If someone broke your doll?

I'd offer to pay for as much as I could, but in general I try to be absolutely careful with other people's dolls and either cradle them or just very lightly touch since I'm somewhat accident prone.
Some of my friends that aren't so gentle with things I usually tell them before they can touch my doll that if they break him they're paying the replacement.
But I feel like if it was certain family members I'd be more forgiving, like if my really young nephew accidentally damaged my doll I'd be really sad but I wouldn't expect him to understand what he'd done much less pay for it (I actually wouldn't be that angry with any of my male family members since they would all mostly feel bad and try to make it up to me) but I would be really pissed if my sister damaged my doll since she doesn't like him in the first place and I've told her to just not touch him.

 

I was actually at a super small convention not that long ago when one of my dolls was hit in the face with a frying pan- yes a frying pan.

I was at a tiny anime convention and my doll was hit with a frying pan- yes a frying pan! There was a girl standing in the middle of the hallway randomly swinging it, and hitting anyone walking by, so it's not like she went out of her way to hit Linnear- but I was ready to kill her when it happened.
Luckily there was only face-up damage, not resin damage, so I let the girl go unharmed.

If she had done more damage I would have gone after her parents for money to replace the broken parts- if your kid isn't smart enough to not hit random strangers with frying pans maybe you shouldn't let them out of the house alone?


And yes, having you doll hit in the face with a frying pan is just as bizarre as it sounds (my thoughts during: "WTF?!? Did that seriously just happen???? My thoughts now: "WTF?!? Did that seriously happen????)

 

If someone was holding my doll something led to it being broke, i would certainly ask them to fix it. i would not be an @$$ about it, but i would make sure that one of my girls or boys be fixed. Though i would be hoping that they would mention it first.

If that happened to me, i would feel guilty and request that i replace the part that got damaged... so to avoid spending extra money... i just be careful, which i hope we all are

 

This >A<;;
I'd hope that I could get up the nerve to request that the person pay for it, but I'm not sure I would.;;;;
If it was family or friends though, yeah, they'd have me on their ass about it. Except my mom, she's off the hook because she gives me hella $$ anyway.

And if it was me who did it... ffff, weeeell, I'm extremely broke right now. The likeliness that I would offer would depend on the price of the piece I broke. OTL;;
BUT if I wasn't leeching off of other people's money right now, I would definitely offer to pay.

 

I would not want my doll replaced.

Maybe this sounds crazy, but my dolls are like my kids---they are more to me than art or displays.

I WOULD expect them to pay to FIX it however. If someone hurts your klid or pet, they pay doctor bills, and I'd expect the same. And yes, he might end up with some "scars" from it, but since I have this connection with my dolls, replacing one would just feel wrong. Like it wasn't MY doll.

If some one broke my doll without even asking to hold him....I'd request they pay for the whole doll. That's what you get from just carelessly grabbing something that isn't yours without permission. But I still wouldn't replace him...he'd just get a new wardrobe or something! lol


And if I broke someone's doll (which would be pure accident, since I'm more careful with other dolls than I am with my own....) I would immediately offer to pay for it! When my husband and I started dating, I accidentally broke one of his collectable Final Fantasy action figures while he was asleep (he DID give me permission to play with it...) So I immediately went online and ordered a new one before he even woke up. Of course, I did explain what happened right after I ordered the new one...I was crying when I told him....he pretended to be mad, then laughed and said I could keep the broken one and to leave the new one in its box...LOL

 

Would you give your doll to the person who has broken her?

I would not - I would fix my doll by myself, with great care - and required money from that 'bad guy'.

I think I can ever beat one who has broken my doll. lol

 

If someone were to break Haruka, then I'd rip out their brains and fry them.

...Okay seriously in real life.. I'd just be very pissed and yell with every breath I have.

...Or rip out their brains and fry them.

 

~innocentsmiles~, how I understand you

 

Even if you're extra extra careful with handling dolls, it could happen...I hope it never does though, and I think I'd feel even worse to make someone pay for it, I could easily get a replacement, but if someone did it on purpose, I'd insist for them to replacement. I'd feel absolutely devastated and heartbroken...But I try to be strong X3

 

I think being honest with myself if it was a stranger i would ask them to replace or pay for the doll to be fixed. however since I am a bit shy with my one and only doll I tend not to let him down when I go to meets. Or he gets put on the table with my friends that has a big big sign that says no touching. I love my doll very very much and acutally met my first one at my firends house so I woudl feel horrible if I broke a doll but I never ever touch a doll unless it has been ok'd by an owner and even then I usually like to have them around when I am handling it .

I guess I would pay too if I broke something. I would becauase its the right thing to do but also because I would want that from other ppl if say they had broken it or something.

 

Heh, I'm a 'I demand you pay right now' kind of loud outspoken person. o_0

I remember in highschool, a grade 8 girl (me being in Gr. 12) decided to take my lovely tuna melt luch out of the microwave because she believed it was 'done' and dropped it facefirst on the floor. I freaked out at her (I feel so bad now) and later that luch she reimbursed me and I tried not to take her money but she had felt so bad she just left it. I don't think I'd ever act like that now, though if it were to do with a BJD incedent, I'm not sure.

I'd try to be very civil while still making my point if someone did something to my doll. A BJD person may understand alot more about the value and be more willing to than a stranger. If it were my brother (since he plays wiht him all the time) don't know what I'd do, since he has no money and is such a mooch. Wow, I painted myself as such a meanie, I'm really not bad.

 

Unfortunately for me...this isn't an "if" someone broke my doll....

My boss seemed genuinely interested in the dolls, he knew the value as well, and was looking at my DiM Sergei. I noticed he was being a bit rough and was about to say something.......as my boss twisted his foot off. This is the second time his foot has popped off (first time it just came unscrewed, this time not so lucky). The resin inside the hole for the hook was torn through, resin shavings falling out of the foot.

I grabbed the doll from him, said "Please don't touch him anymore." put a paint brush between his hook and his leg and ran off to my room to get my dolly stuff box, my friend running off to get a tube of loctite. I also told one other person in the room to not let him touch the doll again. In this process my boss had also gotten something on my boy's faceup as well.

I've gotten him fixed and carefully removed the spots from his face...but I won't let my boss ever touch my dolls again. He actually bought a special tube of glue to help repair the doll and has been researching doll shops...and suggested I go to "the big doll store in Tokyo"...meaning Volks...even though I'd told him they wouldn't repair him. If I hadn't been able to get my doll's foot fixed I would have told him to buy me a new one. I have the old version of Sergei from DiM so his body is no longer made....They've changed resin tone since then too so I'd need a whole new doll. =/

Lucky for my boss, my doll is fixed now.

 

I do not let people touch my dolls. I'm a little bit ashamed to show my dolls to others..They would find me a freak. The only person who knows I have dolls is my b/f. He does not touch Midori. But she's in my closet now. If someone would grap her out and break something I would be so damn angry!! I really start crying..

 

Adriana, neither do I. I don't show my dolls to anyone too. My dolls is very private part of my life.

 

it happened to me before, and it was my friend's mom who knocked my doll from the shelf. i tell her straight away in a polite manner, to take responsibility.

if i am the one who broke it ... i will take a full responsibility too of course.

 

I would excpet them to pay to replace the part. If i broke someone elses doll I would certainly offer to pay to replace the part. which is why i'm always extremly careful when handling someone elses doll.

 

I have a tendency to break my toys (specifically, the left arm is always going to fall off at some point) and have learned that it's not a big deal, and that a dremel and some apoxie sculpt will fix damn near anything. I've had broken fingers, chunks of leg missing, faceup scuffs, stains, bumps, chips... I don't get bothered anymore. If someone else damaged my doll insignificantly - scuffing a faceup or breaking a finger - I wouldn't be bothered to hunt them down for money to replace or repair the problem. I've had a fellow DoA member melt the eyewells of a very limited sculpt, before, and frankly? Nothing to cry about. Assess the problem, fix it, and be sure it doesn't happen again. Don't cry like a baby and make a huge scene demanding compensation - which, knowing some people, they would likely exaggerate to squeeze every penny they could out of the offending party.

If I broke someone else's doll, I would apologize and ask what they would like me to do to compensate - whether it be replacing the part, fixing it myself, or finding someone to repaint/repair a more serious flaw. It may put me out of pocket, yes, and I may not be legally obligated to, but if you consider how closely knit this community is - if someone damaged a doll and ignored the consequences, everyone would hear about it one way or another!

 

This thread has renewed my interest in getting insurance on my dolls. xD

Honestly, if someone damaged one of my dolls I doubt they'd pay for the damage if I demanded it.

If it was the head damaged at all, I'd make them pay for it, even if it was a small dent. As for the body, a leg, arm, etc. I'd make them pay for a whole body. Most companies won't cast separate pieces unless you beg for it.
While most people would give me a hard time if I demanded them to take responsibility, they'd realize how serious I am once I say how much the doll is worth.

Though people here in Michigan are trying to weasel their way out of paying for anything at the moment. Stupid economy.

 

Now that I'm getting my doll i've really started thinking on the threat to her body and face..

if someone really did break it, id burst into tears and make myself look so pitiful and sorry that they would HAVE to on general principles.

unless of course it's a relative. one of my toddler siblings wrote all in my college library book and my mom is paying for the damages, so it hink it would hold the same for my dollie =)

 

I think it really depends on the damage, and the careless ness that was shown. cause if someone was being careless and knocked her over or broke something, then i would make them pay. but if it was on accident, i would see if they would say that they would pay or just fix it myself.
But if i broke my doll, i don't think i would fix it...cause i got mine from aod, and she's really pretty and such.,....but i haven't really bonded with her...so, depending on the damage, i would just buy a different doll that i like.