Do you keep the cost of your BJD's from your non BJD friends?

I usually keep the prices of my dolls to myself-- I just don't think it's anyone else's business other than my own. However, if one of my friends or family members want to touch or hold one of my dolls, I will tell them then. I just want them to know of my dolls' value so they know to be careful.

 

Mmm I don’t go out of my way to tell them, but I let them know if they ask.

 

Mom and I have settled into a truce of she doesn't tell dad how much my dolls cost and I don't tell dad how much her fabric stash cost.

 

I usually don't care if people know, but there are a few family members I avoid mentioning it to because they are pretty judgmental about how I choose to spend money (even if my needs are met and it's not their business.)

 

I usually keep the costs of my doll collecting to myself. Most of my small group of friends know I collect dolls and so do my coworkers. I think they usually come up with a price in their head when I say they "can be expensive" and usually try not to go into details of price. There have been a couple of times I mentioned a price, like my boss was complaining on how much the Japanese figma that his son collects cost, I mentioned that just an outfit for one of my dolls costs more that what he was complaining about and it shut him right up; probably because he was thankful his son was not into what I collected.
I have also mentioned the price of my IOS to a friend when I was having a hard time deciding if I was going to buy him or not. I said that he would be my most expensive doll and did not know if I should get him, my friend asked "oh yea, how much?". Lets just say he no longer calls me a Barbie-collector.
My mother collects dolls so I will tell her the cost when trying to decide if a doll is worth the price or not (this happens frequently unfortunately). When other doll owners ask me how much I spent on a doll or outfit they like, I give the cost pretty freely as well since they do not give me the same shocked expression others who are not in the hobby give me.

 

If the person isn’t a close personal friend with similar interests I don’t share haha... not totally because I’m afraid of being judged (I don’t want to be, don’t get me wrong!) but because I don’t want people to see them as something worth stealing. You never know what people might do if they think they could make a quick few hundred dollars. Usually I can just explain to people that my dolls are art pieces and that keeps people respectful of them

 

I don't really discuss the cost of anything that I buy with my friends, unless I just happen to get a REALLY freaking good deal on socks or something. If one of them asked me directly, I would be honest, but I can't imagine a scenario in which it would come up organically.

My best irl doll collecting friend is someone who already implicitly understands the cost of bjds, and I can't even recall an occasion that we've discussed what we've paid for something. (Other than the time I bought an MDR head from her.)

 

This is a questions I definitely want to answer.................NO, I tell everybody the real cost of the hobby if they really want to know.

There is no reason why you should hide the real cost of the hobby from anyone. Be very proud of your collection, you worked hard for your dolls. They are an achievement in your name.

Not everybody will even want to know how much your dolls cost because most people are not interested in dolls, and to those who are interested, they understand. Hobbies are never cheap.

 

Most of the time, I don't mention price. Here in my country people who collect dolls are taged as creepy, lunatic or something bad. I prefer to keep it to myself.

 

Typically I don't unless someone is wanting to get one.

My mom thinks they're gorgeous but I'm aware they can get expensive but I don't give her any details (mostly because I don't want her to be tricked into buying recasts because if you don't really know what you're looking at, it's easy to fall for something like that).

My husband is well aware how much these things cost though (but he also collects various anime figures so he understands).

 

I do not keep them from my friends who do not know BJD unless they are trying to destroy them, but it only happen to their kids not them and it happened so little.
Normally people are all nice and they can tell those dolls are not cheap

 

Yes, I definitely hide how much my dolls (and other related costs) away from everyone except for my significant other. We pay the bills together; I believe we both have a right to know what our money is being spent on.

 

My close friends all know how much the BJDs I want cost. They even enable me to buy them (thus my purchase of three fullsets within three months). My family is another matter though. No way in hell am I letting my mom know how much my dolls cost once they arrive!

 

I don’t bring up the price, because people who don’t collect dolls aren’t going to buy one so it’s not relevant.

 

If I have people who want to chip in for gifts such as Familly then yes(if extended familly then vaguely so)
Close friends just know they are "sort of expensive"
and everyone else just dosen't know.

 

I told my non bjd friends that I'll go out with. I'll bring my doll out to take photos with my non bjd friends, so letting them know the price is better

 

I usually tell my friends if they ask, but otherwise I keep quiet. I definitely don't tell my parents how much this hobby costs because they would flip their lid. LOL

 

Unless my co-workers ask and I show them the websites with prices and that shuts them up really quick

 

I tend to keep cost to myself as it none else business what I spend on a hobby If any one asked if they are expensive I will tell them the price they are going for. Very close friends who are interested and ask my advise on price I would general say what is the less amount and the most amount I've paid. Up till now though no one as asked me

 

My family is pretty open about money matters, as in how much anything we buy costs, so they would think it was weird if I skirted the question (and they do/have asked, point blank). But I think it depends on the person, sometimes talking about large sums of money is seen as tacky if you're not asked directly, and I know all too well not everyone I talk to about my dolls (which is basically everyone, I have no shame) can or would drop several hundred dollars on a chunk of resin, no matter how much they admire them.