Ever feel the need to "adopt" dolls for sale in the marketplace?

Only the ones that work with my aesthetic and also the ones of the fringes of same. I have varying tastes though so the marketplace may prove to be a dangerous pastime.

 

I admit that I constantly browse the dolls for sale threads. I'm only looking for certain dolls, though, so I wouldn't just try to buy any random doll for sale. I prefer to give a home to a second-hand doll rather than buy new...it just seems sweeter that way.

 

I search the threads a lot and I find ones I want to buy.

I do sometimes feel the need to adopt ones that I really like, but there's only one right now that I really want to adopt. I've been staring at her since she was posted, but I haven't had the cash. ):

 

Not at all. I rarely browse the marketplace (and when I do, it's simply out it curiosity)
I'm very picky about which doll I buy and when I do, it has to be straight from the company
(I feel that if I buy a second hand doll it's not really mine)

 

hahahaha well... my newest girl is here because I feeled the need to adopt her

I wouldn't adopt any doll. She's a mold that I wanted since a long time ago. So, this girl, whose dolls are amazing, was selling her. I was like "you can't go to a mortal's home, you need to come home with me" and that's what happened. It's because I kind off make a special connection to some specific dolls and when they sell them is heart breaking.

Anyway, I don't expect this to happen again, but... who knows?

 

I tend to feel this way when I see dolls for sale from people I interact with on a regular basis going up for sale, mostly because I feel like I'll miss seeing the doll on the forums, and because there's a certain familiarity with that doll. There's also the instances when the seller really needs the money, and I want to be as much of a friend as possible and help them out, but sadly most times my wallet won't allow for it.

 

That kinda what happen with my newest girl and her on layaway sister. I had seen Mikhaila before but I fell in love with this little girl very quickly. I got her and then a few months later I want her to have a twin so I am look on the market place and seen a perfect match but was not sure and I put up a want to buy and the girl with the mikhaila pm me and now her sister will be home soon.

 

If the the doll *calls* me then I would buy it. I bought my CP Chiwoo, Dantes from the market place that way and I don't regret it. I would never buy a doll, however, out of pity...like knowing it's been boxed or neglected by the owner, if I don't like it it will only be boxed or neglected by me...again =[ so just buy what you like, and both parties will be happy (well, the doll will look happy =D)

 

I always feel this way for anything in general! I always find myself wanting to 'adopt' things, just to have it be in my loving arms! I guess I just like to mother things that aren't my own.

 

I’ve looked on the Marketplace before with my fiancé (she has access right now, I don’t) and I definitely have wanted to adopt dolls. XD I worry for my wallet when I have access to the Marketplace.

 

I'm actually quite picky and I end up looking at the dolls in the marketplace and not liking any of them enough to consider buying them...

 

I try to avoid the MP as much as possible unless I have money in my PayPal and am actively looking for something - because otherwise I get far too tempted to splash out on an impulse buy to "rescue" some poor thing with a terrible face-up or half-done mod. That's how I ended up with at least half my current collection!

 

I don't have the urge to buy dolls I like right away. That is probably why I end up not having them. TuT~ So no. I don't feel the need to adopt.
I might actually buy a severely destroyed head just to fix it though. I love fixing and modifying things.

 

i had this feeling when i bought a MNF Shushu head. My plan was to buy a Shushu head in NS but but it needs to be perfect and i was always too picky then i found the head in BW and i thought (and this is kinda stupid) she was made for me like "you need to buy this head" because she was new and no yellowing. I had the same feeling about a Luka girl head i have seen her on DOA. Her Face-Up was perfect and she was the most beautiful luka girl i have seen. I thought about selling my first and one and only doll but i was kinda late.

 

I would rather buy new, maybe if it was in good condition, but I do kind of feel bad for the ones being sold...is that weird? xD

 

I feel the same since i prefer a very new doll too. There are some things i would never do with my dolls and i'm very picky with scratches or if the doll looks too shiny because of low rubbing since i love the matt skin when they are new. But i also understand this kind of feeling for the ones being sold.

 

I prefer to buy new dolls, but most of the ones I love happen to be limited editions, so I'm forced to scavenge the market place a lot of times. xD I don't mind buying a second hand doll though, it makes me feel happy to give him/her a second chance!

 

Sometimes I feel bad for a doll that the owner didn't bond with and wish I could rescue them, but I never do since that would lead to too much spending. I try to stick to only dolls that I really fell in love with.

 

I find a lot of dolls immensely beautiful, but I have a hard time finding characters and names that match them. So when I peruse the MP at late hours and I see a face that literally haunts me (it's how I ended up with my NotDoll girl, she had been there for a very very long time) and a background story just comes out of nowhere I know that I HAVE to have. I also "rescued" a doll from someone local and I'm very glad I did. He's my only boy and he was a total impulse buy. But so far he's the snuggliest and I couldn't be happier with him.

 

If I had the money I would rescue most dolls from the marketplace^^