Oops, did I just buy that?

Yuuuup. I've done this OTL.
I did it with both my Brownies. Dx
I love them dearly, though, and in the end don't regret it... Well, I guess the only thing I "regret" is the fact that I have yet to stick to a saving plan for a specific doll.
I always end up getting a different doll or spending the money on something else entirely. ;A;

The only exception to this was my DMK Vian, whom I'd planned on buying and actually went through with. Now I just have to do the same process for the next... 10 dollies 8C.

 

Ooof. I just did this. I usually can't stand impulse buying, and I never do it for dolls... in fact I usually end up waiting too long and the item gets sold, and I regret it for a bit but then move on.

But a few days ago I saw Soom Pel Thunderbird Summoner, and fell in love. Today I went to look at her again and found out it's the last day to buy her. Now I fall in love with Soom MDs, but it doesn't last and I haven't felt any regrets when the order period comes and goes. But Pel... I panicked. And realized that I really, really liked her and wanted her. So I just put down my first layaway payment for Pel.

*meep* I still don't know what to feel about this. I guess I'll find out when she comes, whether this is totally worth it, or if it's the most foolish decision I'd ever made....!

 

My impulse was doll clothes around 90s worth >.<... which I am now selling I should learn not to hehe

 

I don't buy unless I can pay for it. Luckyly for me I save money. I try to have always around 4k saved for sure so anything else over that is ok for me to spend =D

I took a look at my dolls and notice that 6 doll on 9 were bought second hand which mean impulsively save for 2 which I planned.

 

Look at it this way... Soom MDs always go for more on the secondary market than they do brand-new from Soom. If she doesn't work out, you certainly won't be left out of pocket.

 

I agree, that's one reason why I ended up making the plunge. And she doesn't seem to be too popular (the Waiting Room is the smallest I've ever seen) so I'm sure I can find a buyer for her, and break even at the very least.

 

I'd never make a purely impulse buy on something worth more than maybe £20, but I ordered a doll yesterday that wasn't far off impulse. I'd admired the doll for a while, but the decision to actually order it was pretty sudden. I did make sure that I sat down and worked out whether or not my finances could support it before I actually hit 'checkout', though.

 

I used to be extremely impulsive about buying things. Random junk at the store. Some stuff I never wear or use.
But as of now, I'm so stressed and overthinking my doll purchase; 'oh no, I don't like his knees...oh no this one doesn't have thigh joints, oh no this one looks too cute..' I think I'm sabotaging myself. XD

 

Kiiiind of going through it now XD I'm waiting for my tax return to come back so I can use it to get two dolls I've been wanting. Then I was poking through the marketplace and found a beautiful doll that I've never even considered ever buying and made an offer on it. It was one of those 'Whaaaaaat am I doing?' moments and yet after I sent the PM I didn't feel bad about it. Now I've just removed one of the dolls I'd been originally saving up for xD So I'm not spending extra, just spending it on something I wasn't expecting. In my defense, I have more of an idea for this one than that one.

My mama sent me a quote once; Never regret anything that makes you smile.
So I have no regrets

 

I do sometimes impulse buy and say "Oop, did I buy that?" I get caught up in the bid and the next thing you know I have bought it. But I am really trying to do better.

 

I sometimes do a "pretend checkout" just to see what the grand total would be if I did follow though with a purchase. I've never had any problems doing this until last night...

At 1:00am, I accidentally put a $130 order through! Next thing I know, I'm getting e-mails saying "congratulations" and "thank you for your purchase." I was freaking out!! Luckily, I was able to cancel the order before it went through.

Be very careful with pretend check-outs at 1:00am...

 

I haven't bought a complete doll in over 5 years. I was happy with my family and, while there were dolls I wanted, I just didn't feel like spending that much would be justified anymore (my financial situation has changed drastically since I first got into the hobby). I didn't even buy new wigs or shoes anymore because nothing really called to me.
Then, because I'd been absent from the hobby for a while and was tired of people at meet ups being all "Oh, she's a G9 77 SKR from SkullOak LE milk skin with FrancyPants custom eyes" and my reaction being all "Oh cool!" 'cause I didn't want to admit I had never heard of any of that, I decided to look at every doll site I could find linked from here.
Of course, not thinking I would find ANYTHING I liked because it's been so long, let alone an MSD sized doll because I swore I'd never own one, I found Dollmore's Judith Zinna. And, within 24 hours, I'd sold 2 of my DDs to be able to afford her.
So, now I've got new-dolly-itice (the excited/anxious feeling of waiting for a new doll to ship/arrive) and, while I do feel a bit of remorse in selling the DDs, and for buying a doll I didn't spend time thinking about before I made my purchase, I don't feel bad at all. Possibly because she was such a good deal... I usually feel remorse when I spend nearly ANY money, even on groceries!

 

I tend to impulse buy if I think the doll won't be there when I am comfortable enough to buy it, which is why I try to stay out of the marketplace. My saving grace is usually having to go find my credit card; most of the time that snaps me out of it and I realize I should probably wait. Now if I can pay with paypal...then I'm in trouble haha.

 

I remember when I bought my Zion head, I was in such a frenzy to buy it before it sold out at Angelheim's sale, that I accidentally bought it in the wrong skin tone! I mean, I would never buy something I didn't think about first, I could never do that, but apparently, I can gloss over little details like skin color when buying things! And I felt too bad at the swamped-ness of Angelheim to ask that they cast it in NS when I can just paint it to match, and it might not have been a good match anyway.

 

in a nut-shell Yes.... SOOM anyone??

 

I have! And I just did it again. I have a doll on layaway...and it will be a long one. When I think about it I wish I hadn't done it, but then I look at her picture and I can't wait for the long layaway to be over.

 

Oh completely! The last girl I just bought was one of those impulse buys. I was just looking, thinking I might buy something next month when we get paid 3 times, but my finger pressed Confirm and...yeah. LOL

 

I haven't gone that far... yet. But just recently I impulsively bought a pair of glass eyes and a pair of acrylic eyes. The glass eyes were beautiful.. but they don't really fit the character of my doll and they aren't the right size. And the acrylic eyes just sucked. XDD even though the acrylic eyes fit and the glass eyes didn't, I had more buyer's remorse over the acrylic eyes because I didn't even like the look of them. ha ha ha.

 

Shyts!! This thread says it all!
I sure am guilty as charged.

Your mama sure is sweet.
Glad everything turn out nice for you. *thumbs

 

My Monzo was sort of an impulse buy. Sure, I wanted one, but I didn't plan on buying one so soon. (actually I didn't really plan on buying one at all, I was more focused on obtaining Chrom) The AH Ryan I ordered was supposed to be my starter doll and I wasn't supposed to buy any other dolls until after he arrived and I could see if I really like BJDs... but oops. Saw a great deal for Monzo on ebay, and I just couldn't resist.