Responses in body: ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Hawkins" jhawkins1320@charter.net To: "Eugene Bradford" ebradfrd@crosslink.net Cc: candichat@dolls.de; "mroczko" mroczko@verinet.com Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 3:06 PM Subject: Re: favorites
as to Resolutions, I wish I could sell some dolls but am afraid to use Ebay after all I've been reading & I know it requires a lot of effort to sell & send dolls as I see what a friend, who does this, goes thru. So I'd like to simply show off what I do have ( & it's a lot) must get organized.
Don't let anything I've ever said about eBay deter you from using it. It's got to be the best method for continually thinning out collectibles that I've ever come across. Beats waiting to do yard sales when the season is warmer, beats having to load up stuff to take to the flea market and it beats the alternative which is to do nothing at all while the stuff clutters up and detracts from seeing what we've amassed.
I'm watching the TLC "Clean Sweep" New Year's Day marathon and am constantly grateful I've gotten into the habit of trying to unload stuff before it really does take over. I'm a piker compared to many of the featured homes undergoing their clean sweeping.
My biggest problem with my collecting is that now I've discovered what I'm doing and it requires everything needing be out in the open. And I just don't have space where I can spread out all of these dolls. One thing I've promised myself is if I don't have a plan for a doll and it can't fit into the collection immediately, it doesn't get purchased--no matter how gorgeous. The Greek doll I've had planned for since I saw the promo pics. I'm almost thinking I want her to become the predominant face to model all of my fashions, but then I'd have a very boring collection. Candis and her busty friends do make for excellent evening gown models.
I'm thinking our own CandiChat Clean Sweep will be quite interesting if we really do pull it off. Back to my digs downstairs... Pat Brown