can i sell a doll but only have local pick up?

johnwick55 · Post by **johnwick55** » Tue Sep 18, 2018 10:50 am

this might be a dumb question. at some point in the near future i'm probably going to try to sell my doll. but i'm not able to ship it, so can i make a post on the "buy and sell" page but only for local pick up? do i have to be able to ship to sell a doll here?

Post by **Zang** » Tue Sep 18, 2018 2:59 pm

When you're selling a doll here on TDF, you're free to specify local pick up only in your sale ad, no problem.

In other words, if you can't (or don't want to) ship the doll, you don't have to pack and ship it.

Stewie studmuffin · Post by **Stewie studmuffin** » Tue Sep 18, 2018 8:38 pm

As Zang said, you don't HAVE to ship your doll and can specify local pick up. But I would advise doing whatever you can to ship her as doing so will allow you to get her sold faster and for a lot more money.
There are two major problems with the local pickup option:
1) There would already be a limited number of forum members within driving distance of your location. (This would be an even bigger problem if you live in a rural or remote area)
2) Any members who live close enough to do a local pick up might not be interested in the particular doll that you have. So you would have to drop the asking price extremely low to encourage them to get up off the money.
In fact, you would have to lower the price so much that you would be giving her away. And even then it could take a really long time to make a sale. I know one guy who had a really nice doll for sale at a great price who had been trying to sell her for two years because he couldn't ship. In fact, she may STILL be for sale as far as I know.
So the moral of the story is that it's really worth the extra hassle to do whatever you have to do to offer a shipping option.
If you absolutely positively can't do that, then I guess you will have no other choice than only offering local pick up.
But at any rate, good luck!

Post by **netwit** » Tue Sep 18, 2018 9:27 pm

There is also the issue of safety; it is a expensive purchase and a good opportunity for nefarious acts.

Best to meet in a mutually agreed to area, but if it is too public, then you risk people seeing the doll

johnwick55 · Post by **johnwick55** » Wed Sep 19, 2018 7:50 am

thanks for the info, guys. i know that only selling locally will mean a lower price, but i really do not have the ability to get a crate made and try to organize shipping for an item so huge. i'm going to try to sell it sometime in october so hopefully it works out.