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How did you purchase your first BJD?

Nov 10, 2013

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    1. I still haven't gotten my first as of yet, but i was just wondering how other's did it.

      Did you save up? Did you use a credit card and do it in payments? Did you do layaway?

      Just want to get some feeback from others.:sweat
       
      #1 Royal_Mint, Nov 10, 2013
    2. I didn't have a credit card at the time I got my very first doll, so I had to save up for it little by little :)
       
      #2 Yumeko-chan, Nov 10, 2013
    3. I had some money left over from a summer job. I decided I'd use it to buy all the parts for my doll. :D So I just bought her body, clothes, and hair in one fell swoop.

      The trouble is now I have her clothes and hair and props all waiting, but still no doll.
       
      #3 Hadlais, Nov 10, 2013
    4. I saved up for a really long time and then bought her from the company
       
      #4 Chibi_Rat, Nov 10, 2013
    5. I saved up for my first doll and I bought him off eBay.
       
      #5 SapphireStargazer, Nov 10, 2013
    6. The manner in which I got my first dolls is kind of bizarre. I was at a house party and my friend and I were going through all her lolita clothing (for herself, not her dolls) and I came across her dolls, and after a little discussion she decided to give them to me as she was no longer into the hobby, but when I reminded her she'd just moved into this new house she agreed to take $50 which I had on me at the time. So it was like part gift and part payment.
       
      #6 MissAniThrope, Nov 10, 2013
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    7. I bought my first doll on layaway. I was very lucky Soom offered long layaways (from memory, I paid my Cuprit off on a 6 month layaway). I wouldn't have been able to get her otherwise, because she was limited to that month.
       
      #7 sharnofshade, Nov 10, 2013
    8. My first one was bought with my tax return for that year, so all at once with my government-enforced saving up. :3 I've since done a combination of saving-and-paying, layaway, and buying with tax returns.
       
      #8 vicemage, Nov 10, 2013
    9. I had just got a new job, and I bought mine with my first paycheck, paid in full through paypal. :)
       
      #9 Cyclothymia, Nov 10, 2013
    10. I bought her body and her head separately (she's a hybrid). Body first, then head. Both parts were bought directly from the respective companies, no layaway.
       
      #10 thedarkeststar13, Nov 10, 2013
    11. I saved up for three years If I'm not wrong, bought the head in two payments because I had to go on travel and months after it, I bought the body and pay it all at once. I'm underage, with no mid time work and my parents don't give me money... ;w; so it's hard to save up, but completly worth it when my dolls arrive <3
       
      #11 Freiheit89Kltz, Nov 10, 2013
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    12. Back in the day when I started I didn't have that much money plus I was mainly collecting ponies at that time. That's why I ordered my Pukifee Luna on layaway through DDE.
       
      #12 Lil Spark, Nov 10, 2013
    13. I saved up 90% of the money, and my dad was feeling nice (it was very close to my birthday) so he gave me that last little bit plus some for a wig/eyes. Then I purchased the doll direct from the company.
       
      #13 Havra, Nov 10, 2013
    14. I gathered the money for my first resin doll (around 200$) thanks to some saving, some cosplay commissions and some handmade goods sold in a japanese-theme market, and then bought him from a reseller's site.
       
      #14 Mitis Feles, Nov 10, 2013
    15. i dreamed about my grail doll more than 2,5 years. and i can't say that i did something special. i was sure that he was too expensive for me and i can't buy him now and never . but since i'm not a spender, i usually save up money for something that i'll probably buy in the future. this february, when i was sobbing under the promo of this doll again, i decide to re-count my savings. and.. omg.. i realized that i can buy it . i felt so insane in that moment, but i ordered it and now fully happy.(his total cost with shipping was 700$)
      i know that save up won't work if you want to get limited doll, but as for me it's the best way to received what you want. and the important that you will be sure that you really want it.
       
      #15 xatshe, Nov 10, 2013
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    16. I saved up for my Souldoll Elan and bought him through Alice's Collections during their free shipping promo.
       
      #16 NakedGun_Powder, Nov 10, 2013
    17. I had about half saved up until I got impatient and I asked my mom to help me out with a loan XD I had the loan payed back about 2 weeks after she arrived home becaus I wanted to be able to say she was completely mine :D After that I never bought any doll with any kind of loan, I always saved up beforehand, I think I got a little bit more patience over time XD
       
      #17 Hasel, Nov 10, 2013
    18. It was pure saving up although to be honest it came as a big surprise still! I had some leftover money I had saved up and some I was given as a gift at my birthday... I had wanted a BJD since forever and a day ago but never got to save up enough for one when it dawned me that I should have "about enough" all things considered. So... I spent the next three months keeping the money I had saved aside trying to figure out the 'perfect doll' for me until I found him... uvu
       
      #18 Soenatte, Nov 10, 2013
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    19. I ordered Goldie through Peak's Woods layaway system. I used my debit card to pay for her as I do not have a PayPal account. I save money from my weekly allowance and I also have an online accessory shop to pay for my girl :)


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      #19 DollifiedStephanie, Nov 10, 2013
    20. I saved up then paid in full. My first doll came straight from DollZone :)
       
      #20 Rockin' Resin Addict, Nov 10, 2013
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