Will you sell your doll to me?

This thread is terrible and I've only seen this page!! Just when I thought people couldn't get worse XD (i have to laugh, or I'd cry or something stupid like that) stories like some of these come out. I wonder what makes people think they have the right to treat another person so disrespectful?? Even if it is over a doll, it's just horrible!

I feel lucky that this kind of thing hasn't happened to me. I've gotten a lot polite interest, and one woman who grabbed the foot of the doll I was carrying (I think she was thinking she'd get one for her 5yr old. At least until I told her the price, then she backed off) but nothing like what I've read here.

That was a little ranty. Sorry about that.

 

If someone said to me "I'll give you $50" for my doll, I think I would die from laughing in their face! I wouldnt be able to stop so they would probably just end up leaving confused... lol!

 

I wasn't asked directly. But while at a con with Citlali for the first time, a women had asked me about her. Asking where I got her, how much she cost, etc, etc. I answered all her questions willingly, no problem. Then her boyfriend/husband came over, and while walking away he told her to give me $10 ('cause I said Citlali cost four fifty... I assume he thought I meant $4.50), and I could get another one. One I don't see how she even looks like she's worth JUST $4.50. BUT ANYWAY. Lol. She then proceeded to tell him she cost $450. Yeah. XD

 

If someone is pestering you on Live Journal or any other social networking site, that is harassment, it is against policy, and you can report them. If they continue, you can report them to your local police as internet stalkers. And you should let them know you are doing both.

If someone harasses you in public about selling a doll, take out your cell phone and dial your emergency number and show it to them, then say "if you don't leave me alone I am calling the cops."

There is no reason to put up with bad behavior once you have said "no."

 

This thread has got me leery of bringing my boy anywhere but I want to carry him with me when I get him. Anyhow...
If anyone asked me to buy him off of me I'd simply say if they're willing to spend $7000 for him (or more depending on how long a wait to get him) as ten times the price and $1000 for every month waited for him. So I can get him back and many more that are on my list to get. Asking for the cash up front of course.

If they have the gall to ask to buy it - if they want it so much, they shouldn't bat an eye at the cost if they're so desperate to buy it from a person on the street.

 

The most uncomfortable thing happened to me when I was at Target last week.

I brought Ai (Soulkid Tiny Dreamer) with me as we shopped. As I was exiting the "dollar spot" (which is great btw,) I heard someone say, "Excuse me, ma'am?". I don't know why I turned around because I don't work at Target and I'm too young to be a "madam", but I did.

A middle-aged woman proceeded to tell me the following, "That's a very pretty doll you have. I would like a doll like that. My brother passed away last year and I have been very lonely. I would really like that doll. Could I have her?"

I guessed by her behavior that she was perhaps differently abled, so I just smiled, said that I was sorry, and walked away.

Then, she started to follow me. She asked if she did something wrong a few times, apologized, and said she needed to find her "mommy".

I felt really bad for her, but I was a little scared. >.< I decided it would be a good idea if I put Ai in my purse for the rest of that trip to Target.

 

>_>

This has never happened to me, but I'll more than happy to give people the run down on the dolls, sure? I didn't even know people did this O_o

 

I'm running an outdoor meet this summer (my first meet and second time taking my doll out in public), and I'm a bit frightened of what Niagara Falls tourists will come up with to get their hands on my doll or the dolls of the others at the meet. I'm a bit wary of putting him down now... especially since he's a Limited doll. D: Some weirdo might try to snatch him away... >.<

 

Nope, I can't say they have. If they did though, it wouldn't bother me unless they got angry and aggressive about it. It's just a thing they've never seen and don't understand and since Walmart (the idea of quick, cheap, and easy) is so popular in most parts of America, they wouldn't really understand the value of a doll like this. I'd educate them though and send them on their way, anytime someone asks about a doll and I'm not able to write anything, I just tell them to Google Dollzone or Souldoll...easy to remember and a good starting point to learn about dolls.

 

Well, I've never personally had someone try to talk me out of one my dolls in "real life," although it's happened online with an off-topic doll I had... someone on a certain site (not even a site for buying/selling!) kept messaging me trying to talk me out of my girl, and making more and more outlandish offers each time. o.O But... she really only is worth about $90. XD Still I love her and I didn't want to sell her, and I thought it was very weird. o.O

Once I was walking with a group from a doll meetup in Nashville, and we were all carrying our dolls through the Opryland Hotel (a really nice, elegant hotel with lots of photo ops), and a woman stopped us and said "Can I see your dolls?" A few of us held dolls out for her to get a better look and she was very polite, didn't try to grab them or anything... after a while she said her daughter had really been wanting a ball-joint doll and she'd never seen one in person before. We gave her a link to this site... I don't know if she ever ended up here or not! But it was refreshing to meet someone educated about BJDs in public!

 

I would find it a bit flattering to have someone so interested in my dolls, especially since most people where I live find them to be creepy. But if they continue to bother me about buying THAT SPECIFIC DOLL, then I would consider it to be harassment. Especially if I told them no. This has never happened to me, but Ive heard about it happening before.

 

A while back I had some girl on DeviantArt pester me to death about selling her my DZ Yuu. It was really stupid because I told her he's not a rare doll at all and she could easily get one from Denverdoll, but she insisted she wanted mine because she loves his face up. -_- She offered me $120 for him. I told her that simply wasn't enough and not matter how much she offered I wasn't gunna part with him. After a nice tantrum she finally left me alone. But a few days later I found out she had been talking about me behind my back because I wouldn't sell her my doll.

 

"If you listen to dogs barking, you'll go deaf without learning anything."

Darkover Proverb

 

I never tell people how much my dolls cost. I simply say they are "pretty expensive". Of course, "pretty expensive" for some people could be a twenty dollar Barbie doll. If they are really interested, I simply either give them my card, or one from Junkyspot, or tell them to check here or google "Asian ball jointed dolls".
People know I have the dolls (because of the book) and the two misconceptions about them that drive me crazy are that I make them, and that I sell them. So I always have to set them straight on those two points; NO, I don't make them, and NO, I don't sell them.

 

I, personally, have never had someone point-blank ask if they could "have" or "buy" one of my dolls. I take at least one of my kids with me everywhere (especially my darling Hai-Tzu, who means so much to me), so it isn't uncommon for me to get odd looks or weird questions.

Lots of the women (and sometimes older men) around the area I live ask about her, saying, "Oh, what a lovely doll-baby you have!" Some girls asked me where I got them and how much they cost; no big, I told them. 'Course, the looks on their faces AFTER were mildly amusing. *snicker*

Yeah, sure, there is the touching thing... If they ask nicely, I'll allow them to hold one of my kids. But if they just go all grabby-hands, I tend to back away and glare. Sometimes growl. Literally. "Do not touch with out permission" is now one of my catch-phrases. >___>;;

However, I have a friend who recently went to the airport (i think? She was somewhere public) to pick up a family member. She had her Rashida, a SOOM Galena, with her. An older gentlemen walked up to her and offered to buy Rashida from her, right then, right there. Even pulled out his checkbook. I think he said something like, "Will $100 suffice?" Poor Lauren could only stand there and gape in horror and shock. Her father told the man off and whisked both Rashida and Lauren away to safety. :<

I, personally, find the thought of someone offering to buy my doll both flattering and insulting (at the same time!) While on one hand, its incredibly flattering that someone is willing to purchase one of my dolls, a doll that I have worked very hard on, it is insulting that they think they have the right to purchase her. Whether she has sentimental value to me or not.

I'm not 100% sure what I'd say to someone; whether I'd be polite or snarky. I suppose it depends on how persistent the person asking is or how rude they are. *shrug*

 

I am somewhat glad I live in finland because here people are not that upfront in approaching you. I don´t think this will be a problem to me atleast. But reading these posts I really do wonder how people actually think you would just sell something you have in a whim when they just ask you. Even worse is that they don´t believe no!
In finland as I said the people are not that upfront so here I´ve been only asked about where is my doll from and what you do for it and few times they have asked where have I gotten it or did I made it myself.

 

It's simple really some people believe money talks. ^^; They think if they offer a high enough price they can buy just about anything.

 

I've had people "fall" in love with my dolls, getting e-mails sent to them and so on. Even when they don't seem to understand that they might be crossing a line, I've always been very calm. No need to get upset over such things I think.
I've also got PMs and had random people on the street trying to buy my dolls.
But I've always been polite and told them they were not for sale.
I don't believe in being mean to someone that maybe don't understand the price of these dolls. A better thing is to provide them information of websites that sell dolls. Or doll forums, so they can educate themselves further on their own.

 

I never take my girl outside before because i dont have a carry bag >w< lol
but i am participating in Dollmore Go lately and order a bag , i am planing to take her out for some nice photo shoot ...

reading all you guys experience scared me..... a little

my Serene is the doll that i would die to have and my wish just come true so i guess i would be soooooo panic if someone grap her and maybe would even give me heart attack if they intend to touch her face (*-___-)

 

Someone at a meet at a convention asked if they could by my OT doll. They didn't offer a price, but I immediately told them he wasn't for sale. I was kinda like, "go get your own!"
I've had loads of people come up to me, interested, and ask where they could get one. I never tell them the price, for fear they would knock me upside the head, grab my doll, and run away screaming. I give the DoA's address, as well as a few company names and websites. If someone asks how much they are, either I reply "you don't want to know" (if they look trustworthy), or I tell them and then say "but don't try to steal it because you have no idea where to resell it" (if they don't look shady). It's risky buisiness telling people about the dolls because you never know if they're crazy kleptos or something. @_@
I let the person who asked if she could buy my doll at the con hold my doll and I swear she looked like she was going to run away. I'm going to have to put a tracking chip in them I swear >.>