How did you purchase your first BJD?

I just bought him off eBay and paid via Paypal. I have a good job so I had enough funds.

But, I had never ever imagined paying more than a hundred dollars for a DOLL before.... it was 2005, I'd never seen anything like these dolls before, and had a hard time imagining myself as an owner... so I did go through mental gymnastics to get there! So, for my first doll, I picked a 45cm SD Cute, instead of the big SD13 LE doll I was really gunning for, to get my feet wet paying hundreds of dollars for a toy (before venturing into paying more than a thousand).

And it went so smoothly that afterwards I dove right into chasing down those rare SD13 fullsets and dropping 4 figures on them. It was almost disturbingly easy to go from getting one's feet wet, directly to wading in hot lava.

(But I still have that first little doll. He's in charge around here!)

 

Second hand here on the MP.
Paid via paypal.
Ryo was just a head at first, then brought him a body later.
I still have my first doll, he's my for life resin-companion.

 

From the company, used Paypal. Did not realize that it would be FOREVER (well, it felt like forever) before she would arrive.

 

I bought a second hand Jodie on ebay. Since he wasn't all that expensive anyway I got him right away. All my others now... Different story.

 

My first doll was a birthday gift to myself and bought with my credit card. The rest since have been a combination of brand-new and second hand (at this point, it's about 50/50) but all except one were bought outright. I've only done layaway once, and that was only because the person lived in my city.

 

My first doll was a pre-order from MintonCard as I didn't know how to buy dolls back then (last year). It was a 21st birthday present from my dad and I used a prepaid visa card. My recent doll was a layaway, and that was done with DenverDoll. That was easily done through paypal.

 

I bought my first doll from my first paycheck of my first summer job. Wow that almost sounded romantic Fun fact: I found the perfect doll I wanted to buy right before I started to work. So I knew immediately what my first purchase would be.

 

I saved. I managed to get most of the money I needed, and then went on ahead and started layaway payments, simply because I wanted to cement my order. As for how I made the payments, I used my credit card via Paypal.

 

I've slowly been paying for my first doll in payments to the owner through Paypal since she is secondhand. The wait is awful since I only get paid every two weeks, but I'm almost there! I wish I could use my credit card lol

 

eBay! A Lati White Sp. Belle with certificate, clothing, hair, and eyes. I had seen a lot of my Flickr friends with Latis and was so intrigued, I didn't know where else to find these dolls so I decided to casually browse eBay in hopes of finding Lati. Almost instantly, little Belle tugged at my heartstrings and I bought her right then. I had zero intention of adopting a BJD before I saw her listing. I used funds from selling off my massive army of dolls-that-aren't-relevant-to-this-forum and had money just sitting in my PayPal.

 

The first I get was paid by my father on the Volks Website. The first I paid by myself was a secondhand I bought from a figure.fm seller with a supra layaway xD.

 

I've ordered my first doll through a dealer from Europe. I used my student loans... Maybe not the smartest way to go about things, but I'm pretty impatient.

 

I was actually supposed to order from Luts, for the summer event. I was going to get Berry after I got back from A-kon, and I had everything in my cart ready to buy. On the first day of A-kon, I popped into Dollakon to see what was what, and after taking their little faceup class I went next door to look at what they had for sale. I saw a beautiful doll lying in a box and had to have her, and after running around trying to find the friend who had my wallet, I ran back and purchased her from Mint on Card right then and there. I actually sucked two of my other friends into the hobby a bit and now one of them is very interested in dolls and would have loved to get one if she had the money.
I was saving up money to move into an apartment, but my plans have changed so now I can afford to spoil her, and once I get my market place access I hope I can find some cool stuff for her

 

I saved up a bit, and then actually went right to the store.
I live in Beijing so I was able to take out the yuan from the bank and pay for my doll in cash and have her that day. I was very lucky to be able to bring her home after paying for her considering they had exactly what I wanted in stock. Before I leave Beijing I will probably buy another one, but I'll have to order him since he will be tanned.

 

I asked my partner to buy me the first one as a Christmas gift. The rest I have paid with a credit card, as I'm terrible at saving money but good at paying off debts

 

For my Tiny Delf I saved up and used Paypal to get her directly from LUTS my other two girls I adopted from sales on the Chinese BJD forum!

 

I saved up for my girl and paid in full via paypal, but it took me quite a while to save up for her. I'm studying at the moment so I literally had to save any spare change/cash I had.
I changed up all the coins I had in my house. I also made jewellery to sell, and saved up any money I got for my birthday/Christmas.

 

I got my first bjd as a gift Actually, the second one was kind of a gift, too. We ended up returning a telescope that I got as a Christmas present (because it didn't magnify worth beans, dash it all!) and spent the money from that on a new doll :P

 

I went to my local BJD dealer, and asked if they had any dolls that had minor flaws, such as cracks, yellowing of the resin etc. and they had a small selection. Since I did not have all of the money at that time, they let my do layaway.

 

I got a credit card just to purchase a doll from Mint on Card (ok, I wanted a credit card for a long time but now I had a real reason)
I'm currently paying my layaway and no, I didn't save, I use the spare money I have from my job when I paid my rent and invoices.