Goodbye Pretty Good Toys

As some of you might know, I owned a collectible toy company back in the 1990's /early 2000's.  I loved it and was sorry to see the collectible market crash after 9/11.  It broke my heart to have to close it down.

I was very blessed and able to restart my executive assistant career. I lucked into working for some great companies. I was able to save some money, pay off debts and help make a secure life for us.

When we moved to our new house in 2008, we sold off/gave away over half of the leftover inventory. That still left me with a lot of inventory that I just couldn't bring myself to part with. I kept thinking that if I ever needed some extra cash, I could go back to selling online.  Or, if I got bored, I could drag out a few boxes and sell what I could sell.  John tried his hand at selling a few things when his consulting company was just starting up a few years ago.  We even picked up the occasional collectible at a garage sale or flea market that we thought might be worth something, someday.

It is now 2021. John and I had a long, honest talk, regarding the reality of holding onto the inventory. We admitted that we neither of us wanted to put in the time and effort to sell toys again. We realized we barely made any money anymore, given the cost of selling fees and S&H charges.  Our time making good money at selling collectibles was over.  Our hearts were not in it anymore.

Now we are going through the "toy room" and purging all but the items we want to keep for our own personal enjoyment.  We figure we will have a huge garage sale sometime this summer.  Anything that doesn't find a home that way, will get to go to goodwill.  

Is this extremely sad?  Yes.  I always sort of hoped I would find the magic of PGToys again.  It was such a wonderful experience. It brought me such joy.  

Is this also extremely satisfying?  Yes.  It feels really good to purge.  I know when the task is completed, I will feel great when I see the emptier empty room in my basement - knowing the items went to people that will hopefully display them proudly, or sell them and enjoy the experiences I had with selling.

I know saying goodbye to PGToys is something I probably should have done years ago... but I now have the strength to let it go entirely. I know I will have no regrets.  Sometimes you just have to wait awhile and let the time be right.  As they say, "all good things must come to and end".  The memories I have will last a lifetime.  I was blessed to get to own PGToys for as long as I did.