What to answer when people ask about the cost of your doll...?

Depends on the person. When it's my parents or my husband, I fudge on the price a little so I don't give them heart attacks (I put a little aside every paycheck and buy the dolls from that fund, but I still think they'd all disapprove). If it's just a friend or a fellow collector, I don't mind sharing the real price.

 

Zennabug: putting some money aside into a fund for dolls is a brilliant idea. Can I take this idea and use it please?

 

First off, it's none of anyone's business what we spend on our dolls. Muggles will never understand, these are people that save save save for retirement.
Second, we are a chosen few, I have been spending money on antique dolls since I was about 12, so when I was researching my first Bjd Elfdoll Sooah, I was not shocked at her price, after all she is a work of art and that's what I tell the Muggles and never give real price. Smiling the whole time.

 

"A lot."

If they push the issue, I just laugh and stubbornly say again, "A lot," and let their imaginations fill in the price. It's not particularly witty, but it does the trick. It also prevents any, "You're insane to spend that much" type of replies.

To those genuinely interested - mainly doll people who already know the average prices - I will give a straight answer and tell them the actual price, but that's about it.

 

I don't really discuss money or prices with anyone outside of fellow hobbyists - but I've also never really had anyone care. My parents sometimes ask (whenever they come to visit my collections have always grown) but if my bills are getting paid and I have a little money to splurge on myself, that's my business.

 

I usually say that they are priceless!

 

I know longer send my time worrying about what others think about the price of my dolls. I tell them just to see the look on their face at the price. Than if I really don't to much care for the person I quickly let them know if they do not have the money to pay for it, if they break it don't touch them. That will shut them up pretty fast.

 

The truth. We all pay for what we want; some people use hundreds, thousands, or more gambling in one day, others pay ludicrous amounts for cars that go way above the speed limit and are hazards to both the owner and others. I do everything I "should" - donate to environmental groups, pay my taxes, pay down my credit card - why not dolls?

 

I add in facts and impress the other part. They actually stop talking and start saying the want one XD

 

my dad flips when i say how much these dolls are but he eventually lets me if i have enough of my own funds to support myself after the buy and the doll money. My friends think my dolls are creepy and expensive and my cousin is jelous but doesnt have the money or the motivation to get a job to go buy one herself. pff i kinda laugh at the question when i tell them. xD;

 

I just tell them straight in the face , the price i paid for my kids. I am the kind of person who does not care about what people says to me. There was one time someone came up to me and asked about my doll, i told her the price i paid for it , she was shocked and and she mumbled as she walked off... (actually mine was a starter's doll and is certainly not expensive)

 

My answer to 'how much?' is always the same.....'TOO much! '
People can take that any way they choose but I normally make a joke of it as I get tired of being judged

 

I must say, I've become quite defensive about this, now I think about it.

I won't say anymore than "enough" until I'm convinced they are genuinely interested in them, and not just trying to attack the hobby.

I find no-one asks the same questions to the more stereotypical, yet still expensive hobbies, such as shoes, clothes or video games, so I did get a little fed up, haha.

 

It seems a lot of people try to avoid answering this question! Lol I personally don't care what people say. Its -my- money, I earned it, and I'll spend it on whatever the eff I want. C:

 

I sometimes go with the "a lot" tactic. But I've come to the point where I really don't mind saying. I feel a little guilty sometimes about the price, but as I've realized and begun to say when discussing it, consider people who are addicted to cigarettes or things like that. What they smoke away in a couple months buys me something I can enjoy for years. That helps put things in perspective.

 

I just say "a lot," and leave it at that.

 

If it someone I don't know very well I'll say that they cost ALOT. But to my friends I always tell them how much they cost and why they cost so much. Though I do always get a big reaction to the cost.

 

I will generally talk down the amount....its not like these are the only multihundred value dolls.

 

When I'm talking to non-doll owners, I just say "a lot" or "you really don't wanna know" if they ask, which I haven't had to many ask me (thankfully). If I'm talking to a doll owner, I know they understand and will tell them if they want to know.

 

When people ask me ill just say strait forward what i spent and when they give me that look of total shock a start laughing really hard XD i think the reactions i get are funny
especially when i had my SD's and would say i spent 400 or 500 on them