Would you loan someone your doll or ask to borrow one?

I'll lend my doll to any of my doll friends in Az. They take better care of their dolls then I do with mine @_@

I let them use any of my dolls for face-up practice, sewing purposes, or just to play with. I trust my doll friends know that they'd give more attention and care to them then I would.

I, personally, feel uncomfortable asking to borrow a doll for anything because I can be such a clutz DX

 

no I would never ask to borrow someones doll period.

Its the whole ;' you break it your bought it then you have to deal with the angry owner clause! "

no way to much anxiety to have someone else's doll.


I would also not lend my doll out, make a dummy for them yes that can serve as a sewing form ( which I have done for people) but loan out no.

 

If I knew them well, knew that she'd be well looked after, and trusted them well; I probably would consider it. As long as they know exactly what she's worth (both cost wise and emotionally!) I'd be more hesitant to send her overseas, it's more hassle and if I had never met the person IRL either...

 

I've seen someone ask to do this and I can honestly say that no I wouldn't. It would make me really nervous to send my doll that means a lot to me emotionally to someone I've never met, even though they claim "I just want to borrow it".

The moment they pop online to tell me "Yay, I got it!" could be the last time I ever hear from that person again.

If it's someone that I trust, like a penpal like my friend has where they send their dolls to eachother for fun ((Her friend randomly sent first apparently XD)) then yeah I would ^ ^ In fact I've been contemplating it with my penpal. ^ ^

 

Absolutely not, even if it is a close friend.

But there is an understanding between my friends and myself - at least, I can't recall any instance in which a friend has asked to borrow something expensive from me. As far as I'm concerned, an object of $100+ is already too expensive to loan out, never mind an object that is $500-$600+, difficult to obtain/limited, and relatively fragile to boot!

In order for me to consider loaning an expensive object, the circumstance would have to be very particular - for example, you need to borrow my car for a few hours on one night for a particular reason that absolutely cannot be avoided.

But, everyone has a different set of sensibilities and comfort level when it comes to their possessions. I am very strict about my possessions and dislike borrowing other people's things or lending things to others. I know other people who're happy to let friends have their whole apartments for long weekends, no problem. I'd have an aneurysm if I did that! xD So it's just a matter of where you draw your personal boundaries.

 

Never. I lent out a CD once and never got it back and it was only $4 dollars, so I would never lend out my doll.

 

I don't think I would, although it would depend on the circumstances and who I was lending to. I currently only have one, so it would make parting with him that much harder.

As for borrowing, if it was urgent, I may perhaps ask, but I wouldn't feel right until it was back with his/her owner.

Although I don't currently have any close friends that are even interested in bjds, so the issues of borrowing and loaning wouldn't even come up.

 

I have a really close friend where i live and we always have our own little meets.
We always swap outfits XD
We both know each other very well and are very careful.
Shes the only person i would let borrow my doll.
Shes actually borrowed her once and i borrowed her doll.

 

No. I wouldn't even to a good friend. I'm crazy about my dolls, i can't even sleep knowing one of their joints are twisted. I check them all before going to bed and it makes me really agitated when my friends touch them or hug them and don't realise their joints are going funny, or wig falling, or clothes getting twisted... for that reason, i wouldn't like to lend them even if i was given a deposit for them.

I would not ask anyone their dolls. I work with aesthetic commissions and i handle alot of dolls, so if someone said 'take it and make clothes for them' i would, but i would never ask and i wouldn't like anyone to ask me either.

 

I don't ask to borrow anybody's doll, but sometimes I am offered it (and I love taking care of other people's dolls!) Most of the people who let me borrow their dolls know that I take very good care of my own dolls. It also helps that I do face-up commissions and therefore handle people's doll heads on a frequent basis. Usually any whole dolls that stay at my house for a few weeks go home with some free goodies anyway. XD

I've only ever lent out my doll once (for a one month period) and it was me that offered rather than having the person ask me. I wouldn't have offered if I didn't think this friend would take care of my doll as well as I do.

 

Heck no.

The last time I loaned out something it never came back to me. I love my friends and I trust them so if something happened I wouldn't want to no longer be friends with them over a material item; but I know i'd be upset. I don't loan things out and I don't expect people to loan things out to me. The end.

 

no. They are like my kids and I would feel so nervous lending them out. The what if questions would come in my head every second. My mom wanted me to leave my girl doll at her place so she could measure to make clothes, I was so nervous... -____- I don't think i could do that again.

 

A friend of mine has one of my dolls at her house. She is very sweet and she is taking good care of her. Other dolls I could not loan. ~Gus

 

I regularly take a few of my best friend's dolls home, because our characters are entirely interlinked. For example, her Limho Mono is the boyfriend of my DM Aidan, so he comes to my house every other month to stay for a few weeks. When I've got a few more dolls and won't miss the ones I have TOO horribly, I'll let mine stay with her.

 

NEVER!

I know that sounds extreme & harsh, but I've had too many pieces of artwork stolen from nice people who said they "...just wanted to borrow it to show off..."

If some wanted to see my doll(s), I would bring the doll(s) for show, or the people could come to my house to see them.

If my doll(s) were put on display, I want to watch the dolls all the time. They would never be left alone for long hours or over night.

Sorry, but I had an expensive pencil drawing on display at a court house, where they had 24/7 guards, and some one tried to steal it anyway.

Situation: some one wants special clothing, accessories, for their doll(s), I would visit their home where I would measure the dolls, or arrange a meet-up somewhere where I could do measurements, choose fabrics, etc. Final fitting would come later. The customer must be satisfied for a special request item.

It is a matter of respect; respecting someelse's personal/private property. The person spend alot of money (hours of working a job, etc.,) to purchase the doll, they deserve the proper respect.

 

I actualy did borrowed my doll once. To my grandma XD She wanted to make an outfit for her,and I thought that it would be cute. And she did a realy good job,I was very satisfied and happy. But later I noticed that she accidentaly left a mark on her with a pencil. Not a big deal,but I wouldn't be coumftable with borrowing it again....not even to my grandma. I'm just too scared of what might happen while I'm not around. Once my mom was playing with it,and the doll allmost fell on the ground O_o So now I keep it in the box and don't let anyone touch it XD

 

I would probably only lend out the dolls body, lmao.
If the head could not be removed from the body--- I would only lend it out to some one I absolutely trust.
I'd ask them to give me some thing valuable as compensation if I trusted them a little.

 

If the person was one of my close friends, I wouldn't mind letting him/her borrow one of my dolls. As long as I know where it is, and what it's being used for.

 

I actually might have to figure this out myself, soon. I'm trying to get a clothes commission from a classmate's sister, and I don't know if she's going to need the doll or not.
If she does, I definitely wouldn't let her borrow him. I'd take him to her house, and she can use him while I'm there, but if I left him with some one for a number of days, I'd get really lonely. D:
It's not like I talk to Kayl all the time, it's just, I leave him on my shelf, just sitting there, staring in to space, and it makes me feel like some one's there, just in case, you know?

 

Well I'd borrow my gf doll, and I'd loan her one of mine. But not untill I have more then one (unless we traded for a while or something)