Would you sell a doll you're really bonded to?

I'm glad that you got everything worked out. Truly.

I almost had to sell Jay a couple of months ago, when a loan that I was paying on got sold to another company who wanted more money right then....

I'm not going to lie... Selling her would have killed me. I would give up my entire videogame collection, (and was getting ready to do so), every single one of my manga (and I have a lot), taken on a second job, whatever it took.

I put her in her box, just as a test, and my heart just ached. I'm glad to say it all worked out, and the debt is all paid, but after that little scare, I'm being much more careful.

I couldn't do it. It would have destroyed me.

 

Yes, I would.

 

I sold two dolls I did bond with.

When i was still a student (aka 2 years ago) I needed quick cash. So I sold a doll I did bond with. She was one of the most easily to find molds, with the default face-up and default eyes. I did not feel sad when she left, since I knew I would replace her. I had imagined the new one to be slightly different and that it might give me bonding problems with no 2. To my amazement the replacement doll I got some months later was completely utterly identical. There was no difference at all. I can not see from a photograph if its old or new. This just made me feel like she had been on a holiday for some months.

The second doll was a different story, she was an open mouthed doll. In pics I always have the idea that open mouthed dolls speak to you, in real live having there mouths always open did not give a very intelligent impresion, and made her look like she was about to drool and was ready for an asylum. I felt like i did not bond with her, decided to sell her, did a very uninspired photo shoot with her for my salesthread, she sold within the hour and then I had to wrap her up.

Removing her clothes and packaging her in safety material made me feel so sad. The sadness i expierienced made me realise I did bond with her. It made me feel like I did when we had to have our puppy put to sleep (due to a degenerative disorder). Knowing I will never buy her again added to feeling sad.

 

Luckely my financiel situation is such that I would never be forced to sell a doll I didn't want to sell. It's not that I have a lot of money - just that I live in a country with really great social security. Like doctors and hospitals are free and stuff and I don't have any debts. I'm already on dissability so there's no work I could loose.

When I did work I payed A LOT in taxes though. But I always felt that it was worth it to feel secure.



Dustbunnie

 

Not unless I'd run out of other things to sell ... I have books, DVDs, a television, game consoles... er, even clothes, at a push... they're things I can get at any time and I certainly don't have any bond with my TV, for instance! ^^; The idea of selling any of my dolls makes me feel queasy...

 

It's a matter of priorities. Life comes first. As an adult, my priorities are in order. My life (IE: Bills, rent, food, etc) comes first. I also have the responsibility of pets. THey come first. My pets need food, care, etc. Dolls are secondary to all of that. I think that if people put their dolls before their bills, or their pets needs, (Or god forbid, children's needs) or even their own survival needs, then the hobby has become something unhealthy. But that's just my opinion.

If you have bills piling up, have no food in your refrigerator to even feed your family, or your pets are suffering because you refuse to sell that 'cherished doll', then i dunno, there just seems to be something wrong with that to me.

And i would certainly hope that i'm not the only one who feels this way....

 

Luxury comes second. End of story. If it's dolls vs. survival the dolls have to go. It might suck to have to make such a decision, but if the time comes the decision will have to be made.

 

I most certainly would sell my dolls if I were in a dire situation and the money could fix it. I would try to sell off other things first, but it I had to resort to my dolls I would.

The issue has come up before where I had to consider selling them; I even went as far as deciding the order in which they would go. Fortunelty, that didn't have to happen and I hope it stays that way.

 

If I were in dire financial need then yes, I would. But I can't imagine any other conditions under which I would sell a doll I was really bonded to.

 

i'm pretty sure that i couldn't give up dolls that i had bonded with to save my life. i don't even have my Sky doll yet, but somehow i already know i couldn't give him away. probably because he'll be my first doll.

 

Come to think of it, $500 isn't much (standard Delf price) and I would never, ever put myself in that bad a shape as to not even be able to afford that much from my savings, even in an emergency situation. Part of owing a doll is to have the financial stability to keep it! So the long-winded answer is, no.

I think that also bring up the question that "would you sell your doll for a million bucks?" and the answer to that would be, since likely nobody will ever want to buy my dolls for much more money than it's worth anyways, why should I even boggle my mind with that situation ^^.

 

Granted I have only one doll at the moment, but I would not give her up for anything. She is worth quite a bit (Volks FCS from Sato), but I don't believe I'm ever going to be at a point where I would need something like that in an emergency situation. Just like byouyuuken said.
But no, we've been through a lot. So I wouldn't sell her.

 

I'd do it if I needed the money. Dolls aren't even close to my first priority.

 

nope, not happening. Ever! There are plenty of ways for getting money: mugging some poor guy in a dark alley is one of them, selling a beloved doll - is not! ^^ My own _mental_ well being does come before my survival needs, so it's ok if i don't have anything to eat - I'll manage somehow, but it's not ok for me to sacrifice something i care for in order to eat. or something like that.

 

If it was a very dire situation, I would sell them. Though I can't imagine a situation THAT dire, that the few hundred I'd get from them would turn things around! I'd sell my TV first, it gets used less, followed by my DVD's and CD's. There are plenty of other things I could sell off for as much or more money that wouldn't be as painful to get rid of. But yeah, if I'd sold all the other collectibles, less often used electronics, DVD's and CD's, the spare barely-running emergency back-up car, and all the other random things in the house and still needed a few hundred, they'd have to go.

 

Never. It's not that I don't have my priorities straight...

It's the strong emotional connection I have with them, and all the memories they've already created. Once I've bonded to something like a doll or a stuffed animal, it never leaves my possession. Even selling the body will make the doll not feel the same to me. It's just too important to me emotionally, and if I'm severely unhappy, what good would life be? Not to mention, I'd probably dig myself into a deeper debt hole out of depression.

I could easily make a quick grand selling Lark, but then again, I could offer commissions and do more freelance work and make the same thing in a decent amount of time. It doesn't always have to be the most valuable thing that's the first to go. Sometimes it's just a matter of negotiation or becoming more aggressive in taking initiative.

But maybe that's just me :/

 

hmmm I dont know. I dont think so. I mean, I suppose there is an exception to every rule..if I truly truly HAD to..then I would.

I have other types of dolls in my collection though,and its more likely I would sell something I am not as bonded with,rather than a favorite.

-Ina

 

I dont think I'd ever part from my doll because: I spent time and money on him, he's something I love to take care of, and selling him would probably make me feel sad inside. It's like when I gave away my baby lizard. I was all up for the idea of getting a kitten if I gave her away because I didnt have the time to take care of her and now I really miss her and her scaley face.

 

If I had to... yeah, food/shelter/survival comes way ahead of dolls, even one I adore. Although I'd sell the bodies, clothes, eyes and wigs first and try to hang onto the heads if I could as they're what really 'sets' the character for me.

 

I'd sell my favourite bonded-to doll if the price was right, or if I REALLY needed the cash.