Iffy auction?

Ok, so I've been stalking this thread cos I was looking for a doll as a gift and thought this might've fit the bill, but jeez, I can't even keep up with how many name changes, twiddly auction pulls and photo's that aren't even the doll they're selling there've been! This is getting daft! It was bad enough that the auctions had every bell and whistle going and took about four years to load without them suddenly being pulled and the username changing like the wind.

I'm all for a new company, I even like the sculpts, I would've seriously considered one if not for all this hassle. Honestly, this is not inspiring confidence in me. I'm sure everyone involved with it means well and is legit, but I think at this point, even they would have to admit this looks bad!

All of that said, I'd LOVE to see some owner photo's of these dolls, assuming anyone ever actually finds a way of getting one that is...

 

Just what i noticed:

The ebay auctions says that their office is in Beijing.
The AOD website says that their office is in Shanghai.

Perhaps anyone who stays in Beijing & Shanghai goes to take a peek at their address?

 

i said i wouldn't reply but i'm still looking, thought to point out stuff that's all:

edite: izumiyavi's doll post:
http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1909193&postcount=252


if u look back on previous pages there are links to forum members with dolls from AoD

 

Just thought I'd point out that a lot of people view the threads differently depending on how they have their vBulletin settings. As far as my settings are concerned, this thread only has 8 pages, so your link doesn't take me anywhere but the last page, which doesn't have said photos in it. It might be better to just link to the specific post if you want to help out in that fashion.

 

Actually, they have quite a number of offices in China. ^^ The addresses are all in the contact page

http://www.aoddoll.com/contact.asp

 

oh i see, on mine there is 15 pages...

ok then i'll go back and find the right link

 

I won the auction for the 'Ming' AOD doll. Hopefully we shall now have some answers to our questions. I even received a personal email from them offering to let me out of the auction if I feel uncomfortable. They say they will send me pictures in several days - this is fine with me. Once I receive the doll there will be pictures posted for your scrutiny. Maybe now there will be an end to this uncomfortable episode of their entry into the international world of BJDs. I really think they have seen the error of their ways, but they have a lot of 'mopping up' to do.

 

LadyFeather, I hope your Ming comes soon and is just wonderful. If so, you got a great deal and ~$20 cheaper than their BIN auction.

I wonder if the BIN $275 is what they will sell the 1/3 dolls for from their site?

 

Actually, 1/3 dolls are going at $250 on the international site. ^^ But this price excludes faceup. I have uploaded everything on http://www.angel-of-dream.com and the site should be functioning by this week after I'm done with the shipping prices.

 

$250? even better!
can I make 1 suggestion for the site? Please add the eye sizes recommended for these dolls.
now I just need to save some $

 

I have to laugh - I just checked out Izumiyavi's site. The doll we all know as Ming is now called Chen. Ming is another 1/4 doll they sell. None of the 1/3 dolls have names.
Mine will be called Shenmi, or mysterious. I think it's appropriate.

 

Just thought I'd add, that I just bought a 62cm doll from them, and he should be here in 10days. I'll be happy to put up my own info once he arrives ^_^

 

Alright, I'll put that up ASAP. ^^

The 1/3 dolls will be named in a couple of days. AOD has not released their actual name yet. @_@

 

for what it's worth, the photos of the blank G1 and G2 dolls (in the parts section) appears to be identical on the site. I actually overlaid them in photoshop and compared the profile view. But in the dolls section, the G1 doll appears to have eyes that aren't as open?

 

Oh good... I just checked out the http://www.angel-of-dream.com site.
Ahhhh! The names are different again! The nature of translations I guess.

In any case, I don't care what the name is, I just want a site where I can go: "I want the one in THIS picture" and put it in my cart. I will keep an eye out on your site, izumiyavi!

 

Congrats on your win. I'm crossing my fingers for you!

 

I never said the boy body looked at all like Soom's, or the hands, which defintiely don't look like the thin pointy Soom boy hands XD...I just threw the links in because I wasn't sure if people had seen a link to the boy body page yet, and the arms and legs are somewhat similar, but not so much that I could say without having both on hand that they are more than just 'similar', like, well, a lot of doll arms and legs. XD Torsos for both girls and boys are both obviously completely different. I think I just got a bit link-happy. X3

Really? Based on the photos, the fingers on both hands seem to be in really similar positions, with only minor differences that could be seen as the hands being slightly modded then recast. Admittedly, I don't have either hands on...errr, hand * is shot* so I could be mistaken. Did you look at the hands in the pictures in my links?

 

I received an email from Mr. Zhang (Alan) and he said that he has registered with DOA. As he is waiting for DOA to send them confirmation email etc and he cannot post immediately, he has asked me to cut and paste and post the following msg from him.

Hello everybody.I am the international market manager Zhang of Angel of dreaming.You can call me Alan.To be honest,I ’ve been the forum for days.The reason why I got here so late is that I want to wait for truth.Now the truth is coming,we have developed our 1/3 dolls.Though there are only four style available now,I believe we will develop more with Chinese style in the future.I know there have been talkings about AOD,rumors or positive talking.But I still want to say THANK YOU ALL.It is your messeges here that let us realize what is the problems of AOD as a new comer on ebay.I have to say I did a bad job in dealing with many problems about AOD.Because there are unnessory problems,it should be solved out from the beginning of our business on ebay.I did not prepar enough to provide auction information so it seems we are misleading our customer.One of the most serious problem is from 1/3 MING auction,I use 1/4 MING for 1/3 without updating 1/3 edition,which make many of you suspicious about our doll.I apologize for all the mess-ups here.

As a new comer on ebay,too many things have happened to us,the mistakenly posted picture,the agent problem,and the legitimacy of AOD.. etc..I change my ebay ID after knowing that the mail I received is spoof,What comes to my mind first is change everything in my store at that moment,I have no choice but follow my thought.Because I filled all the blanks in that mail link.So I changed it for sky18482310521 which I did in a rush.I think I will find a similar or better one if I can calm down a bit at that time.All these things happened due to the unexperience on ebay.A good beginning is half the battle,but we just have a so doggy beginning,the only thing we can do is work hard to built up English version website to regain your confidence on AOD.

After browse many comment here,I want to introduce AOD briefly.First,I declare that AOD dolls are oringinal from AOD.We never use other company’s work to say it is from AOD.We believe that trust is essential of a company,one can not go long without the trust of customer.I think to this point we have done a good job in our home market,we have many loyal customer in China.I learned that there are people worrying about the quality,I want to say low price does not mean a low quality.We promise 100% money back if you don’t like.We have some advantages in China,which company in Japan or Korea will never have.So I hope I can gain your support,just as what was told in our store page,I wish everyone will have their BJD with a reasonable price.As far as MING was concerned,I want to say sorry again.In China,1/4 MING is named”dust”,if there are any misunderstanding,it is just because we want give him an other name in overseas.By the way,I want to our customer that you can retract your bidding by emailing us.Someone was concerning about the MING in 1/3 and 1/4 differs from makeup or facelooking.Actually it is customized.If you prefer makeup of 1/4 MING,you can let us know.

At last,I hope my comment here will help you understand more about AOD though I know my English is not well.

Alan


People, I am just helping Alan post his messages, so if you have any comment or question, please direct your post to him. Since he has arlready resigistered, he should be able to post soon.

Like Ladyfeathers, I'm also waiting for my dolls. I should be getting the 1/3 MIng and one 1/4 girl. I didn't specifiy which girl to send, so it'll be a surprise.

 

Well, everyone here knows there has been a period when a group of Chinese frauds roamed Ebay looking for expensive products and putting up fraud auction for them. My dolls have also been subject to this practice, and two of my earlier auctions had been stolen, copied and put on eBay...
All of these fraudulent sellers had exactly the same kind of weird seller ID's, with lots of numbers and random letters, 0 feedback, and China based, so this looks awfully familiar to me and I'm ready to report these new auctions to eBay.

I advise everyone to NOT buy from ZERO feedback sellers with weird names which are based in foreign countries like China.