What's the most dolls you've purchased at one time?

4 in one order. And I actually ended up selling them almost immediately after the order came in, because I had lost interest in collecting that particular type of doll shortly before they arrived.

As for how many orders/dolls I’ve been waiting on from different companies simultaneously? 19, with 3 of them being orders for just heads. But that was because of very long production times and my fiancé spoiled me with dolls last year after he got a settlement from a motorcycle accident he was in in 2020. Definitely not a regular occurrence in my life.

 

I have ordered only one doll at a time, but was waiting for 2 at the same time for my first two dolls.

I was tempted to order both Lieselotte and Charlotte when they had open preorders last year, but I realized I truly only wanted one of them. Charlotte would have been an impulse buy so I'm glad I stuck with only one.

 

Most in one order? 4, there was a discount event and I picked up a couple I'd been interested in before but hadn't bought yet. Most I've been waiting for at once (between layaways, shipping, and just waiting on manufacture) is 6 full + 2 floating heads.

It's not uncommon for me to go multiple years without buying any dolls though, so when I do I sometimes go a bit overboard.

 

When I was in college I was living with my mom, who wasn't charging me rent, my tuition was covered by a scholarship, and I had two jobs. So... I was unusually loaded for a college student, and at one point ordered two of the same Iplehouse doll in different skin tones because I ~wasn't sure which color I liked better~. (Turned out, it was neither). That was probably my biggest living it large moment.

These days I seem to average buying about 1 doll every three years so... there hasn't been an overlap in quite some time.

 

I never exceeded one. There aren't many dolls I love after all.

 

I've never purchased more than one doll in the same order. However, I've had two on preorder but from different places. I also do not have many dolls. I'm limited by expenses and space.

 

I ordered 3 dolls in Harucasting's recent preorder (Vitiligo Neul, Vitiligo Modeun, Freckle Thx). Thank goodness he offers 3 part layaway now haha

 

I've never have more than one in the same order, but I have had two dolls with overlapping layaways or wait times.

 

Just at the beginning of this year/end of last year actually. I placed 3 dolls on layaway around the same time. A Soom Heliot which is 2nd hand, AE Love Nikki Star Sea , and Soom Obsidius. And now they're all paid off

 

The most I have had was 3 from the same company and I’ve had others that I have ordered a few weeks apart from different companies

 

Two.
A Resinsoul Ming and a DollLeaves Wish, through a dealer.
I was incredibly lucky, as far as money goes. First DollLeaves had an event where you basically got the head for free when you bought a body, being allready afordable dolls that was to this day my cheapest new doll.
Then, on top of that, I bought them through a british dealer and the day I did the payment then euro dipped sharply compared to my own currency, meaning that even with the conversion fees (...paypal...) I realized when the payment had gone through that I had payed way less than I had expected.

Well, since the universe likes to balance itself it seems; I then had the worst time with the delivery, but that was on UPS, not on the dealer, who actually stepped in like a hero and convinced them to book a new delivery after the first had failed. There was a long a and very stupid seried of events and explanaions for what went wrong, but the end resault was that they decided that I had to go in person to pick the dolls up... At their depo more than two hours away by car, within less than 24 hours after I finally got any kind of notification from them. I don't drive and I had especcially booked delivery to the door because of this. It was a mess.

It all worked out in the end. Both dolls are still with me and I am very happy to have them.
The Wish, now named Theofil, sits here at my desk right this moment, keeping me company.

 

I'm still in my first year of owning dolls, so that's definitely influenced my decisions. I bought two from the same company about 7 days apart from each other, because I'd been planning to get both of them anyway but originally said I'd wait until the first came in before buying the second... and then thought extending the wait time to have both of them (when I wanted them to be companion dolls) to a full year, if not longer, would be a little unbearable. If you count overlapping wait times, then the number is 3 because I have one doll on layaway right now. They could all arrive at similar times, due to the way I spaced out the purchases, but who knows!

Also, if we're including in-stock dolls within the time frame of buying/waiting on other dolls then the number climbs to 4... It's been a very dollful few months.

 

I bought 2 full dolls (new from different makers) and a floating head (secondhand) in the span of 10 days at the start of this year. This is exceptional - my pace has usually been 1 doll ordered at any time. But I'd just returned to the hobby after a very long hiatus, so I have an excuse for splurging.

The floating head arrived and I ordered a body for it a month later, so I'm currently still waiting for 2.5 dolls, all from different makers. I ordered that body and one of the full dolls direct from the companies' Taobao stores. There's a slim chance they'll both be finished at the same time and I can ship them together from the proxy's warehouse...