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How did you purchase your first BJD?

Nov 10, 2013

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    1. I haven't bought my first yet but my boyfriend offered to buy my first for Christmas.
       
      #221 destiny86, Dec 22, 2014
    2. I always keep a bit of extra money around, and I discovered BJDs by basically being on the internet way too much. I fell in love with them, and decided to buy one that I found on sale during an event. Since most of my interest in BJDs lies in the creative side of personally customizing them, I ordered her blank and bought accessories separately. It has been tons of fun finding my way around giving faceups, and I have decided to body blush her myself as well. Eventually, I will make clothes for her. It's been fun so far!
       
      #222 LoudOwl, Dec 23, 2014
    3. I ordered my first bjd directly through souldoll company using credit card. I struggled a long time before making the decision. I usually don't do layaway unless I feel very secured.
       
      #223 yihanx, Dec 23, 2014
    4. My first little bjd was my aquariusdoll , and i was suprised that she was not expensive. After her the other 5 dolls followed soon: I have now 2 aquariusdolls, 2 Latidolls, one Pullip doll , and a have a lot of blythe also now...all in one year .
       
      #224 EarthstoneGirl, Dec 23, 2014
    5. i went all the way to a shop in hong kong just above dollheart. yes their physical store and bought my first sd13 mark from there. it was a totally interesting experience not being able to communicate that well. atleast i had a discount before i left the place.
      ofcourse i head straight to dollheart to purchase clothes shoes and what not :)
       
      #225 shunji_kun, Dec 23, 2014
    6. I saved up for my first bjd, but my parents both chipped in some of the money for her because she was my birthday present. We bought her directly from the company and thankfully she did arrive around my birthday so I thankfully didn't feel like I had to wait too long! I had to give my parents the cash and have them purchase her online. I got her wig, eyes and clothes from eBay (though the clothes were very much temporary because they didn't fit her very well)
       
      #226 Arcane Doom, Dec 23, 2014
    7. The order of the doll i want was closed. I'm searching it in some forum. & I finally found a people send the one i want.
       
      #227 KRYS, Jan 4, 2015
    8. I directly ordered him from the company while they have a pre-order event and I use 3 months layaway to get him XD!
       
      #228 Timothy-Henri, Jan 5, 2015
    9. Well my first doll, was a gift from my mom for Christmas :)
      She paid it all at once. My second one I am doing in payments.
       
      #229 Missingshy, Jan 5, 2015
    10. I bought my first doll, a Ringdoll Diyue, after a few weeks of trawling through a whole bunch of BJD companies' websites and looking through all the sculpts I could. And then, miracle of all miracles, I got a credit card (which everyone knows spells certain death) and paid for it in one shot. But I don't regret it, because my boy's absolutely beautiful.

      When I get the second addition to my doll family, though, I'll probably go for layaway to make it easier financially. And there are a lot more doll companies offering layaways now!
       
      #230 Senya, Jan 5, 2015
    11. My boy was a cheap one, but for me it was rather hard to get the whole amount out from a family budget. So it was a layaway for 3 months.
       
      #231 Dareen, Jan 7, 2015
    12. i make layaway for my first boy, get from china dealer from AKagi DOll,
      for the 2nd boy i make credit card payment from Luts. :)
       
      #232 carynelin, Jan 22, 2015
    13. My first girl was acquired in a trade. I'm a reborn artist so I traded a kit. I actually received 2 girls at the same time. :)

      dollndoll heart bubble, and a Q baby. That's all it took and I was hooked.

      Misty
       
      #233 *Misty*, Jan 22, 2015
    14. On eBay, actually, haha! That's how I found out about their existence in the first place!
       
      #234 Sarenka, Mar 6, 2015
    15. I also bought my first BJD on ebay - she was yellowed and I paid too much for her but you have to start somewhere and you learn as you go.
       
      #235 Raven64, Mar 6, 2015
    16. Hello all,

      I purchased my first bjd from denverdoll, they had a fairyland littlefee chloe in stock. So I grabbed her up. I've been in the hobby ever since.


      Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
       
      #236 MissMoka, Mar 6, 2015
    17. I saved up and then ordered from DDE.

      The first doll I ordered was not the first doll I got due to the production time, though. The first doll actually in my home was from the Marketplace here on DoA.
       
      #237 Blakeney Green, Mar 6, 2015
    18. I ordered my Doll Family H An Ping via Alice's Collections. However, since I can't use my credit card and risk my mother finding out, I had another person from my local forum order the doll for me and I paid her via bank transfer. I don't have him as of yet though.
       
      #238 darknessangel-san, Mar 25, 2015
    19. I ordered his head directly from the company, and paid by credit card. Then I ordered his body from Alice's Collections, using PayPal!!
      Clothes, eyes, wigs and everything came from taobao, my fave shopping place.
       
      #239 pandajo, Mar 25, 2015
    20. I'm planning to pay for my first doll with my tax return. If I don't get my tax return I will use my next pay check.
      I've been working full time for nearly a year. (:
       
      #240 Viivi, Mar 25, 2015
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