Would you lie about your BJD?

I do NOT broadcast how much these dolls are worth!  Not because I give a rat's patootie what people think, but for the same reason I don't exactly broadcast other extremely valuable stuff I own.  I do NOT want to become a target, thank you very much.  I really prefer that people not just randomly know how much these dolls are worth.  The more known that is, the more you have to worry about bringing them out in public etc.   Of course if anyone is interested they can figure it out themselves, but so often they don't... 

 

Depends on who it is. I have some friends who own them and my family likes them.
Some people just can't understand though, and I won't talk to them about it.
I also wouldn't speak of it to strangers or people I do not know well.

 

I wouldn't lie if they asked, but Im not sure I'd want them to ask about the price haha
I guess I wouldn't bring it up myself since none of my friends are that interested (as far as I know). But if the subject came up or if they saw my doll at my house Im glad to tell them more if they want to hear it.

 

I'll almost always under exaggerate the value of a doll, unless the person asking either knows about dolls themselves or is into an equally expensive hobby. I find fellow hobbyist tend to understand, even if it isn't necessarily dolls they're into.

My mother doesn't dislike dolls per say, but she does dislike me buying them. So I don't go out of my way to tell her when I'm getting another one. When she visits, I don't hide them from her, however.

But I agree with what many have said. I don't openly tell people what they're worth. That's like walking around announcing how much is in your wallet.

 

I have lied to my parents about the prices... : D I just don't think they would be pretty happy about dolls that have cost me more that my Xbox and HDTV....

 

It is not really a lie but for one of my doll I refused to tell the price to my mother as I knew she won't be okay. I had no work and not a lot of money but I bought her so I didn't told how much she was. But for all my other dolls, I told my parents the real price. Most of them were bought because I had enough money for my birthday or christmas.

 

Well..Sometimes I will lie to my parents. It depends on how much the doll is. If it's really very high price. I will not tell them, but will tell my friends. And my friends will help to me to hide the secret.
But luckily, my parents are in China, and I'm in Singapore now. So if I don't bring back my dolls to China, they will never know how many dolls I have now.LOL

 

I love my dolls, and I would never lie about them! I take them to art stores and such with me, the friend's houses and let them sit on my desk in the living room, I don't care who sees them or approves/disapproves. They're my resin children, if someone doesn't like it. Oh well.

 

I'm a notoriously horrible liar, so I tend not to try, as anyone who has known me for more than 5 minutes can usually tell when I'm fibbing. That said, I really don't mind people knowing I collect dolls. It's not something, I think, most would expect from me, but once I explain about the artistic value and all of the customizing, they understand more (I've always been "artsy").

As for the price, I am reluctant to share it unless directly asked. For the most part, I'm just afraid of how people will react. If someone told me they spent that much on something, I wouldn't care, but I've had some bad experiences with people thinking it is their right to tell me how to spend my money. My dad, especially, is a notorious penny-pincher, and when I showed him the Volks website, he stared at the Super Dollfie and said, "You aren't spending THAT much on dolls, are you?"

I plainly told him how much my AE girl and my Crobi boy cost (the boy technically less if I don't include his accessories)... but I omitted how much I'm planning to spend in the future. The body for one of my floating heads will cost more than what he saw, not to mention the wig and accessories. XD He is slowly coming to terms with the fact that it's my money, though, and these dolls make me happy.

 

At the moment, I plan on showing off my Doll to all of my relatives, but NEVER telling how much she costs! Only two know how much she actually cost me (my fiance' and my own Mother) But I couldn't imagine telling my Mother-in-Law or my Grandmother how much she was. Not telling my Mother-in-Law kills me though because of how close we are!

My actual Mother and I just have this relationship where she just knows I am crazy and wierd, so she just said "Alright then have you creepy doll." But everyone else will be "What are you doing?! You're a college student with a Wedding to Plan!"

Unless it comes up (as in someone breaks her or tries to manhandle her) I'm keeping my lips sealed!

 

As an add, I don't plan on actually *LYING* I just plan on...avoiding the conversation of price! Is that wrong?

 

I think that if somebody asked about it I would be honest about how the hobby works as in the basics. Depending on the person would I admit how much they cost and the fact that doll lovers tend to talk to their dolls and carry them around like children. Last night for thanksgiving I ended up talking about it with my grandma and it was kind of odd but I only told her some of the basics, I did explain the range of dolls but not how much mine cost. I feel kinda bad that sometimes I might be slightly embarissed but I think growing up in the society we have contributes to that as in having a hobby out of the norm.

 

I agree with you. I wouldn't tell people the pricing of the dolls for sure.

I wouldn't really care about telling people that I collect dolls.
Sure I don't broadcast that I own dolls, but if it ever happened, I wouldn't shy away from either.
Although, if the question, "what is your hobby?" ever appears, I just say that I collect dolls....most peoples' reactions are funny.

 

I think that's a hard question...I mean I just don't talk about them to people I don't think will be able to handle them or I know would think I'm even werider than I already am. On the other hand I have more than one doll and my mom whom I live with only knows about one....I have eleven teehee....

 

I wouldn't lie about it, but that doesn't mean I'd go out of my way to tell people ;] highschool kids are mean you know! Haha I prefer to keep my nerdyness to myself and to my close friends. However, my mom does know about them and their costs, and is too impressed by my money raising skills to care lol.

 

I've secretly researching and saving up money for my very first doll because I'm too scared to tell my parents about it. I'm absolutely sure my mum would freak out, tell me buying such an expensive doll would be a total waste of money specially because I'm not a child anymore. However, I do think my father wouldn't mind. He understands me better in these kind of things so he would probably suggest they are in fact expensive but he would'n yell at me or stopping myself from buying it like my mum would.

I still don't know when and how I will tell them, all I know is it won't be anytime soon. I'm still deciding whether or not to tell them only after I finally get the doll. I still have time to think though, I'm still researching and looking for my dream doll

 

My parents can never know how much my dolls cost -- I had to face that question ones (but not about a BJD) and I invented a way lower price tag that the real one... which they still found too much. >_< I'm glad I live alone now; no more need to worry about packages declared at full value. XD

Other than that though, I will happily tell anyone at school or work that I collect dolls

 

My parents were actually snooping and found out my list of objectives needed to acquire the money for my doll. They saw the price and had a cow. xD So I feel like I have to hide all of that stuff from them now.

 

I'm a horrible liar. Though, it's also quite funny to see peoples reactions. I brought it up to a few friends once and they were anything but enthusiastic about them. In fact I recall one of them saying something like "good for you I guess...just don't become a crazy doll lady." And then went on to say how she'd been watching animal hoarders on TV. -.-

Another time I told another friend about my Puki puki and he were like "How many points of articulation does it have?!" To which I was like "She's not as big as a figure..." and then counted out all the points lol.

I just think it's too much of a hassle to try to lie. Next time we play D&D I think I'll bring one along with me and pretend like I'm becoming a crazy doll lady. "He has a soul I tell you and he wants to play a wizard!" fun times..

But, I tend not to bring up the price unless asked about it. The solid truth is it's just as expensive and time consuming as any other hobby. I mean that's kinda what they're for.

 

I wouldn't lie, but I wouldn't bring it up around people who I know would not like the dolls.