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

I wouldn't.

Not to a stranger, not to a friend, and also not to an other bjd owner.
I am too attached to my dolls. I would be scared to death that something would happen to them, and every second that they would be away, I would be completely stressed out.

 

Definite no.
Sadly I’m quite possessive of them and as much as I would trust my friends handling them with care, I’m terribly nervous when any of my BJDs is out of my sight in someone else’s hands.
My roommates are another story, but then again we live in the same apartment so I know my dolls will be safe home, before dark.

 

I have lent my dolls to Raouken, but I know she takes good care of them cous she does with her own dolls to so I never worried a moment about it. Sometimes my mom borrows my dolls for a week and also she is careful with them. I wouldn't lend them out to non doll people as quick and neither to doll-strangers also. Non doll people I would be nervous at how they would handle them (bjd-owners to be are a different story btw) and strangers I just dont trust. When I take them to school with me I also always make sure they are save and secure cous my classmates know how expensive they are and you never know, even with my really nice classmates.

 

I love my friends very much, which is exactly why I wouldn't like a damaged doll to come between us I do trust my friends, but it would be very difficult to replace my dolls if they were damaged in some way and I would hate for an accident to befall one of my dolls in someone else's care. I would beat myself up enough if I damaged one of my dolls, never mind someone else. I wouldn't like our friendship to end under such circumstances.

 

The only person I would ever lend my dolls to is my housemate. Our doll collections often spend time in each other's rooms anyway, and I trust her completely to take care of them.

I would never lend my dolls to anyone I did not live with. I do occasionally send heads off for face-ups, but that is a business arrangement.... and even then, I am wary.

 

No way plus l don't know anybody in Hamilton that owns a any BJD's.

 

I have lent my boys out a couple of times, but this is because the people I lend them to are also doll owners who are very careful and I know that they are in good hands. I don't think I can lend any of my boys to my other non-doll friends. (I don't think any of my non-doll friends would want to borrow them anyway.)

 

I hate lending things to others because most of the time, they come back in worse condition. So, a $539 doll? No thank you, I'm not risking such an expensive thing.

None of my friends are BJD owners either, so they wouldn't know how to properly take care of one. I'd be REALLY nervous and stressed the whole time. Also, I'd definitely miss my doll...;_;

 

I would and have, to a trusted friend on the other end of the state who took wonderful photos of them. No worries.

 

Yeah, sure *shrug* One of the ones that isn't "essential" to have around me. I'm probably going to loan one to my friend who can't quite afford one, but is an artist and expressed interest in getting one after seeing mine because she is tired of drawing figures with one of those cheap joint models that everyone's seen in art stores and such. She says it doesn't do the range of poses she would like it to, so I'm probably loaning her one of the double-jointed, natural posers. She knows what they cost, and their general durability, and to keep it the &*#*%#* away from the dog, lol.

I also have "babysat" dolls for others who were thinking of selling that certain doll(s). If you were thinking of selling it, and can live without it for 2 weeks, you probably CAN sell it, is the general thinking about that.

 

I fthey are a close friend that I can trust, yes. If they are a stranger then no. There's a girl on Flickr right now who can't understand why some of the big names on the site have refused to send her rare Lati's to make clothes for, even though she told them she'd pay postage. I told her it's like asking someone on the street if you can have their Ipod or Laptop for a few days: it's just too much to ask of people.

 

To someone who doesn't have a doll? No, I don't think so, even if I knew them well...

To close friends who are also doll owners? Well...maybe, for a short time? Right now I can't really imagine a situation where they'd need any of my dolls... But I have lent heads before for budding faceup artists to practice on (mind you, those were my practice heads either, so I'm not too attached to them). And in turn I actually happen to have two heads right here which were given to me to practice faceups on. I didn't ask for them, it actually was the owner's idea...but it's still kinda lending, isn't it?

Ther was a girl on our local forum...in her very first post (no hello, I'm xy or anything) she wanted us to lend her our dolls' heads to practice faceups on. It was really strange...I mean, did she really expect us to give our expensive dolls to a total stranger who doesn't even bother to introduce herself or participate on the forum? When we tried to politely explain her that "no way, no how" she just left. That doesn't help with our suspicions that she just wanted to scam us...

 

There are a few exceptions where I might depending on the person, the length of time, and why. But over all, no. I don't want to risk anything happening to anybody, I would miss them, and I'm just not entirely comfortable with the idea. If a doll where to get damaged I would rather be the one to do it, rather than having that responsibility fall on someone else.

 

No, I'm too overprotective I guess. ><"

 

My friends and I swap dolls back and forth all the time.

Actually, as it stands, I currently have one of my friends' dolls in my possession, and he's been here for over a year! o.O

 

Yes, I have lent, and have borrowed. But only to a close friend who was familiar with BJDs. I taken my friend's Pukis twice, her RS Ju once, and once I was tasked to take care of all (ten!) of her dolls while she was stuck at her college campus for a few days during exams. She's taken much less of mine, mostly because I've had far fewer dolls while I've been in this.

We have been best friends for nearly ten years, and best friends outside of the doll hobby. When we were younger, we swapped video games, another expensive hobby, with each other almost every week. Sure, it's different, but the trust is already there.

 

To the majority of my friends, absolutely not. Some of them aren't allowed anywhere near my girl even with me there because they don't respect other people's possessions, which is sad. There are a select few that I would let have my girl for a weekend and I know they would take good care of her and they know how much shes worth (monetary wise and personally) but I don't trust the people/animals they live with, so I couldn't let them 'borrow' my doll. I think I have one friend that I would let take care of my doll but thats because I know her and I know she cares for her dolls extremely well and I know the people she lives with wouldn't harm my doll.

 

I would rather not, but if someone had a really good reason, I might...

 

I don't know that I would be willing to lend my doll to anyone, but I have been on the receiving end. I know there are at least two people that would get one in a heartbeat if they asked, as they lent me their dolls. I told my friend(user Apple-kins) I wanted to try sewing for dolls knowing she had a special kind of doll (BJD). I had seen him once and knew he cost alot of money(never thought I'd spend that much on any 'toy') and she volunteered to let me borrow him. That was my introduction to the wonderful world that is BJD! I set up my account here while he was at my house, and he ended up going home with a bunch of new clothes. She also set me up with a friend of hers(user iSparrow) that has BJD's(literally lives like 15 minutes away from me) and I now have one of her dolls staying here(and I've only known her for like 3 months). I also bought my first doll from iSparrow, Who Knew! She also helped me with the face-up and is going to help me mod elf ears on my girl. Anyway, after the kindness they showed me I would like to be able to do the same thing for someone else, but I don't really know if I could.