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

I usually say it costs as much as a refrigerator and let them use their imagination

 

I tell 'em exactly how much. And always include, counting off with my fingers, 'and they are not BARBIE DOLLS, and they are not BABY DOLLS.' Extra emphasis on Barbie dolls, though. XP

 

OOOOO!! I get this ALL the time!! EVERYONE in my apartment complex knows about my dolls, and only 2 people (out of about 400,) are NICE to me about it.

When it isn't those 2 singular people talking to me about my doll, you bet that I am very rude in responding to these vile, mean, cruel spectators.

I get sooo many awful responses. "I could have bought my son/daughter a whole new school wardrobe for that money!" "I could have paid my rent if I had that money!" "Gosh, I heard sex toys were expensive, but isn't she kinda small?" "How much was the camera you're shooting her worth in comparison to that thing?" "If you have that much money to waste, why don't you put it towards homeless shelters or hospice services? People are dying for less." (I live in an area with a lot of poverty.)

I even had someone report me for blatantly recording sex doll pornography!!! They went so far as to say it was pedaphilic, but the security guards at my complex all know me and my dolls and we are very good friends. They understand art, so they tell those kinds of person to go learn some humility.

My usual responses? Aren't really work-friendly for this forum. I'm very snide. Sometimes people fight with me about it.

I usually just end the arguments with "Well, I tell you what. You're invading my personal property and I do not feel safe with you near a 10 foot radius of my dolls, camera and lenses. Go get yourself about $5000 dollars and come fight with me then. No, really. That's about how much this photoshoot cost, and if you're near me I get scared that you will break my stuff and if you do, I want immediate reimbursement."

My camera costs $1000 and any of my lenses I own (5 lenses in all,) cost me more than $200 each and that's just the base price -- 3 of them are more than $400 and 1 of them is $250 and the other is $350.)

My doll's are a Pukifee, Littlefee, and a Tan Island Doll, so they themselves don't cost too awful much compared to non yo-SD sized resin kiddos, but considering their custom face-ups and OOAK clothes.... Yeah, I don't hesitate to ask people if they have around $5000 just in case they get violent (and they do!)

I'm going to start calling the Security desk next time this happens. So many people have tried to pick my dolls and my camera up. I'm VERY scared of theft. I don't let anyone in my apartment complex know where I live, or what apartment # is mine.

It's very heartbreaking.

 

I tell them its very expensive, and I emphasize the expensive part. If they ask further, I flat out tell them. Usually people get the hint, it's expensive and they won't continue asking me about it. But if they do, I'm not gonna lie about it. They pay that much for their vacations and their hobbies and don't lie about it when people ask, so why should I? It's a rarity that people in real life know about my dolls so I don't have this discussion with them often, and if I do it's with a good friend so they don't even bother hassling me about it.

 

I don't tell people. I might tell them how much dolls I don't own cost ala "some can cost as much as $2000! but I don't have any like that"

If I just said "oh, $750" or even just "oh, that ones just $150" I'd still get the "you're a moron" look.
So instead it goes more like this:
them: "how much does one of these cost?"
me: "too much"

next topic ^_^

 

I usually get this on my modded dolls, instead of on the normal(?) but more expensive ones.
I just say that they're less expensive then they look (the area is not good for theft and I'm small) and that I have modified them a lot.

 

I usually laugh and say "You dont want to know" occassionally they get the idea that it's very expensive and drop the question, other times they insist and I give them the truth (I like to emphasize that I do own a higher-end doll and that not all are that outrageous of a price) but generally they remain pretty thrown off that something such as a doll would even come anywhere near that price.

 

I don't want to lie and I don't want to tell anyone how much my doll cost either. Because somebody don't understand and might think I am stupid to spent a lot of money on the dolls. :-(

 

depends on who's asking, but generally I just say "a lot" and leave it at that.

 

I rarely talk about my doll's price and things when a stranger ask me, even only part of my friend knows the real price, if someone out of nowhere or my family ask i just say "it cost kinda expensive, depends on your own opinion,if you really love it, you can check the price online." or just say the price of the doll that without any faceup and accessories,even they think me i'm soo stupid and childish buy such expensive doll i just ignore them, this is my hobby and my doll didn't done anything that offended them.

 

Just telling them, that ia High School Friend just missed me sooo much that she thought of giving me the doll... LOL! xD

 

This. If they keep asking I'll give the closest round number.

 

I prefer to tell the truth, unless it's my mother asking. She really doesn't need to know.

 

Depends on who's asking, honestly.

Other doll people? Fine with me, I don't mind.
Anyone else? "Enough," a smile, and a change of subject, particularly if they look like they're going to start a tirade. And if they DO start a tirade, I'm perfectly fine with a very blunt "Shut up."

 

lol for me it's the opposite. I don't mind telling the exact cost to close friends and familly but on random people on the street I don't want to tell because I'm afraid they'd steal it to get money out of it 500-800 is a lot of money!

 

That's a very rude question! If a stranger asks me, I would let them know I had to save money to purchase the doll. They'll just see a student and be 'hmm, students are usually broke so it's not too expensive (don't want to steal)' <--b/c that is a definite possibility if you tell them the actual price and they're obsessing over it to the point of contemplating all sorts of ways to get their hands on one.
Sorry if I sound like I'm generalizing people. They're strangers, what reason do I have to trust them? You also never know if anyone was listening in on your conversation. I've had strangers follow me before, I don't want to give them any more reasons to follow.

If a friend who is not into bjd asks I'll tell them there are many varieties and thus many prices.

 

depend who asking me ~
my family didn't really agree me being in this hobby so if they ask i probably only said " $200 " and since i borrow my friend paypal and she will send the doll to me when the doll arrived to her address i could say "its a gift from dear friend of mine"

(i'm the master of lying things ... ish ... )

and if a friend of mine ask (a friend who not close to my family) i will say it up front ~
but if a friend of mine who close with my family like to talks and etc i just say what i told my family

 

I have to say , i sometimes have to lie , for my father at least. Because he can't undrestant that how can possibly DOLL cost that much. Thats the only situation when i might lie a littlebit :'D
But still i dont care what people call me or say , if i tell that i just bought 600$ Doll ,they can think im crazy , i don't care .. Because maybe i AM a little bit crazy ,it doesn't matter ;D

 

My answer also depends on who is asking me~

If it is people who aren't familiar with the doll community I give a cryptic answer along the lines of "More than you think he's worth, but about half of what he is worth"
(My doll was second hand, so I paid much less for him than one that was new, and I got him at half of the usual second hand price!)
Giving a cryptic answer usually puts people off asking more about the price of him, and they continue along their previous line of conversation, usually "it's really creepy" or "why would you want to buy that?" or something...

With people who are familiar with the dolls, I am totally honest about how much I paid for him, and spend on him, since they appreciate him for what he is

My parents gave up asking how much I pay for stuff a long time ago ^^'

 

Family: (nice easy rounded down number).
Friends: (nice easy rounded down number).
Close friends: (frank, honest number).
Acquaintances: (avoids answering).
Strangers: "a lot." or "as much as an American girl." or "I dunno, it was a gift" (aka lies)

I've been stolen from all my life, so I'll only tell close friends and family the number close to it's real worth. I will not advertise that I have something expensive in my possession to anyone I cannot trust.