Will you sell your doll to me?

Never... but if they did, I would never give Lyle to them! *clings*

 

OMG! You're awesome. What a waste of MSC though. XD

 

This one had me a little staggered. I've had rare dolls and never posted photos. All that means is that I simply don't own a camera I like using, hate photoshop and am rarely able to find the cable to connect the camera to the computer. It doesn't mean that I don't like my dolls merely that I hate taking photos. I never considered that owning an uncommon doll meant I owed it to the world to post photos of them. I since resold my rarest - Beryl, Sard and Vesuvia and I don't think the new owners take many photos of them either.

 

I have an idea! You can pay the owner by the hour to take time out of their day to photograph their doll and post it online for you. I'd charge an awful lot though, because with two jobs my spare time is very precious!
I fail to see how posting photos on Den of Angels is any indication of how well an owner cares for her doll, in fact, I'd say in some cases it's evidence to the contrary.

 

I've had this happen a few times with my little MSD because she is the only doll I take out! Nothing horrible has happened lol I had some very rude boys pratically stalk me the whole day at wal mart saying rude thing but that was probably the worst thing! Other wise I really don't mind people asking about my dolls! Most of the people are very kind and I do let them hold my girl if they want to but i tell them to be careful and i'm always ready to catch if they drop her but I just haven't had anyone pester me about selling! I have written down websites buut that is about it!

 

I agree with St. James - I rarely post pics of my dolls unless I do a particularly nice photoshoot, but usually just because as idrisfynn said, uploading and editing can be a hassle; but that in no way means I don't care about or neglect my dolls. And I would be offended, personally, if someone wanted to buy my doll based on this.

 

I have never had some one ask me to sell them my dolls. I have had people ask if I make them, if I sell them, or where they can buy them, but never if they could buy the doll I was carrying. People don't approach me a whole lot about them outside of cons though. Hubby says it is because I give off a "don't come close" vibe. Plus I tend to be really oblivious. I don't intend to be but I get overwhelmed when out of the house. So many people who do try to get my attention are ignored until hubby points it out and tells me I am being rude. Or they get my attention but get a kind of jerky, glassy eyed response because talking to people I don't know is stressful to me. This is the main reason I take the dolls out with me, I find them soothing. At con's most people who approach me know about the dolls so they mostly ask things like "where did you get that wig, outfit, eyes, ect" or "Is that a (insert mold name here)" nothing too rude. The only person who has ever asked me to give them one of my dolls is my youngest son. He is four, he doesn't really get what he is asking. The concept that something belongs to me and not him is a bit elusive to him right now. He will say to me "Kitsune wants to be my doll now." But I don't really take it personally. He is my son after all. I love him but he isn't getting my doll. I told him if he saves his money long enough he can buy his own doll, and he is welcome to put it on his birthday or Christmas list like his big brother did. He just can't have Kitsune, he can have the same mold, just not that particular doll.

 

The one question I do not understand at all is when people ask, "Why won't you sell it?"

I mean... how does the logic even work in that question?!

 

I will never sell my babies to other people. ^^ They are my family

 

I take mine out alot when I go to thrift stores and one day I had a woman walk up and start fawning over my girls, she even reached down into the cart and started touching her face, I immediately picked my girl up and the woman started asking about them. I told her and she was all "I'm going to have to look for these at other stores." I politely told her I highly doubt she was going to find a BJD in an antique mall, but she insisted she was going to, and with that I quickly moved away.

 

The illogical mentality of some people doesn't really amaze me. I currently work in retail in Louisiana, and you wouldn't believe the sheer stupidity of some people. When you guys mention someone getting offended because you don't want to literilly give them your doll, I just think of my stupid customers going - well, why can't I return this ink? I'm not going to use it, but you could. Sure it's expired and I didn't even buy it here, but you could give me money for it and then sell it again! Really people? Where are you from and who raised you because we need to encourage these people not to breed anymore.

Anyway, I recently went to an Anime Convention. There was a doll-meet there, and that was the only time that my boys left the room, so I didn't get that question. (It doesn't help that both of my boys are 70cm and like children to carry around. lol) I've also photoed my dolls for class, and I've had an offer for one of my prints, but most of my class thinks they're really creepy. ><*

 

Hobbysue & idrisFynn
OK, one little thing to clarify, i'm saying this about people i usually follow here or on deviantart or at both place and more, who used to post alot of pictures of each dolls, but with time they would only take pictures of 3-4 of their dolls and we would not hear about the others anymore AT ALL...
and i said it kinda as a joke anyway. of course I can't know how much attention each owners give to their dolls at home... :/

st.james : i like your idea xD

 

Because anything can be bought if you have the right amount of cash.
Because people believe if they want something they can get it, no matter what value it has to the owner.
Because it's just a stupid doll. Why wouldn't you sell it?

I think it's an incredibly rude thing to ask. Such people shouldn't be let outside the house without supervision.

 

Seeing as it's usually people who have no clue about this hobby, it shouldn't be suprising.
There's not much 'toys' in the world that you can fully costumize, so you really can't blame them for not knowing how personal these dolls are and how much time and money goes into it.
To them it's just a mass produced toy they never happened to see before.

 

It is incredibly rude, and I'm horrified that people even ask these things. ):

I have never, in my life, ran into someone who's asked "Why wouldn't you sell it?" to somebody else when said person has never expressed the wish to dispose of the item in question beforehand. I just find that people who can say these things are extremely insensitive to other people's feelings and circumstances :\

I don't see why people need to be clued in about the hobby to appreciate the value of things o_O; What I'm stunned at is that people would only ask "Why wouldn't you sell it?" if the owner had said, beforehand, that no, he/she will not sell the doll. So, by my logic, people have naturally assumed that the doll means nothing at all to the owner, or that the owner values money above everything else. That's a pretty insulting assumption to me, personally, but I don't know if I'm the only one with logic like that, lol.

 

Some people are just brazen like that. They feel entitled to demand whatever they want, perhaps they're used to having their way and don't understand why they've failed this time.

I have actually had more than a few people ask me if I'd sell them my barrel horse, and when I told one girl a month ago I'd never, he's my pet and I love him, she said, "...but why won't you sell him, I want him!" I was livid. Without going further off topic, it offends me when anyone ever asks me why I won't sell them something, no matter what it is. I think regardless of hobby know-how, understanding of doll sentimentality, etc. it's just plain rude to ask someone to sell you something that isn't offered for sale. There's just no justifying it to me.

 

uhm..no.....

 

never asked,but if someday will ask I will say no,because I will not sell my dolls xD

 

I remember I brought one of my dolls to my part time job (I used to work at BN) And since I was at the register I sat him on the shelves behind the counter (way out of reach of customers) and had him posed reading a book. The few people that asked thought it was odd, but only the younger kids talked about wanting one. I am more annoyed by people saying "oh what a pretty doll she is," than offering to buy him.

A friend of mine works for American Girl and I know those dolls can be spendy too. $100+ and the clothes and furniture are in the same range as BJDs. I dunno if that helps here with the dolls when I'm out and about or if people just find me intimidating, cause they don't approach me much to even ask. They just stare. Which is just as rude, but whatever.