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Irrational dolly worries?

Jan 19, 2015

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    1. Anyone else have that thing where you have all these doll plans and then you irrationally worry about the silliest thing that might put a wrench in those plans?

      For instance, right now I'm waiting on a massive Taobao order and I'm paranoid it'll arrive waaaay after the con I'm planning on dressing up my dolls for. Or that new amazing spring event Dollzone's doing...I've told myself I'll wait for my next payday to order (which isn't even that far away) but I'm super irrationally paranoid they'll be all "oh, look at all these orders, we've unexpectedly run out of Heavy Rain fullsets!".

      I can't be the only one filling these inevitably long dolly waits with silly worries, what's the weirdest you've ever had?
       
      #1 Calico, Jan 19, 2015
    2. I bought my Dollfamily A Auriel within days after the sculpt was released. I usually take months to decide on a sculpt and wait for sales before putting in an order so I had never bought a doll like that before. Not only did I make a decision on a whim, I bought a doll that no one else had yet. There were no owner pictures to look at or any way to see pictures that didn't come from the company. Furthermore I was going to turn the male sculpt female. The doll was on sale and I fell in love so I clicked the button and bought her, pushing back the purchase of a different doll I had planned to buy.

      I was so nervous that she would arrive and look completely wrong for the character. Having never ordered an elf doll before I was afraid she would have her ears broken, or that the wig I got her wouldn't look right. I kept going over all the things that could go wrong and beating myself up for having not waited.

      When she got here of course she was perfect. Honestly I was completely relieved.
       
      #2 Clorista, Jan 19, 2015
    3. I was paranoid the whole shipping process that they're lying and he's not even madw to orfer or was ordered at all.
      But im mental ill...
       
      #3 SlaveDan, Jan 19, 2015
    4. I have four FL tans on order (Pukifees all) and I admit to having these thoughts like "what if they turn green the second I take them out of the box?!?!?!" I know they're not going to, but still....

      I also got nervous about the black wig I'd ordered with my first doll selling out before she got to DDE, so I ordered another, different style, as a backup. Well, the first wig didn't sell out - but I ended up not liking it on her. The "bacukup" wig turned out to be perfect.
       
      #4 LadyMadrigal, Jan 19, 2015
    5. Sometimes paranoia is a good thing
       
      #5 SlaveDan, Jan 19, 2015
    6. I'm back in the hobby after a long hiatus and I'm worried that I won't be able to fall in love with a doll since my love for my MSD crew has mostly gone. I also want to try out the SD size again so I can make things for them easier but can't find a doll that grabs me.
       
      #6 queen_margaret_anne, Feb 3, 2015
    7. I ordered my dolls clothes about two months ago(first time ordering doll clothes) and it just arrived today. A week and half ago my mother was trying to tell me that the company(Angell-Studio) I ordered from was a over sea scam and that I should try to get my money back. That really planted seeds of worry in my head at the time even though I knew Angell-Studio was a real company. It really made my think "What if?" A lot until three days later I got a tracking number. The clothes are here and they are even more beautiful in person.
       
      #7 SmilesEvily, Feb 3, 2015
    8. There was no movement on my tracking number for a week; I convinced myself that my doll had been lost in transit and if I contacted the company they'd tell me I was just SOL and that was the end of my dolly hobby before it even started.
       
      #8 MyFireElf, Feb 3, 2015
    9. Ohh this is interesting... I guess I mostly worry about accidentally damaging my dolls...
      When I take them out with me I get paranoid about scratching them / their make up or losing pieces of clothing and accessories around (typically shoes) but still, I love taking them around with me, so I try not to think about it too much ^_^
       
      #9 toletta, Feb 3, 2015
    10. I have one doll ordered from alices collections that will take months to arrive and another highly sought after doll coming in from the marketplace and I'm terrified that I won't receive them from EMS to my PO box. I've always had a physical address so shipping to a PO box scares me. I've read that there's no problem with EMS going to a PO box but I still don't feel comforted.
       
      #10 queen_margaret_anne, Feb 26, 2015
    11. Actually those are quite rational fears OP, things like that happen all the time. (something being back ordered or left out of an order and has to be shipped later, extremely long shipping time, etc...)
       
      #11 Nefla, Feb 26, 2015
    12. I constantly worry about items/dolls getting lost in the post. Sending heads away for faceups absolutely terrifies me. I have no faith in the postal system.
      Luckily so far nothing has been lost.
       
      #12 Kacha, Feb 26, 2015
    13. I think my biggest fear was a few years ago when I ordered my first limited edition doll (and the fact that it said 15 worldwide) as I was so worried that something would be wrong with the order and I would miss out. It was love at first sight and I knew I had to get him. It was also a lot more than I had spent on previous dolls and I bought direct from the company and there was the language barrier that worried me too. I am much more confident with orders and waiting now but I worried until I opened his box and checked it was really him.
       
      #13 Kavarr, Feb 26, 2015
    14. One doll of mine is an artist sculpt that was released for order once in 2007. There weren't a lot of Peroths originally made, and there was a "rerelease" a few years ago but it turns out the sculpt had been altered significantly so it doesn't look like the original anymore, and I hate the changes.

      I have the entirely rational fear that something will happen to him and I will never able to replace his sculpt.
       
      #14 Kim, Feb 26, 2015
    15. I definitely have an irrational worry about doll things getting lost or stolen from the mail.
       
      #15 NekoNyanMew, Feb 26, 2015
    16. I fear I will never stop when it comes to collecting BJD's! I honestly planned on far fewer dolls than I ended up with and every time I think I am near done along comes yet another doll that I simply must have. No, I'm kidding. :wiggle I am almost done at this point, but what I genuinely do fear is I'll never get them all done in terms of face ups and that. I have this irrational thought now and again that it will be years before I am done and by then I won't care.
       
      #16 magkelly, Feb 26, 2015
    17. Like most people, I worry about items getting lost in transit, but with all the horror stories I've heard, I also worry about them getting misdelivered and the person who receives it just... Throws it away. That actually happened to someone's doll! It's half the reason I don't send my dolls for faceups.

      Another thing, I had a couple of orders through SOOM recently, for the limited Chrom and Amber rereleases. I was so scared there would be something wrong, like Amber's lavender skin would be marbled or Chrom would have a broken/defective part because recent box openings from them have had issues. Sure enough though, they got here safe, sound, and without issue. Well, there was a small issue. They sent the wrong eyes with Chrom, but they went ahead and sent out the correct pair at no charge.
       
      #17 Cat Grenade, Feb 26, 2015
    18. Exactly. Same here! So far I've gotten factory faceups in part because I'm too afraid to send out a head for a faceup or a bjd pet for a body paint. Maybe I'll get over that fear someday, but I'm not ready yet. The possibility of stains also scares me. I have a black wig, but I'm actually thinking about cutting the hair off of it and using the hair to make my own wig that has a neutral-colored wig cap. I'm that afraid of the black wig cap staining my doll. I could buy a silicone wig cap to protect my doll's head, but I'm afraid of those because of a DoA thread about them discoloring the MSC of faceups. For now I think I'll stick to wigs with neutral-colored wig caps.
       
      #18 AmaltheaMoon, Feb 26, 2015
    19. Wait, so silicone wig caps discolor face-ups? Really? Because I've honestly never heard of that before. o.O
       
      #19 Selenae, Feb 26, 2015
    20. Silicone wig caps can have a bad reaction with faceup sealants and cause discolouration or flaking in the sealant. This has happened to me and thus I have sworn off of them entirely. It's just easier to take the wig off of the doll when I am not using the doll.
       
      #20 Kim, Feb 26, 2015
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