Responses in copy below: ----- Original Message ----- From: "mroczko" mroczko@verinet.com To: candichat@dolls.de Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 8:44 AM Subject: Re: favorites
Hi Pat and All,
I just don't have room for the Gene things, so I have sort of gotten over those. That, and the increase in price in Gene made me much less likely to buy more.
Do you mean that their original retail value is too much to continue
buying
more or do you mean that their resale value has increased thereby making them less attractive for you to continue buying?
Just can't afford the original retail price. The dolls used to sell for $60 and now they are over $100. Pretty, but I just can't do it.
ARE YOU KIDDING? OVER $100??? My word, I can't even give away the old stuff that I bought for $69 for a minimum of 50% of the original price. Are the fashions that much more interesting now? After 1998, the fashions got to be less than inspired and I couldn't see continuing the collection. I did buy Madra and one of her fashions, but discovered that I have fallen out of love with the exaggerated eyes on all the Genes. I have a slew of older Genes and fashions and have not begun to tackle putting them on eBay. I'm thinking I might donate them to some doll museum--if I can find one that is interested in fashion doll collections. Does any one here know of some such museum that exists or is going exist?
Keep up the conversation guys. I have really been enjoying peoples opinions. Maybe we should get ourselves organized as well, and have a little list garage sale. Since many of us seem to be weeding out things. What if we set a date a month or so from now, and everyone post their FS lists on one day? That would motivate people to sort, and I really like
to
sell to list people. I can take less, knowing that I won't have any problems. What do you think?
Obviously, I think this is an excellent idea because I, too, much prefer selling to List folks first. And the idea of keeping us motivated while we clean out our collections is big help. I am sure many of us have collections that overwhelm us and having fellow collectors hold our hands is a comfort. Regards, Pat Brown