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

I don't really feel like "adopting dolls" per say- It's not that I feel bad for a doll so I want to give it a home- if I don't like the mold then there's no way I could give it a home. I just see potential in some and enjoy looking at what I might be able to do with them as part of my collection. It just so happens that some of them aren't on my wishlist, but they end up being really pretty and maybe added to my wishlist later. That kind of thing. I honestly wouldn't be able to spend that kind of money on something I bought for pity....

 

I sort of did that once. There was a Dollmore Lillith Liv that just looked so sad I had to buy her. She was a very good price & I had some extra money right then & figured I could always sell her again if she didn't work out. Once she got here though I changed her eyes & fell completely in love. Now I can't imagine parting with Faelyn; she's one of my favorites. She has a boyfriend but still hasn't revealed why she's so sad.

 

xD All the time! I'm always in the market, looking through all the dollies. I really can't afford anymore right now, but I'll find one that's been there for a while and think "maybe if I use next week's money, even though it's for bills." I will eventually find one I can't resist, I know I will.

 

All the time for me too. I have specific dolls that I intend to buy, but there are just those dolls in the marketplace or on eBay that just scream "Adopt Me!!" Of course I don't(I'd be selling limbs to pay for them), but I think that If I had the means and the space I would probably be adopting a lot of dolls put up for resale.

 

All the bloody time @_@ and I don't just do that with dolls either D:

 

I haven't done it yet- but sometimes I get the urge. Really it's mostly for damaged dolls- the ones someone gave up on modding or got partially destroyed sometimes. I'm a complete mod whore, so sometimes my hands really itch to get a hold of them and turn them into something beautiful again. But I have projects as it is ^_^;;

 

I feel the need to adopt all the animals in the pictures posted by the Humane Society whenever I pass by the bulletin board at work--but never for dolls.

 

Yes. All the time. That's how half of my dolly family got here!

...speaking of which, I wish I had the $$...there are a few that I really want to bring home right now!

La

 

I know that feeling completely. It was like that when Gabriel was put on sale by his former owner. I was never a fan of DZ, especially Meigis.... something about them.... I really did not like their sculpt at all!!!! ><;;; But when I saw Gabe in the marketplace I found myself constantly checking up on him and seeing if anyone had bought him. For a few days straight I was debating him... his price then went down! I was slightly appalled. He was very pretty, even if he was a megi... and I couldn't understand why no one had taken him up already. Finally I folded to his charms and "adopted" him. And I know for a fact that I would never give him up, not him at least. Something about him ><;;; I absolutely adore Gabe.

 

If I were made of money I'd adopt TONS of dolls! Too many! I keep an eye on those dolls that linger on the marketplace and I feel sorry for them. Those are the ones I want to give a home too.

 

I try staying far away from the market place partly because of this reason. You see the sad face, possibly the good price and all you want to do is say ok I'll buy you! Even though it wasn't on your list of dolls to buy >.<

 

yeah. I;ve had moments like that. but I usually wait a few days and think it over.

 

Thankfully this has only happened once with Bee my lj Zephyros, I had no idea why but i kept coming back to his thread, he had obviously been a well loved doll (a bit dinged up from play but not bad) And all the things I usually avoid on second hand dolls. (chips, yellowing, smoking home) but... I just had to. So he came home hes been here over half a year now. and in a way his state helped me to realize a "flaw" was not the end of the world.

 

If I dont have any special request for the doll, then I will adopt from the marketplace. Its cheap, you get to talk to a HUMAN through the deal, and you adopt a doll thats been loved. That has soul, character and history, like the old porcelain dolls collect.

I check the marketplace all the time, hoping they will be adopted.

 

If I had everlasting money I'd buy every single doll in the marketplace. full stop.

 

Has anyone ever heard at a meet about a fellow owner about to rehome a doll?

>.< Because I get the "save me" urge from those, too.

 

if i'd had money i'll buy most of the dolls from the marketplace. >.> i feel the urge to buy them all the time...

 

Everyone of my dolls right now (cept for my two puki boys) are marketplace dolls. I bought them mostly because I wanted the mold...but I did kinda feel obligated to "adopt". Every marketplace doll I have just drew me in and from the first time I looked at their sales thread...I was doomed! The yellowing or chipping doesn't bother me, gives them character and makes me feel that I don't have to be obsessively careful with them.

 

I have to admit, I've thought that too...even dolls I didn't like that much, I've wanted to take home...
Maybe one day I will adopt a doll, if they're cute and reasonably priced. The weird thing is that as they were preowned, I'd feel like they'd have to be their old character ^_^; That might upset the previous owner, so I don't know if I'd be able to...

 

When I first started into the doll hobby I just ordered dolls from the various doll sites, because I was nervous about all the Problem Transactions I had seen, and quite frankly I wasn't sure if I could really love or bond with a doll that had been previously owned with a different face-up, personality, and various characteristics.

However, all of that changed when I fell in love with DollGa's Noella mold and happened by chance to find someone in the Marketplace who was selling one.

I have since sold my first three "company-direct" dolls. Now I only have 1 doll who is brand new and ordered directly from the company by me: my DollGa Noella Sleeping. And I think it's because it was so hard to find her open-eyed sister in the Marketplace (and also they aren't a super popular mold) that I just decided I had to order her from DollGa. Truth be told, I troll the Marketplace all the time and I've never seen a Noella Sleeping for sale!

But the other 4 dolls I have and the 1 I have in-coming have all been owned by previous people on DoA. I think getting my Noella "second-hand" really changed my perspective on things. It definitely cuts down on the waiting time; you don't have to sit for a month or more waiting for the company to cast the doll or do any of the little "extras" you order on the side. But also, it is a bit more economic with shipping costs as well.

I think like a lot of people, I always look on the Marketplace for the dolls I want. And I've been fortunate enough to find them all! I think "adoption" is definitely the way to go. Your dolls are what you make them, and even though they might have belonged to someone else first, they are still new to you. And I know when selling my first three dolls I felt a lot of guilt, and felt that need for them to go to good homes, where someone would pay more attention to them than I had. So in turn, buying dolls from sellers on DoA makes me feel like I'm returning the favor, and giving new life to someone who will have a place with me.