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

I let my girlfriend take my boy home with her alot.. I know where she lives so I can track her down >< That and I trust her. She'd soon ordering her boy.. so she need the practice right??

 

I would rather not borrow my dolls to anyone, not even to a good friend... Especially to a good friend! What if the doll broke? It would be such an uncomfortable situation... I would feel bad if I have to ask my friend for the money, but I would probably start hating my friend if she/he broke my doll and wouldn't do anything about it... No, I won't lend my dolls to anyone. It safer this way

 

Hell, no. I've had friends give me dolls to "doll sit" while they were out of town, and it always makes me feel a little weird because I would never hand off one of our collection to someone else. They're just too important to me and if anything happened (by accident or otherwise), I'd be furious. So having someone else's doll in the house makes me a bit nervous... and after the first few times it happened I told them I couldn't do it anymore.

I also felt like there was some expectation from some of my friends that I would eventually reciprocate and let them have one or more of our dolls for a while, which I really didn't think was okay. These guys cost way too much money to loan out like a DVD you want a friend to watch.

 

Never. After being scammed and finding out the scammer's doll was actually stolen from a friend of her's, I do not think I could ever lend out my doll to just any friend. Too risky.

The only exception is my best friend. My BF-y and I have known each other for almost 10 yeas. She and I are closer than I could have ever imagined and she has never stolen a thing from me. She has never tricked me or done me wrong. She was also there when my first doll came to me. She knows a good deal about BJDs, helps me choose chothes. She even knows how to properly hold them; sometimes she's more careful with them than I am. XD Really, she's the only one could trust to keep my doll safe.

I would also not ask to borrow someone's doll. It's like asking to borrow $300--most people just won't do it.

 

Yeah, as long as I knew the person pretty well. I wouldn't give off my doll to a complete stranger or anything though.

 

I think it mainly depends on how much i know the person who want to borrow, but i think i would be very nervous untill get back her.

 

I wouldn't lend my doll to anyone except for other doll owners whom i trust. But, i would not borrow someone else's doll unless it is to just hold them for awhile or 'doll sit' them.

 

I want to borrow dolls so badly from people. I would love to do a "photo studio" type thing with dolls where the owner lends their doll to me and I take a ton of cool photos for them and give the doll back. That way we both get great photos of a wide variety of dolls.

 

I've let good friends borrow my dolls so they could make clothes for them... but I wouldn't just hand over one to a complete stranger.

 

No way. You'd be surprised how well you think you know a person and then how many people will remain your "friend" once a significant amount of money or some other sort of valuable gets involved. (Been used one time too many.)

If you are considering a loan, I would have everything down in writing -even a friend, and if they truly are a good friend, they won't mind doing this. Document the condition of the doll with photos at the time of the loan and get your friend to sign the pictures with a statement that the doll was lent to them in that condition. Then add whatever other statements you think is fair, but I would also add a receipt for the doll, copy of the sales link and some kind of evidence it is yours (b/c possession doesn't always equal ownership) and have you and your friend sign that too. Based on agreed worth of the doll, have something in writing and signed stating that should any damages result or if the doll isn't returned in (x) amount of days, they're liable to compensate for losses or damages.

 

Not many photographers are allowed to borrow babies and photograph them without their parents present, so I doubt you'll find many willing participants However, it would be a cool idea if you did this with a local BJD group and held a meet at your studio. While the dolls went off for 'studio time' with you, their owner would still be around, so there wouldn't be so many worries about the doll never coming back.

 

lol I'm a hypocrite because I'd never let anyone borrow my doll but I know in my heart I'd be a good sitter for someone elses lol

 

I would never loan ShuShu or Sage out, they are my first and only two, and I am just way to protective...that being said, I would never, under any circumstances expect to borrow someone elses.

 

I am actually thinking of doing a "doll swap" for a few days with a doll friend

I fell for one of her big guys, which I had never seen in RL before.... and she had never seen MSD's.... needless to say I am now buying an SD, and she is browsing the MSD's for one she likes

It was mentioned the other day (her suggestion) that if I wanted to look after one of her boys for a few days, I could ask.... and I thought it polite, if not a very good idea to offer one of my dolls in return

Then again, I am not particularly over protective of my dolls.... I wouldn't want them to be damaged, but I would love the experience of having a visitor doll to stay.... or sending one of mine on a "dolli-day"

 

if i know the person well, and know that they take care of their own things, i would probably lend them a doll for a very short time.
but if someone i didnt know well, or some random internet person, asked me, or someone i did know well but also knew that they didn't take very good care of their own things, i'd have to say no.

 

I wouldn't mind loaning a friend a doll as long as they were trustworthy. I have 8 BJDs so I one less around for a while is not such a big deal to me.

I had to send out two of my doll heads to get face-ups. The face-up artists had good reputations so I didn't worry.

 

hehehehe... Had to check to make sure Aernath had posted in here

And yes! I actually have. I sent Kobi, my little beauty green Ttory elf, to Florida to visit Spamsama oh, maybe a year and a half ago now when she was feeling down. He stayed there several months, had a few adventures with some of the minis she owned at the time, and then came back when she decided to bow out of DoA.

That's the only actual cross-country trek any of my crew has made, but I have had the ceremonial laying-on of hands with Ichigo and Yul (and Kyou, I think?) a couple of years ago when Aernath was out here. Very short-term "borrow." Even though Ichigo very nearly gave me heart failure by posing on the railing of an open second-floor balcony O_O

Oh! Almost forgot. Puff, my tan Tinyelf Coco, may be attending a local wedding here in CO next month! Can you say "cake topper"? ^_^ And yes, I'm quite happy to do so.

 

Normally I would say no, I wouldn't want to let someone have a hold of my dolls when I'm not present. But I guess it really does depend on who it is, because I would trust my mom with Artemys say if she wanted to show him off at work, and My best friend of 9 years would never fail to keep him safe if she wanted to borrow him. So It really depends on the person.
I also never thought I'd want to borrow a doll but recently I came into a situation where I felt it would be helpful if I would borrow dolls.
Well, I'm getting an MSD and currently only have an SD sized doll.. I want to make clothes for her but none of my friends have SD's either.... me, my mom and three of my friends are getting MSD's, but we ordered them all at the same time! Haha, so we can't make anything for them yet T__T

Also, (This is going to sound weird, but) When I get married, I want to have a table set up like a kiddie table, but for dolls. I know it sounds crazy, but I figured, alot of my friends have dolls and it would be great if I had a little table for them so they could be part of the ceremony. I thought about borrowing dolls to make it seem like a bigger party... I guess. Lol It's hard to explain ><

 

I would to a close friend who lived near by.

However, of all the doll owners I know in the area, the one who'd actually ask to do it for any reason is my room mate.

And well, we're room mates, so my dolls and her dolls are always right there anyways XD

 

I always said I wouldn't let anyone borrow my dolls, but my boyfriend has expressed an interest in using one as a photography model (he's amazed by how much my photography has progressed while using my BJDs as models) and while he wouldn't buy a BJD for himself, he really wants a model to try out lighting techniques and poses with that isn't a wooden mannequin!

I would be comfortable with him borrowing one of my dolls, after all, I do trust him - he is my boyfriend! I also know where he lives so he can't exactly skip town. He also knows that I'd hurt him if he damaged one of my BJDs, so he knows the risks.