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

If it's something that can be sanded or hidden beneath clothes, I'm more inclined to buy something damage~

 

I always make the excuse:

If it's still there when I have money. >.> " If not then I'm hoping they find a good home that isn't mine, despite how badly I want to give them a home.

 

I'm actually looking for a damaged head that I could get for a reasonable price - to use as a practice head for learning faceups. BUT - the reason I haven't gone ahead and gotten one or 2 that are already up there (not damaged) is that I'm hoping for one that could possibly fit into the crew in the future, or one that is beyond the point of being used. I think I'd feel bad getting a nice blank one with all that potential and then just having it sit around getting amateur faceups and not "being" somebody. Also because cash is a little tighter than expected this week, though.

 

Sometimes I check the DOA market place or ebay and other sites on which people put up dolls for sale..
I have never actually felt sorry for the doll but I have really wanted to purchase.
I won't say which doll or who but there is currently(or was)a doll up for sale that I have liked since first I saw it. I did not have any idea it was going to be sold because when I first saw it was an owner's doll she seemed fond of I don't have any money to buy it and it is one of only two dolls I know of that I would want already finished.

Once I really wanted to buy a Bermann for what I thought was a good price(for a Bermann and some clothes) but I did not have the money at the time.

 

I do but then I see the price and then I'm like "never mind"

 

I just adopted a head. ^_^ Now I need to gather him a body. :O

Which I should be soon. But yes, I agree. I feel so bad, I want them all to find a great home. T_T

 

I don't think it's crazy at all... Several months ago, I kept seeing this doll come up for sale, again and again... and nobody wanted her.

So I went against my instincts and bought her. I cleaned her up, got her a new faceup, new eyes, new everything... and while I didn't bond with her and she's now on layaway for her new home...

...I dunno. I feel better because I helped her get the chance to be loved. I'm even losing money on the whole deal...but I just don't mind. Because I know now that she'll be where she's meant to be. Even if it's not with me.

 

That whole need to adopt thing? OH yeah i know that

I got my 2nd,3rd, 5th doll Whom I am gettinh from the post office tomorrow..
I also psuedo Adopted a DZ megi and i'm in the process of adopting a July for my friend :>

I cry when i see a doll on the market to long, or if they gimme that look of " I'm yours... please bring me home ".. Like my 5th did to me.. DZ Ani 3

 

Need to adopt? Yes, once. My Pandora. I saw her on the marketplace and fate kept me from bidding for her via the ebay auction she was on, and fate did a complete turnabout and I ended up with her. But then I've always wanted an Awkward Face and this one seemed to say from the piccies 'I am already yours' even when I thought I had lost her. She knew better, of course.

*hugs little Iona*

 

I actually like the idea of buying dolls used from other sellers on the Marketplace more than getting them direct from the companies, if I can. I like the idea of adopting a doll who needs a home, and helping out a seller who needs the money. That's actually how I got my first doll.

 

I love buying my dolls off the Marketplace. I'm always up for a good deal and a previously loved doll... I like helping out other peoples' financial situations, and I like meeting and dealing with new people!

 

I don't even have access to the marketplace here yet and my bank account is dreading it. I find it so hard to refuse an unwanted doll up for adoption, it seems like the more unloved they are the more I need to give them a good home... But I'm the same with a lot of things

 

That's how i buyed my first doll XD.
I saw her being sold, i think at the same day she was on the marketplace (not on this forum) i asked the owner to put her on hold for me because i immediatly fell in love with her ^^
Now i paid for her and she's going to be sent to my place soon .

 

I sort-of did this... I was considering buying a DOD Lahoo at the time from their Japanese agent (with a one-off outfit) - but while I was still considering it I saw one on the MP that had been sitting there for a while. I kept going back to the thread, then decided there wouldn't be any harm in PMing the owner and asking a couple of questions... within a week I'd paid for him
Something about him called to me more, and I'm glad I got him. (I know the other Lahoo sold, as well, and went to a girl who really adored him )

Fortunately for my wallet, other dolls I've been drawn to on the MP have sold faster than I've asked, and I'm now trying to resist going in threads there because I'm trying to save for other things too!

 

I think everyone has that feeling from time to time, particularly if you follow a particular doll and see it go up. I'm pretty particular about what I want so I never followed that through -- until very recently when one of my local friends put up her collection and ... well, I ended up asking her about one of hers before she got past her LJ to putting him up on the marketplace. I don't know. The idea of him going to someone else actually motivated me towards putting Christmas money and selling off a couple of dolls I've been tepid on but felt guilty about selling.

 

Nope I feel the same way i love to adopt I got Senri from intermission one of my best decisions yet and I'm adopting another

 

Definately, it's how I bought one of dolls. The problem is, since it was more of a pity buy, I don't really know if I want to keep the doll

 

Definately, it's how I bought one of dolls. The problem is, since it was more of a pity buy, I don't really know if I want to keep the doll

 

I've been avoiding the marketplace for that reason, but since I just recently got my own paypal...I can't stop looking Dx I have to save for a Canada trip + my next boy's head, but a doll I've liked recently went up for sale last month...and I have the money. But I know if I buy her, I won't have the money I need, come spring.

*searches want ads frantically*

But I agree with most everyone here, I feel so bad...Everytime I see one go up, I think:

"hmm...I wonder how much money I have that hasn't been put towards Canada..." Dx On that thought, *counts doll funds can contents*

EDIT::

Just so you know, its not enough...but not by much ...Is it time again to skip school lunch? Meh beh, meh beh... Wow, I'm obsessed *facepalm*

 

Yes, all the time. I see ones that are NOT even up for adoption and I want them, I fell that i Need them. There are so many cute dolls out there and I just want to adopt a lot of them, but I am a sucker for Lati Yellows with kitty lips. =)