Will you give up to buy a doll because of others' bad compliments?

No, I`d never give up my wish just because someone doesn`t like the doll I want so much. After all, it`s only my wish and my money so spend.)) There is one bjd-owner I know, who really doesn`t like all Iplehouse dolls (and my IH Asa as well) because of their aesthetics - but that doesn`t affect me in any way, I`m still planning to have more IH dolls. X)
But, if my friends would comment bad quality of a doll I`m planning to buy, or bad service from the company - that will make me think twice.

 

Quite honestly, no. I just wouldn't talk to those people about them. I've done it before with things I like that I know very few others even take an interest in. It's not something that is very hard for me to do.

 

It depends. I have a friend who I've shown sculpts to, and she can instantly point out what's anatomically incorrect about the doll. XD Usually just the nose/lips/faceshape, because she will overlook the cartoony eyes. Now, if it's something I just didn't notice in the first go (such as the lips being too far from the nose), then that'll definitely influence my decision. I probably won't get the sculpt. XD If it's just an obvious stylistic or personal preference (she prefers very defined, almost eagle noses, while I prefer straight and/or more Asian noses), then of course I won't let that influence me. Haha.

 

I would never give up buying a doll just because it's unpopular or disliked. I buy dolls that my boyfriend doesn't really care for, but I still like asking his opinion. He helped me pick between two dolls. One I liked the moment I saw it, and the second I had developed a strong liking for it over time. He told me which one he liked best, so I decided to go for his pick because I was so stuck. I will still get the other when I can afford it. I wouldn't care if anyone said a doll I liked was ugly. It may hurt my feelings a little if they were rude, but if someone politely said they disliked my doll I would be fine with it. I get what I like ^_^

 

I don't think it would affect me. If anything, it would make me enjoy the doll more... Because it's special, if not many like a doll, fewer people will have it.. I like, the less popular things i suppose.

 

No!

Despite being insanely stubborn (cough), I see it as my character. I really don't care if everyone else loves him/her. I'm the one paying for them so it's all my liking. If people like them,sweet. If not,oh well~

 

I would never allow someone to sway me unless I could not argue with their insite. Once I have choosen for a doll to become part of my family. I can not normally get them out of my mind, and it would take a lot to get me to change my mind.

 

I don't think I would ever let anyone tell me what I should or shouldn't buy unless they have valid points about the company and not the doll itself. Once I have decided on a dollie or a character for a dollie I don't let other people sway me, I usually ask opinions on dolls from other people but even that is just for feedback.

 

The only reason why I would take someone's advice to not by would be when there's a serious issue with customer service or the doll's mechanics.

If it's reported that the company is not delivering what's promised (CCC comes to mind), I wouldn't order from them. If the companies dolls could not sit, or pose due to an issue that couldn't be corrected by a simple sueding, restringing, wiring, or changing the elastic, I wouldn't buy from them. In the second example, I'm talking about a ball-joint not being able to properly sit in the socket because it's too big, or misshaped.

Someone else's idea of what's aesthetically pleasing would not make me not buy.

 

Absolutely no. The first doll I've choose is probably the most unpopular sculpt of the earth but I love him more for this!

But, as other members well explained before me, bad opinions about resin, doll posing, customer service and in general about a bad quality probably will affect my intentions toward a doll.

 

Now, I've never had such a situation occur, so I'm ambivalent. If the complaints lodged were substantial enough, and all seemed oriented around the same thing--for example, poor resin quality or extreme fragility, or an error in design--in the BJD's design, then yes, I'd likely consider opting for another BJD manufacturer. If the company was fraudulent, I'd definitely decline ordering a doll from them. If the doll had some structural flaw that was frequently documented by those issuing complaints, and the producers refused to acknowledge or remedy it, then yeah, I'd likely refrain from ordering from them. If few complaints were actually submitted, and I was extremely keen on the acquisition of this particular doll, then I'd go for it. But hey, if the complaints were issued primarily because the general consensus among patrons was that the doll was unfavorable (possibly even considered ugly), due to physical appearance, I'd order it. If I like it, it doesn't concern me whether or not someone else does.

 

Many people say that I'm "strange," so I suppose they should expect me to want to own strange things! For me, people saying things like that, actually makes the doll more appealing and makes me long for it even more.

 

If people find the doll strange, horrible or butt-ugly, I wouldnt care.

If other people warn against poor quality, breakages and bad customerservice, it might.

 

Heck no! It's my money and I'll spend it how I want. If someone doesn't like it, they can zip it. If my husband didn't like the doll I would probably keep that one put away around him, but I'd still buy it if it was a doll I wanted.

 

If it is for the aesthetics then I won't care what other people will say.

If they are talking about how it is made, its quality, then I may try to find more information then I would normally.

 

I don't usually care what others say about a doll I'm considering purchasing, unless they're warning me about some serious mechanical issue that would prevent me from actually enjoying a doll I bought. And viewing owners' pictures has helped me avoid buying a doll recently that from the site's pictures I really liked. In person he isn't nearly so great. Saved me from throwing away a fortune, really. But not buy a doll because someone else thinks it's ugly? Nah, wouldn't influence me.

 

If I still like it I would still get it
The only person whose opinion would have mattered enough for me to not buy the doll was my late wife's

 

I don't let what any one say stop me from buying a doll. If any thing that may just make me want it even more. It's up to each person to decide on what is or is not right for them. Just because you did not like it does not give you the right to put it down. Well I guess it does, but you know what I am saying.

 

Of course not! Every doll from every company is going to have at least one 'bad' thing about it, or in my world 'quirk'. I don't think its fair to yourself to let other's opinions influence your decision to buy or adopt that doll, if its what you like I say go for it and love that doll to bits.

 

Here's some food for thought: My first doll was a 27 cm Obitsu (this better not get deleted just cause I said it) and whilst I can't post her here and that some people think her type is a poor man's doll doesn't mean she is to me. She was the gateway doll for me. I wouldn't be learning to paint face ups, or venturing into the realm of resin/MSD's and the like if I didn't take the first plunge with that Obitsu.

So no...No one's opinions of a doll makes that doll any less special in my mind.

Infact..I'd probably go out of my way to get that doll and make them shine if someone said that.