out of the box for the moment. Beside that, it just stay at the box till I sold it.
       
      #24 twinage, May 5, 2017
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    5. The only real anxiety I have about selling is that rare chance when a buyer is going to be a total jerk and allege all kinds of misconduct against me. That, and a bit of anxiety about whether "FRAGILE" really means fragile to the world's various postal services. :sigh:

      Other than that, when I'm selling dolls, I clean them up, box them and forget about them till a buyer comes along.
       
      #25 SapphireStargazer, May 5, 2017
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    6. Maybe this isn't the right place to ask and I'm sorry if it isn't or if this has been answered before... (I can try and delete post if necessary) but I have a question for those of you who choose to sell one or more of your dolls.
      Do you always clean them and remove face up?
      Is that a standard or do you sometimes leave it if the person buying as asked for it to be left?
      Is asking for the face up to left on the doll taboo?
      What is the proper etiquette?
      Also, what is a good method of shipping? Do you have to pay attention to the time of year or to where it is being shipped? For example, if it's summer and the person who bought from you lives in a place like Arizona, US or if it's winter and someone lives up North and it's cold.
      How do the dolls hold up to the surrounding temperatures?
       
      #26 Nevi, May 5, 2017
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