How did you purchase your first BJD?

I first discovered BJD in 2004 and desperately wanted one. I saved money from some sales of my art and then went wild, I got 4 dolls in the space of a month in the beginning of 2005. I paid through paypal and 2 of them where from a buying service.
This year I went a bit mad again, I had no intention of buying any dolls and then ended up with 2 secondhand from ebay, I had to use my credit card for them though.

 

I am going through a dealer with a layaway plan because the company itself does not do layaway.

 

I ordered my first BJD from luts Webside.

 

I bought my first doll from the company. I can't remember if I used a credit card or Paypal, but I know I didn't do any kind of layaway.

 

My first one was a little money saved up. I had purchased a ResinSoul mini on Junkyspot.
After that, when I started making more serious doll purchases, I used Mint on Card for their long layaway.

 

My first doll was a birthday gift from my grandmother. My second doll (arrived soon after) was a birthday/Christmas combination gift (this happens to everyone born in December ) from my sister. I just had to pay for their clothes and wigs myself, which I bought with money I'd been saving for a couple months.

 

I was convinced by my sister to order a doll through the Luts website using Paypal.

 

I got access to my 401K. LOL LOL I put my first doll on layaway. My 2nd doll (which actually showed up at my house first) I bought 2nd hand w/PayPal.

 

After looking at the different company, I wanted the shaun at SOULDOLL.
it was a birthday gift

 

I bought mine used. On Visa thru Paypal.

 

I was saving for a while, but I wanted to save up a much larger sum than I needed for the doll so that when I eventually did buy her I'd still have some money stashed away in case something unexpected and urgent came up, like a big bill or fixing something broken. Eventually I caved and ordered her on my debit card about a month before I planned to, paid it all in one go, and I didn't regret it. I like paying all in one go because saving up gives you time to think through your purchase and I don't like having impending payments hanging over my head when I go grocery shopping.

 

I'm another that just blew tax return money something I plan on but don't plan on having so it was an easier way to purchase that way than trying to save up as I had been looking for a long time but didn't want to wait when I found the doll I wanted >o<

 

I sold a lot of things (textbooks, guitar, video games, etc.) and bought directly from the company.

 

I've been saving up money for next year but then I fell in love with a doll. I wasn't just going to spend all my money on it, but I knew I could get it somehow. So I asked my parents if they could help me pay for it as a Christmas present (they didn't know what to get me anyway :-)) and I asked my grandmothers if they could help a little as well. It all worked out since Christmas is in the horizon. So I ordered direct through the company and used layaway and payed in intervals (paypal) throughout the month. ^_^

 

Since she was an inexpensive one (hujoo freya) I just paid in full. I don't have her anymore though, as I gave her to a friend.

 

My first doll is a hybrid, I got head and body separately.
I wasn't planning to keep it, I just wanted a head to experiment on, but that changed very quickly and started planning to get her a body.
The body was different, as it's more expensive than a head, I actually begged my parents to get it for my birthday.
I was very lucky that the skintone and fit was a perfect match.

 

I'm buying my first BJD directly from the sculptor. They were nice enough to let me split the cost into two payments. Still a lot, though!

 

I went to an Anime Convention and there was a vendor there that was selling BJD clothes, shoes, accessories, etc. and I asked if they are selling the dolls. They were selling second hand ones/fixer uppers and only had one left that was stained. I was a newbie at the the hobby and I honestly told them I had no skill to fix it. So she let me buy the doll she had displayed on the table.

 

I got mine as a sort of Christmas present since my parents and other relatives put some money too. I also worked before that and saved some, so I was able to buy it directly from the company in just one payment. Since at that time I didn't have a credit card, nor a paypal account, my older sister made the order for me and I just gave the money to her.

 

Right here on the market place. I brought him as a head at first and then brought him a body 6-7months later.