If someone broke your doll?

If it's someone I don't know, I would definitely expect them to pay the repair costs and ofcourse explain them that they have to be careful next time. If there will be a next time, because I won't let them hold my doll anymore.
If it's someone I do know, I would explain them what they did wrong and kindly ask for some money to replace the part or to repair it. =(

 

For me it's hard to say. I would offer to pay if I broke someone's doll, but if someone broke mine i doubt I would ask for anything. I'd prolly cry though. And I'd hope they'd offer to at least help in some way...

 

You bet I would make them pay compensation for it. Dolls aren't cheap, and replacing parts ain't cheap either. Damn right they're going to pay. I would pay if I broke something too. It would be my responsibility to take care of the doll. So if something were to happen to it in my care it would be my fault.

 

If it's one of my friends, hmmm, I think I would get upset but I MAY not ask them to pay if its just a small damage that can be glued back on or something. BUT if its like really broken like bad, I will make them pay a bit cause I know they would suggest they would and if I broke something they own, they would ask me to pay too soo yeah >< then I would cry Q~Q

If its some stranger, I wouldnt hesistate to make them pay ofcourse!

 

I will becoma crazy! first the prize i have done for the doll second the feeling i have for it.

 

A stranger would pay and pay dearly if I wasn't in jail for flipping out. A friend? We would cry and work something out.

 

I would make them pay for whatever they broke and they would never touch my dolls again. Lol

 

I sincerely hope I never occur; but in the case, it happened first cry and then, depending on the damage and the people involved, would try an agreement for payment, because honestly, who breaks, pays : Roll:

 

If any of my dolls got damaged you can bet I will make them pay to get it repaired or replaced. If its a friend I might be more lenient with them but they would still have to do something to make up for it.

 

Hahahahaha... That's me laughing because no one is ever going to ruin or damage on of my girls. I would throw a fit before making them pay pay me for the damage... Oh and yea friendship over.

 

Before I got into BJD's, it was my guitar that was under this kind of scrutiny. If someone wanted to hold it or play it, I would always tell them, the rules of handling my guitar is: if you break it, you pay for a new one.

However in saying that, I think I'm the same as a lot of people. If it was a stranger at a meet I don't think I could say anything if they didn't offer to pay, though I'm sure most would.

If it was family, I would have them pay.

If I caused the damage I would immediately offer to pay for the repairs..

 

If I broke someones doll or damaged it in anyway I would pay for it in a heart beat! Now the other way around is a bit of a different story.... I am still waiting for my first doll and as of today I the wait time so far is four months and she is a limited doll that is now discontinued. If someone damaged a hand or maybe broke a foot, I would be mad but I would make them pay for it and I would get over it. But if the doll was damaged beyond fixing or repairing? I'm now going to lie I will most like blow a gasket and yell and scream profanity's at the person before demanding the full price of the doll and if the person refused I would take them to small claims court. After the yelling and screaming I would probably go find a quiet corner to go curl up in a cry for a couple of hours.

 

Oh gosh I would for sure want someone to pay up for damaging my doll and if I broke theirs I would so feel bad and feel like I was inclined to pay them back.

 

This is one of the reasons I don't go to meets: a doll breaking. I would expect the 'breaker of dolls' to pay for the repairs or the full doll . Though things are rarely this straight forward and I have seen too many times, in other social situations, people asking someone else to pay the culprit's bill even if the culprit is richer than that someone else.
Only 2 of my friends have handled my dolls, I didn't mind because I know they would pay for breakage. I am deadly worried in letting a 3rd friend handling them because she would expect not to pay for breakage. I don't want her to touch my dolls.

 

I guess it depends on the situation. If that person had touched my doll with my consent, and it had just been a genuine accident, and they were super-apologetic, then I'd be less likely to *demand* they pay for damages. In that situation if they're that apologetic, I'd kind of hope they'd offer to put in.

If they'd handled my doll without permission and been careless, or blase about the damage, then yes I would be confrontational and direct and insist they compensate me for the repair. These dolls are not cheap, after all, and if you give someone the idea that they can get away with being careless with someone's else property then they're more like to do it in future.

Mostly, I'm just not sure I'd let a stranger handle my dolls in the first place. This might be because I'm still a timid newbie to this hobby, but I'm not even in a place at the moment where I'm comfortable letting friends and family touch the BJD. It took me ages to trust them to touch the Pullips

The situation reversed? Of course I would pay in a heartbeat whilst feeling horribly guilty, however the same principle applies that I wouldn't feel comfortable touching someone's else's doll anymore than I'd want them touching mine!

 

What a scary thing to even think about.... uhm, first I would just cry a lot... and then I would nicely ask a pay for the damages!

 

I could never ask a family member to pay for the damage. As for a complete stranger, it depends on the situation. And if I myself broke something, yeah I would feel guilty, but I wouldn't offer to pay until I was asked to.

 

If you take your doll out in public, anything can happen!!! Think about this before you do it! Secondly, don't take a doll to meets you wouldn't want to let others hold since it's kinda the point of meets... It's basic good manners to offer to replace something you broke, but since I am responsible for my own dolls, I would never expect anyone else to pay to replace a broken piece. If they did, then great! I would do my best to buy a replacement piece if I did damage. I do faceups myself so a damaged faceup is no big deal. As much as I really like my dolls, I don't want something like that to damage a friendship or a potential one.

 

If someone picked one of my dolls up without permission and broke something, then I would insist that they replace whatever had been broken.

If it was someone who asked first and was handling the doll well, but for some reason dropped it, then I would be nicer about it, but I would most likely still ask for a replacement. If, however, they broke a finger or something and I was planning on getting jointed hands or something, I wouldn't mind as much... I'm not sure if I would ask for a replacement in this case? It's kinda a hard call.

I think most people would ask to buy a replacement or give something in exchange in this situation though. I mean, it would be a doll meetup, surely they would understand this type of thing? I know I would be super careful with other people's dolls and if I broke something I would definitely insist that I replace it because it would be my fault.

 

I'm sorry if this is a silly question (still a newbie ^^;; ) but I thought the point of meets was to meet fellow doll collectors, chat and make friends, and see each others dolls? I didn't know offering your doll up for handling by others was a requirement. If that's the etiquette I'm not sure I'd want to go to a meet, because it makes me rather nervous. As you said, anything can happen!