How do you feel when you buy a new doll?

happy that i bought it but worried they'll get lost in the mail, take forever (like a year) ;~;

 

When I'm buying a new doll I feel super exited! But also the same time I worry about how long I need to wait for it to even get to me.
I'm super exited too when I'm opening the package. But after I have played with the doll a little while the over exitement goes away even if I like the doll very much. :P

 

i'm always excited...i think more than a little kid on christmas morning...but there's always the night before bit of fear of "what happens if i don't like them?" i run into the problem of getting new clothes or new wigs for the new incoming doll and my other dolls kidnapping the stuff...there's always the huge enjoyment of looking for hours and hours and HOURS on end at clothing/shoes/wigs/eyes/etc. and looking at dolls and trying to figure out which one to get and how various things would look on them...overall it's a very enjoyable time but at the same time kind of not, cause there's a small nagging voice in the back of my head asking me how my other dolls feel about getting a new one...(especially my first one who doesn't get nearly as much attention as he deserves)

 

i am currently waiting for my first dolls to arrive and i am so excited to get them. i love looking through all the choices for the clothes, wigs, etc but i do agree it is a little overwhelming at times, but overall it makes me happy.

 

Every single time I press the submit button my heart races like I'd just ran the marathon. And when the adrenaline subsides, I feel a sense of dread and foreboding for what I had just done - so I'm always hit with buyer's guilt right after the transaction.
But of course, the feeling disappears after a night's sleep so I'm off looking for their eyes, wigs, and clothes.
I don't feel as much dread when I get them accessories and such - unless they were limited clothes or a large order.

 

I live in Japan as well, so I know what you mean about just going to a shop and looking at the dolls and buying them after you looked. Being able to see them in person changed my taste in dolls quite a lot. I love going to Dolk and just looking at their stuff, then going to Volks and Mandarake. I've been here for 3 years and I still get excited when I visit doll shops.

I don't have any special feelings after I purchase a doll. I feel that making the decision of buying or not to be more overwhelming. Once the decision is made, i pay for it and I feel quite glad and MUST tell people - even those who couldn't care less - that I bought a new doll XD. I feel almost proud... it's strange, I suppose. During the waiting period I need to control myself, because I tend to impulse buy, not only stuff but other dolls too, 2nd hand. The impulse purchases tend to go on sale as soon as I get the doll I was waiting.

Sometimes I try not to think about it but it all depends on what doll I'm waiting. If it's ecently released then I spend the 1 to 2 months going back and looking at its pictures in the company website and thinking what it will be like when it arrives. If it's a doll that I just wanted and has been in the market for a while, I can relax and forget about it.

When it arrives, if I'm not busy, I need to give it a faceup (i don't leave my dolls out of the box faceupless) and make it all pretty so I can finally settle down ^_^

 

The "buyer's remorse" is somewhat less of an issue for me because I collect tinies which tend to be on the lower end of the price range. Still, I do feel slightly guilty about spending that much on a doll. Still I feel excited too. And then impatient and slightly anxious while I wait.

 

Everyone seems to be excited, and i'm more like anxious, actually. I'm scared that it won't work out and there will be no connection between me and the new doll. It all depends on me and how i set my mind atm, so i fell the pressure to think positive. It stresses me out and makes nervous. Weeeiird but true...

 

The moment I submit my order - and I often hover for a few moments - days even - juggling feelings of guilt, buyers remorse and joy. Even if I have the cash and it's 'okay' for this purchase to happen - I know there are other things or uses I could and probably should spend my money on. Like put it in my savings :P

It depends on the doll - my DOT took almost three months to ship and by the time I got the notification that it was on its way - I was feeling pretty neutral. But only until I had the box in my hands and I pranced around the house, basking in the sheer joy. Other times I will check the mail every single day (notification or not) and wait rather impatiently until they come in.

I also feel that I should build my collection of clothes before I jump into another doll. I reallllly want to add a female doll to my collection but I am hesitant as I do not want to start from scratch. Especially before I'm satisfied with what I have to work with now.

 

I'm excited all the time haha, but I start to feel desperate when waiting for it to arrive. I feel very happy when it's finally with me though

 

At this point I start feeling regret on spending so much money at first, regardless of the fact that I know I'll love it when it arrives. All bets are off once the box arrives in the mail though, I'm always excited to get a new addition!

 

Impatience is the worst part for me. They take so long to ship and those days just seem to drag by.

Opening the box when they eventually arrive though makes it all worthwhile

 

The best part was, the absolute joy of finally having my money taken and the time to wait for it.

 

At first I feel anxious, then happy, a little overwhelmed that I'm getting a doll and then I'm in a limbo of "I'm so exicted!" and "what did I do?" but then I go and look at dolly things and I get excited and then overwhelmed again, because the doll needs all of this stuff! It's be the time the doll gets to me and it's in my hands that I feel thrilled and I can relax a little.

 

I'm usually like this:

Searching for hours over internet pictures of the desired doll, calculating how much money I'll spend on it, comparing prices to other dolls I want (this is the hardest part, because of the sad feeling when you want 'em all and you can only pick one...), deciding over the brand new vs the pre-owned dolls and the waiting time dilema. When finally buying the doll, there comes the guilty feeling, next is the long waiting episode, finally there is the arrival and with that the joy and the disappear of the guilty feeling and inmediately after that, the planning for the next doll...

 

Happy and nervous. I got a pukipuki for christmas so i was more excited for her. I was a bit more nervous with my doll-love because she was a doll i have not seen before so i am going just off of promo pictures, i think she will be sweet but i am happy with the purchase ^^ cant wait to get her .

 

A big mixture of feelings. Excited because the doll I have been wanting is on it's way. Anxious because of the wait until it arrives. And then a bit of guilt, over the price. While I wait I find myself obsessively checking the mail, and the tracking. I tend to feel terrible about spending that kind of money on a luxury item though, and have actually sold a doll because the wait was sooo long that I just ended up falling out of love with it,...

 

As far as I'm concerned, I'm always very very excited... before.... during purchase... after during waiting...and hysterica during shipping.
Once the doll at home, my excitation down but I quite pleased with her.

 

I have to justify the purchase. Who is this doll? What niche will it fill in both my life and my other dolls' lives? It has to be exactly what I'm looking for. I'll start the order, then walk away, then get talked into purchasing it and go back and start all over again. I usually get them here on the MP, or other doll forums, and only once have I purchased a FS, twice with a faceup (factory dolls). I prefer getting them blank, but don't choose their look until it arrives and starts speaking to me.

I feel nervous, guilty, and joyful that a storyline is finally completed! Saying that, I can't justify any more dolls.... when I look at how many I've acquired over the past 2 yrs, oh my. Each one being the last

 

I am excited I can't wait to get them. I love my dolls and I want more. I don't like the pre-order ones, if it's pre-order I like to put them on lay-away. But I always love getting new dolls and parcels i love getting parcels in the mail.