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

Let me tell you what i tell myself:
The right buyer just hasn't found it yet, they're waiting for the right person, the seller just doesnt know that

It often keeps me from buying for no reason other than it makes me sad. The one doll I did buy this way is actually a favorite tho

 

I feel this sometimes too. There is one doll I've been looking at for quite some time and wish I had the funds to bring it home. I've even come up with a character for it, but unless money falls from the sky, alas, it won't be.

 

Same for me. It's probably a good thing I'm poor The dolls would eventually take over.

 

Maybe it's not so much that the doll is unwanted as those who really want it can't afford it?

 

This happened to me over an adorable Bobobie Isabella for a YEAR she wouldn't sell and I had considered buying her with my Christmas money and ironically when I went to see about getting her...

She was sold.

Sometimes the right owners just need time to come around. Or go through multiple owners. The floating body I'm getting has been through THREE owners and I'm gonna be owner number four...And that doll's gonna STAY where it's going. To my home to be apart of my family. I already got plans for the little darling. Sometimes the doll's 'true' owner comes along at the right pace.

Trust me I've felt the 'poor doll' vibe before. XD;;

 

I think that sometimes too, but again, it could be waiting a while for so many reasons
1 -Like DeadLegato said - those who love the sculpt can't afford to get it
2 -maybe there is someone saving madly in the wings we don't know about hoping that dolly will still be up for sale by the time they have enough.
3 -sometimes (even if we think the price is reasonable) - it is not that reasonable for others,
4 - if the face up is gorgeous it might not be to someone who has very specific tastes or ideas for faceups, but maybe can't paint their own or afford to get dolly and then commission a new one
5 - It can be due to feedback issues
6 - Some people don't ship Overseas
7 - Some will only take certain types of payments
etc... etc...

So it doesn't always equate to the dolly being unloved. Oh... I forgot the really bad one, if the current owner needs to sell for financial reasons, and then ther circumstances change and they get to keep a loved dolly that would also be nice, rather than having them sell super quick and then realise they made a mistake a few weeks later.

but yes, they do tug on my heart strings too

 

Aww, this is such a sweet sentiment and warms my heart . I often look at dolls on the marketplace and feel the need to "rescue" them. (I don't because of lack of funds. LOL) but I'm going to keep your sentiment in mind next time I'm browsing. Thank you.

 

I lurked the marketplace watching a sales thread for months before finally having the funds to actually message the seller of a floating head I had wanted from the first time I saw it. Remember, potential buyers aren't supposed to speak up unless they have the ability to purchase a doll, or at least start a layaway, now. For all you know, every doll on the Marketplace has someone, or multiple someones, trying to save up the money to buy it. It might take them a year or more, but if they really want the doll, they will save up for it, if it isn't bought by someone else first.

 

No, I don't have that kind of emotional attachment and I think of dolls as any other item. No matter how much I love that necklace, if it's overpriced I'm not going to buy it and I don't care if no one else does either. The person should price it more appropriately, although sometimes people don't REALLY want to sell so they post an expensive price just to see. I do however get the urge to restore damaged dolls I see or give dolls with nasty sharpie faceups a makeover >.<

 

It's so funny you post this because for the last couple weeks I've been doing this. There's a doll where the owner wants too much for a doll with damage that isn't so sought after (and buying a new one wouldn't be much more). The doll's cheap enough that I have to keep myself from purchasing her just to save her. I had tried to convince myself that she needs rescuing but that's a slippery slope to start down.

 

I remember when I was selling a doll, my friend (male, as well) became very emotional about it as he'd seen this particular doll before. He even wanted to cry because he felt so sad for this unwanted doll who wasn't finding an owner easily, I couldn't relate because I don't have that perspective that the doll is "unwanted" at all. =_= I just told him that the proper owner would come along and he was still upset about it.

Lo and behold a week later, the doll in question was adopted! I had the glory of showing him "See! Now she's going to a new, loving home!" and the buyer was so ecstatic to adopt her, it was very sweet. I don't ever feel bad for dolls who take a while to find a home because I know they'll find an ideal home at some point, it's merely a waiting game. It's wonderful when you know you have the "perfect match" in terms of the doll for sale and the buyer interested, especially when you have that feeling that it'll be their forever home.

 

I've bought dolls before because they were a 'good deal' or the owner had marked them down so cheap it felt like a steal. I probably won't do it again, though, because I usually end up selling dolls I randomly bought but didn't truly LOVE. I feel like I shouldn't buy sculpts I'm not in love with, so others that DO love them have the chance to get them.

 

This ;;v;; my Daydream Lance has been through three, possible four previous owners! Being one of my absolute dream dolls he's not going anywhere anymore of course TTUTT

 

*sigh*

I so do. So far I haven't actually given in to that impluse, but I certainly do feel it. It's not even about dolls I am actively looking for. I'll just browse threads and see what's for sale, and all of a sudden I will stumble across this lovely, lovely doll who needs a new home... Unless it's outrageously priced, I'll be sorely tempted, even when the doll in question doesn't at all fit in my plans. What can I do - I just like dolls! And it's really an MP thing. I would just skim over them on their company sales page and not feel a thing. But if the doll already exists, and someone needs to get rid of it... I'll look. I'll think. And I'll really have trouble to keep myself from contacting the seller. *sigh*

I think I must have had three dolls already before I got marketplace access, and some of my dolls I ordered as soon as they were available. But before placing an order for a doll that has been around for a while already, I always check the MP first. I have four second-hand dolls now, and I kind of like the idea that I gave them a new home. At the same time, none of these dolls needed 'rescueing' - in this sense that their previous owners had clearly taken excellent care of them.

But yes, beautiful (or quirky) sculpts on the MP always tug at my heartstrings.

 

Not on the Marketplace, but I remember seeing a doll being put on a really big sale by an authorized re-seller and that made me really, really sad for some reason. It was just that sculpt that was on sale - I knew it wasn't going to be popular because it had far too much emotion for the average BJD owner - but to see it on a 40% discount... Made me really sad for the doll. It looked so happy, and then here was this big tag saying nobody wanted to bring little one home. For a second I seriously contemplated getting one because I just felt so bad, even though I had no character for the doll.

Just a few weeks ago I stumbled upon the company again because I fell for another one of their dolls, and realized that theirs was the same company whose doll I was looking at over a year ago. It then made sense I fell for the other doll, because their dolls are very full of emotion. They're still selling the other sculpt, and she's no longer being sold for a discount.

 

I haven't experienced it yet, but I probably will once I get access to the market place.

 

^Ditto, because I totally understand the feeling xD But since dolls aren't the only thing I'm setting money aside for, it won't be able to happen... or at least, not very often ^^;

 

I definitely stalk the MSD marketplace thread, and sometimes I just want to be like I dream of Geenie and poof those cute resin babies to me! Alas, sixteen and no job does not do me well with adopting poor homeless dolls

 

All the time, with every doll. It kills me to think about dolls just sitting around without anyone there to take care of them. If I had the money and the space, I would give every doll a home. Really, I'd probably even buy dolls to give them for FREE to people that wanted a doll but couldn't afford one. But,that's probably because I'm in that situation...

 

I do look in the marketplace and sometimes think it sad that the doll is not treasured anymore but then I remember that they are just waiting for their real owner to take them home. I did buy a head that I was not planning on and had never heard of just because he just looked so beautiful to me. He had two previous owners who never bonded with him and had even been sent to have a commissioned faceup by one. He now has a body, new cloths etc... and has become my first hybrid and I adore him. It's weird but I sort of feel a special attachment to him because he has history and ended up with me.