[lwerdna]

You're not alone. I've even tried to dream up ways to "humanely" vaporize them so they wouldn't suffer being at the bottom of a trash heap with old food and what not dripping on them, their innards squeezed out, which is sure to be their fate if I donate them. And now I see the same illogical attachment tendencies in a couple of my kids. It's a burden.

[cobertos]

I wonder how hard it would be to start a service like that. It would be large branding task (and a fun one!), but I imagine materials and labor cost would be super low.

[bashmelek]

In Japan, they actually have Shinto services for respectfully burning old dolls that won’t be passed on to the next generation.

[agentwiggles]

Maybe you could send a nice box, something kind of evoking a coffin without being overly morbid, and present it as something like a funeral service. Maybe when you receive the "body" you could clean it up and take a nice photo to remember it by.

Upsell opportunity - 3D scan the beloved stuffy, so that it can live forever in the Metaverse.

Another upsell - cremation. Get a little pendant with the ashes, or spread them into a forest, or something similar.

Only half joking, although something about the idea felt a little gross as soon as "upsell opportunity" entered my mind.