Well this always happens but I can do nothing about this. I won't resell the dolls in a higher price. Actually, I told them that hurt my heart, someone will apologize while some will ignore my words.
I don't think it's always that black and white, though. Sure, there probably are people who buy dolls with the sole expectation of making a profit by selling it on - but frankly, your price would have to be significantly below market value for the seller to make a profit. You have to consider that buyers also paid the shipping, and in some cases import duties. (Where I live it's 21% plus so-called 'adminstration fees' on anything from outside the EU.) Buying a $250 doll from inside the EU costs me $275 at least. From outside the EU my total costs are more like $350, and that's a conservative estimate. I've never really bought a doll that I didn't like when it arrived, but I have heard plenty of stories about people falling in love with the pictures and being disappointed with the real doll, whether it is second-hand or new. It just happens. I would think that if I bought a doll and then realised the size wasn't for me, or it didn't fit in, or I just didn't like it as much as I thought I would, I would try to sell it for what I paid (including all extra expenses) - thinking I could always lower the price if I needed the money badly enough to need a quick sale. I totally get that, too. I understand sellers not wanting to be stuck with either a head or a body. I also understand not keeping a head if you really only need a body. You might as well try to sell it instead of throwing it away. I once came close to buying a PKF that I didn't actually like because I needed the body and headback... Ended up finding a headback and using a LaTi body, but if I hadn't, I probably would have bought that PKF and sold the faceplate.
