What do you do with dolls you're selling?

I haven't sold any dolls, but I get that when I am paying a rehome off. I feel horrible for the doll and want it home so I can pamper it and love it. Not that I think the previous owner was bad to the doll or anything, but I do feel that gnawing feeling about the rehomes lol

and because of that, I sometimes bite off more than I can chew lol

 

I do feel that way! Once I start seeing a doll as dollar signs instead of the character, I can't get rid of it fast enough. I don't think it's guilt, exactly, just that it's no longer useful to me and I want it out of my way. It's only taking up space. I'm the same way with clutter in my house, and I don't like holding onto anything I don't use or enjoy regularly. I go through all of my stuff about every other month to see what I can let go, and I usually donate it to goodwill rather than bother with trying to sell things. The only things I do try to sell are dolls and figures, so it's extra annoying when I'm waiting months for them to sell. It's like my house isn't neat and in perfect order with them sitting around.

 

I feel the same. When I've decide it's not staying, I just want it gone! I really dislike selling bjds as it takes so long, especially if the sculpt is not popular. I have some bjd related items I don't want anymore, and just don't know what to do. Sometimes just to get rid of it, I donate it. I know I could've gotten some money back, but the hassle of selling is a hassle! I don't buy anything I might not want anymore. This isn't fool proof, but it helps.

 

No. Once I decide to sell a doll it gets listed, cleaned, stripped, and put away in the box. I don't think about it any more. The only time I get "anxious" is once it's sold. Then it's more of a making sure everything is well packaged and mailed out asap anxious. I would want a seller to get things done right away so I try to do that every time.

 

Can we switch places? I have some dolls I never do anything with that I really ought to sell, but I just can't seem to even list them! I can't let them go, even though I really want to, even when I think about what else I could do with the money.

 

This is really interesting! Just like @silverholly I'll just clean them up and box them once I've decided a doll is for sale. I feel like it needs to be preserved in the conditional that I listed it in. No accidental, Oh those pictures were taken six months ago and she has a scratch in her faceup now.

I get that little bit of anxiousness too, not sure why. Maybe it's the idea that once this doll has been designated for the chopping block, it's just sucking up space and potential money. That being said, I've also had 2 dolls that I put up for sale and boxed away for several months, then decided to try a new wig or new something on them and BAM insta-love again.

 

When I'm thinking about selling a doll, I take sales picture and pack it up where I don't see it (sometimes even the basement, when there's no space in the flat). Then I wait a day or two and see if I miss it, which I usually don't as I lose all connections to the dolls after packing them up very fast. As soon as I think I've waited enough I post the sales page and let the doll be where it is. I might feel a little guilty that I don't feel bad about letting the doll go so easily ^^'

 

Oh I totally get that feeling too. I think it's because once I decide to sell it, and then decide on a price, I'm already thinking about what I can buy with that money... which doesn't exist yet. XD So when the doll sits around it's like this little pile of cash that I can't spend! Haha! Usually I do try to forget about them, though. Box 'em up, store them away, don't think about it... so when someone does want to buy, it's a pleasant surprise. However doing this also makes me forget to bump the thread. I'm not sure how much of a difference bumping really makes, though, so maybe it's best to just put the doll out of my mind.

 

I'm a lot like this too. I have a few heads fully cleaned, all ready to send off, in a box actually marked 'For Sale' in my hallway. Right next to the front door(!) Some of the heads have already been in there for a couple of years.
But I just can't get myself to actually sell them, even if that way I could afford to get one of the dolls I really want, but are going to miss out on due to lack of funds.

I just feel like I've failed the sculpt. That I haven't been able to reveal what it was that I saw in it when I bought it. That I should just try harder to find the right wig, try a different face-up etc. so the character I've had in my mind will suddenly come to life after all.

This constant guilt-trip has a poitive side too: it actually 'saved' one of these characters, when after 5,5 years my Soom Tuff head finally found the wig he needed, he made it out of that box, even though he'd been in there the longest!

Problem is, I also have this guilt issue with heads I never intended to keep in the fist place.

 

I take pictures of them and put them back in their box where they've been sitting if I've decided to sell them. With some dolls, I do just want them gone, others I don't mind having stay until someone wants them. It really just depends on the doll, the character I have associated with it, and how long I planned/saved for it.

 

Glad to know I'm not the only one that feels bad about selling their dolls. I have a head for sale right now and I had to just prep it and box it up so I didn't look at it and feel bad. We had a very unexpected family emergency just last week, and we were very worried about a potentially crazy bill and were trying to brainstorm ways to get money, short of taking out a loan. I thought about selling off some of my collection, and it was such a horrible feeling! Especially my first girl, if I think about getting rid of her I want to cry. Luckily, everything worked out! And everyone is safe and sound including finances!

 

I just sold my first doll successfully (my first sale, not the first bjd I've ever had) and I had a feeling of nostalgia when sharing pictures of her with the buyer. But only after I actually sent her off, not before. She was my only 1/4 and I really prefer 1/3, not to mention the emotional baggage attached with her first shell. My feelings of wanting her gone had to do with that baggage, and trying to raise money for her 1/3 re-shell, a limited doll. As soon as I knew I was going to post her for sale, I cleaned her, took the photos, and put her in her box with her CoA. I keep the boxes in my closet, out of sight so once she was in her box, she was already "gone" from my doll crew and I could focus on my others.

 

I immediately box them or otherwise put them away. The market is slow so I don't want them to get dusty in the mean time! I wouldn't photograph or otherwise "play with" a doll I've decided to sell.

 

Once I've decided to sell a doll I don't feel like it's mine any more. I clean it up, take sales pictures, list it, and box it up to wait for its new home.

 

After I clean them up and take photos, I try to leave them nude and in a safe place until they sell. It isn't just the money for me, either; I've taken various offers for dolls to get them out of my house. I think I want them gone quickly, though, because I'd find reasons to keep them around if they linger.

 

I will clean it up, take pictures for listing and box it up.

 

@InkyBear
Ugh, going through that EXACT same thing... I'm just not happy with my collection as of yet and there are dolls that I want that I already feel more attached to then the ones I have in my possession. It's a weird feeling indeed... I know that I'll be relieved that my dolls will be in the hands of someone who loves this hobby and these works of art as much as I do and finally out of my house

 

When I was selling my big girl, I carefully packed her up and put her in her box in the closet, away from my sight but also in a place where she would be totally safe. For me, it's more about ensuring that she's in the exact same condition she was when I posted the photos, so I made sure to put her up where no one would kick the box or spill anything on it or anything terrible like that.

 

I don't mind selling, I am past the attachment (I couldn't sell if I wasn't), however I do want to get rid of them. Now that I've decided I don't want them, I want to get them out and to new homes. They are great dolls, but they take up too much room in my small place (that's why I'm getting smaller dolls), and I dislike hanging on to stuff once I know I don't want it anymore.

Right now they are just safe up on a shelf my cats can't get to, wrapped in there boxes. They are majorly displacing a lot of my books to the floor though, especially the SDs!xD

 

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.

 

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.

 

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...

 

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

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.

 

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. :

Other than that, when I'm selling dolls, I clean them up, box them and forget about them till a buyer comes along.

 

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?