If someone broke your doll?

Yes, if someone broke my doll I would ask for them to pay for the damages. Mostly because these dolls are expensive and an investment. If it was a face up, meh, I would ask for some because it was customized and nothing would be the same as that face up to me. I would also follow this rule, if I dropped a doll even with permission to hold the doll I would be glad to give them money. This doesn't just go for dolls but I would say clothes too if I stained someones doll clothes.

 

I would definitely demand compensation unless it was I who forced the person to hold my doll.

 

I'd definately have a "gentle" conversation about it if the person simply apologized with no intention or offer to pay for damages. But it's also one reason I don't have my doll on display unless I'm around too. I haven't been to a meet or convention yet but I think that bjd's are so yummy and irrisitable looking that most people immediately want to touch them and accidents happen.

Of course if I broke a doll I would pony up the funds to repair or replace said part.

 

Firstly: A store cant make you pay for breaking something, like, ever, they can ban you from the premises though!

I wouldn't be too upset if someone broke a doll, I am good at modding. I would be mad if they did it on purpose and ask if they would help me pay to fix it. I don't want to be mad at someone for an accident~

If they did it on purpose though I would call the police.

 

When I think about this, I would definitely wish for compensation. But how would you go about getting a hold of that person and making sure they don't weasel out of it? I doubt you could just get them to fork over the cash on the spot. They could easily give you the wrong contact details, or just walk away from you. If it were a stranger, what would you do? Run after them and grab them or call, "Thief!"? I doubt I could do that.

I was also wondering about something similar earlier today when I was looking at some faceup and mod commissions: what happens if the person you commission damages your doll while they have them? They would probably be obligated to compensate you, which makes me wonder how stressful it is for them to take care of other people's dolls which each commission. Maybe they don't feel stressed at all because it's just part of their profession? xD

 

I expected it to be common sense to pay for repair if someone destroyed anything valuable. I think I would be really schocked if the person wouldn't offer me any kind of compensation. If not I would demand it.
I don't think I would ever have this problem with a stranger because I don't take my dolls to public places often and when I won't let strangers hold them. Only my friends I really trust to be careful are allowed to hold my dolls. I don't see a probelm to be honest and telling people that they are really reallly expensive and have some emotional worth to me and I don't want them to be broken.

 

I have actually had two instances happen where I had doll break around me, now first let me clarify, it wasn't due to abuse/dropping anything along that line. One was a minifee owned by a good friend who was at my house to have the faceup redone. I went to move the arm to the side and when I pulled my hand away there were to fingers in my palm. I instantly put in an order for replacement hands and called my friend. She was able to advise me, that the hands had come from the second hand market and had been pretty beat up when she got them, so it wasn't a surprise to her. Luckily the new hands fit absolutely perfectly and were a better match than the original.

The second came with assisting my friend in trying to unstring a VERY tight doll from soom with the big fantasy parts. The stringing from the manufacturer had been so tight that the s hook had warped and wedged inside the hoof. So It took two of us to pull it out, however the pliers were no match for the tension and the hook slipped, slamming back in, when that happened a portion of the forleg cracked and fell off. The result was instant I cried, she cried and I was seeing horrible flashes of my paying off a thousand dollar doll to my bestfriend and roomate. However once we calmed down we were able to determine, there had been an existing crack in the doll from a flaw in the cast pour, I helped her write up a post to soom and there is another forleg on the way.

Granted, I have repaired close to 20 dolls in the time I have been working with them, not damaged on my shift, but through regular accidents in peoples homes, damage in postage and the like. I often joke that I have seen it all, including a iplehouse doll that arrived with a CRACKED TORSO to someone. (repaired later with apoxie) So as much as we like to think that it could never happen, there is the old joke. " A doll falls flat on its face while your posing it outside, no damage, falls six inches to the side, 3 broken fingers" its based in reality.

I think it comes down to each instance. The two I explained above, the first I was quick to pay for the replacement, lucky enough its an easy thing to replace. The second, was an error, while it happened while I was helping, she refused to allow me to pay because it was an accident (also she was helping and was right there able to see it wasn't a human error so much as tension).

 

If someone breaks something that belongs to me I ask them to pay for it just like if I break something that is someone elses I pay for it, it's only fair. Accident or not I think whoevers fault it was should at least offer to help replace parts/items.

 

I would be devastated, to say the least.

And, depending on the part, I would ask that they pay for a replacement. Hands, feet, torso, sure. I'd want to be able to have my doll whole.

But a part of the face? I don't really think I could replace those bits and still think of it as my doll. So there'd be no point in asking for payment. That doll would be essentially ruined for me, I suppose.

But, when I let people handle my doll, I usually preface with some comment about the price. Perhaps as a 'be careful!' warning.

 

If it was a loved one then I'd probably just cry. If it was somebody other than family then they'd be paying for it to be repaired.

 

Hummm this is difficult for me, If somone broke it accidently no problem I would sort it out myself. If the broke it on purpose I would make their life very difficult till they payed up.
I had this kinda problem happen with one of my close friends who is staying with me at the moment.
She has broken many things from crystal to valuable antiques in my home by accident and have never asked her for a penny, But recently we were messing about and her glasses broke. She immediatelty asked me to pay for them.

I don't think she liked the reply!

 

I hope that would never happen but I know if it does, I will be terribly upset

 

I would likely get extremely angry and expect them to pay for it, and after confronting them about it I'd likely be a mess. I hate confrontations.

 

...Maaaaaaybe I replied in this already...but it's been so long I don't remember so I'll just reply again. = u =

I never let anyone else touch my doll for this reason. And I'm extremely clingy to my doll, being overprotective (if there's even such a thing) of him when in a public place. If someone damaged him in some way and they are NOT my family...prepare to pay or be taken to court, seriously. These dolls are too pricey where it's okay to go breaking things. As long as the person /is liable/, I'm expecting them to compensate for the damage they've done. I'm sorry but even if it's a friend, I'm still going to make them pay /something/; I always tell people anyway that if they damage something of mine they'll have to pay for a new one of whatever they damaged or get me a new one off of Amazon, and I'm not kidding. It's not your things to go and damage, it's something that /I/ paid for. If I somehow damaged someone else's stuff I'd honestly pay for it or replace it, including dolls. Though due to this I just keep away from other people's things. LOL.

 

first question: if someone drop and broke my doll, I really dont know what to do. but Im definitely sure my heart broken too!! I own only one doll, if someone hurts him, I may not ask him/ or her to pay up, cuz Im sucha shy guy to demand compensation! and definitely I will manage to replace the broken parts, in case it is replaceable.
second question: I Will NEVER play a doll with any danger. if it really happens,the damage, Im sure I will take the whole responsibility for my carelessness, and stupidity.

 

I'm not even going to let my friend touch Avalon because one: I really don't trust her not to stain him. Two: I don't trust her not to take his props to tease her brother with it which if he saw Avalon's light saber (which lights up) I'd be FORCED to give it to him.

 

theyll surely pay for the damage!!!!!and if i would broke a doll i surely understad if the owner want me to pay the damage and ill do it

 

Accident or not, they broke it, and it's not exactly cheap to fix. So, I would expect compensation, just like I would expect to pay if I broke something of theirs.

 

I should hope that if someone broke one of my dolls that they would have the decency to offer to pay for the damage. However I'm criplingly shy and wouldn't yell and demand that they do. If I'm the one who broke someone else's doll the I would offer to replace to part.

 

I wouldn't even consider anyone holding my doll. Never. I'd be too protective, but if it ever were to happen, i'd tell them that i'm not happy with what just happened and that they need to pay for it because they are expensive, after all.


I would definitely pay for it if I broke it. Dear god, i'd feel so bad i'd apologize a million times. I might even start crying because i feel so bad.