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

Ah, I've been nervous about this question coming up with my family when my first doll comes in o_o;; I'll probably avoid giving a number if I can and just say she's expensive but worth it, and I work for my money and can do what I want with it.

 

I just tell them the truth.
"This boy costed me $1100. And the clothes are not even cheaper than humen's clothes. And I have more of them."
It's nothing to be ashamed of. I supported my beautiful boys with my own money and effort.
But I do love watching their reaction to it

 

I had a recent bad experience with a co worker who i showed some photos to that i had on my iPhone, she loved the pics and the dolls even to the point that she kept asking to see more pics, she asked me questions about the hobby and seemed really interested..then she asked me how much a doll costs, i told her and she went really quiet then told me straight out that i was mad to waste my hard earned money on such things..i laughed it off but it left an uneasy feeling between us.

Sad because she seemed genuinely interested. I think in future i will just say "expensive" or change the subject.

 

It depends on who's asking me. My coworkers already know that these dolls are quite expensive, so when i tell them I spent 90 dollars on a used doll, they're all "What a steal!" with me. That's how much my Angel of Dream Chi cost, and I'm quite proud i was able to get it at less than half cost.

My mom also knows the prices of my dolls, but that's because she's nosy and I finally just tell her and remind her that normally the dolls are quite a bit more (but I buy ones that are old, unwanted, and really beat up so I can do all sorts of modding projects.) She's getting a bit more used to it, and the other day she actually offered to help me customize my Chi (which is a big step for her, because normally she is all against the whole modding a super expensive doll part)

And then there's strangers I met when I take my girl out. Usually I don't tell them because if I do, they just look at me like I'm crazy and shuffle away really fast.

 

First thing I say when asked the cost was "A lot!"
They usually follow up with "Why is it a lot?" Then I would reply to "Generally these are made to order, hand sculpted dolls for collectors." ~ with this they would easily understand.
If they persist on asking the price then I will tell exactly how much I paid for it.
My family and friends know I collect dolls so they are not really surprised when I tell them the price.

 

I get the "why is it so expensive?" look also although, I really don't care I just reply with the reasons and if I can afford it, its my problem if its expensive or not. Its not like I ask why is your prada purse so expensive to them.

 

I've never really had strangers ask, but family and other doll owners ask me. I usually tell the truth because I assume another doll owner is curious of the sculpt itself and family is just nosy but no point in lying I guess. It's no different than them buying a 3d tv or something.

 

When i got my doll, she was on sale (which is how i tend to buy big purchases). So when my mom asked how much she was, i replied "oh about 300$, but about 50 of that was in shipping" and she accepted that (it helped she unexpectedly came with a full outfit). My dad fell in love with my girl and helps me make things and do repairs (like the eyelashes) he's absolutely fascinated by the structure of the dolls and keeps asking questions i dont yet know answers to. (I love my family....)

 

I don't usually say how much I paid, only that it's expensive and, if it's on dA, i ask them to look at the FAQ. If someone asks in person I tell them how much I paid proudly. They are looking at the doll and are curious about it. I usually add that it's a work of art, so same reason why someone would buy a painting or a sculpture.

What annoys me are people who go 'i want one, how much? where can I get it?' like it was a barbie doll. I usually say between 100 and 3000. >.>

 

Man just smile enigmatically at them until they accept the fact that they're missing something. Or babble about it so they just accept it and stop trying to be weird about it. But most of my friends are just lie, "woah. Cool."

 

I agree with the first post xD

They would comment :
" wow that's a beautiful doll, how much did you buy it and where"

then I'm like :

"this doll is expensive, and i bought i for $____"

AND THEN THERES THE REACTION

"WHAAAT?! SO EXPENSIVE ? FOR A DOLL"
or
" you should have just earned it for a new gadget or something much useful"

oh i hate hearing this comments ^ -____-

 

Oh I agree - when I asked for my dream doll for my 21st from my parents, they were both reasonably accepting of it - in the end they just gave me the money for her (with a bit extra for clothes etc) and said it was my money, and I could do what I wanted with it. My mum loves my dolls, even if she thinks they're expensive, and my dad just kinda goes along with it - he's not big on 'special' things; if something doesn't have a purpose, he doesn't care for it, but he never really calls me out on how much my dolls are.
My uncle on the other hand originally was stunned, I'd been talking about how I'd asked for her for my birthday, and before he even heard the price he'd said it was a silly thing to ask for because it wasn't practical. In the end I pointed out that I'd always asked for practical things (Uni books, new laptop for uni, even when I was little I'd ask for book covering and fancy coloured pencils so I could have new ones for school), and that for my 21st I wanted something entirely un-practical haha.

I've had a few people ask about my MNF recently, since I'd been out taking photos of her at the local gardens, and people would be like "wow, she's so pretty, where'd you get her? How much?" etc, and then half of them would be like "Thats really expensive, but she looks really beautiful and she moves so well, I can see why she'd be a lot" (waaaaaay more guys say this to me than girls. I had one guy who was really interested in the mechanics of how she moved, it was hilarious). But of course then you get the "But you could have used that for a new cell-phone/laptop/clothes" etc, and its like why do you even care!

 

I laugh. "Aaaahh-ha-ha-ha." That's pretty much my response when someone asks that question. Most people usually understand what it means lol

 

I usually laugh too! And then I give them a price estimate. Majority of the time people just give me a weird look and tell me that's cool, which is fine by me. There was this one guy though, who started lecturing me about the worth of my doll and telling me that she was an IT because she was a doll... and that at least ships and planes could be referred to as "she"s but my $400 doll couldn't.

 

If somone asks me this question, I just tell it to them strait and say exactly how much the doll cost me. I have no shame in telling people how much they cost. I then usually tell them that it takes a while to save up for them, but to me it is worth it because I enjoy them. That will usually make the person who asks a little more comfortable with it and have respect for what I do.

 

I'm not good at prevarication, but I don't want to tell people. So if anyone asks I say something like, "It cost a bit." Nobody's ever really pressed me beyond that point (maybe I was able to make it sound really final?) I guess if someone asked me further I would probably say, "You don't want to know."

 

I just say ALOT and laugh.

If they press I normally just say you wouldn't want to know.

My hubby knows how much they cost and he doesn't care as long as it makes me happy (I have a whole lot of happy).

 

The only people who knows about my girls are people I would let touch her, so when they asked me how much they cost, I tend to say "more than you'd want to spend to replace her." XD It's kinda bitchy of me, but it gets the point across, especially to my sister-in-law. Her daughter loves my dolls, but she has older brothers and doesn't really know how to play gently, so it's a good incentive for her as well to keep her daughter away from them. XD

 

Yeah, I think I'm not going to be so public about my BJDs... I told a close friend of mine from class about it (another guy) and he of course asked how much it was and was very shocked at first but he was surprisingly cool about a dude buying such a doll. I explained to him that it's more like a work of art, and he understood it better.
After all im always drawing and he's seen my art, i suppose it makes sense to him.

Anyways i dont tell lots of people about my bjds ^ ^"

 

The few times I've been out with Kori that question has never been brought up, for which I'm glad. I don't think that it's anyone's business how much I spend/what I choose to spend my money on.

However, the first time I went out with my boy my mother was with me and when the woman standing in line in front of us commented on my doll, my mom decided to blurt out his cost. Still peeved about that and it was years ago now.