Thanks for your response. I do know what dilemma means but if it makes you feel better to point that out, most glad to oblige.
My di-lem-ma is either take back everything individually into my inventory (problem) or create a rez box that can only hold a certain amount of items (problem). This is not a skybox that I just dropped items in it to look nice, I've actually built a little city in it & I would like to keep it intact for future use without having the hassle of dropping all 3,000 items one at a time. I've heard of highlighting the whole area, edit & take back but this is just what I've heard & since I do not have any concrete proof that this works, I will not chance it without support. This is exactly why I'm asking because if someone out there in Forum Land knows a trick, I'd be most happy to hear about it.