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

Honestly, I probably wouldn't even trust my best friend with him. I'm a paranoid person, and I would hate to have an accident tear a rift in my friendship with her. And I wouldn't expect anyone to loan me their BJD.

 

Probably not. I'm pretty protective of my stuff. I tend to take good care of everything I own. I still have some toys from when I was a child.

When it comes to my only BJD, I haven't let anyone touch her. Not that it has come up much yet. I try to not handle her that much myself. I'm just paranoid I guess. It is a big investment and I like my stuff to stay new for as long as possible. She's not in a glass case, though. She hangs out with me plenty.

I would be too afraid to even touch someone else's doll, let alone borrow it. I'm like this with just about anything that someone else owns. I'd hate for something to happen and then have to deal with the rift caused by it in a relationship.

I actually loaned a new camera to a friend a long time ago. It was stolen while he had it (on vacation). The friend owned up to it and bought me an item of equal value... but it was SUCH an uncomfortable situation and not something I would ever want to go through again. Luckily we are still close friends to this day.

 

Actually I have done this before. I had a friend recently who is already a BJD owner ask if they could borrow one of my Soom tinies to make a few outfits for their own that was coming in. I honestly had no problem with it.

If the person is someone that I know and trust, and i know they are respectful of others property and i know they are good honest people, i really dont see why i would refuse.

My little one has since been returned to me with some added goodies for being so kind to lend her out as a little model, (goodies that i am extreamly grateful for, the dresses were awesome *__*).

Now if you were talking about just anyone, who i dont know much about , probably not. I'd probably offer maybe getting together and having a craft day, so they can still take measurements and make things, but we are there together and working together, it seems like a more logical solution to that situation, and both parties get something out of it.

 

My friend and I have known each other for four years and she has seen how protective I am of the dolls but I just wasnt sure if I wanted one. SO she loaned me her girl who is the same size as the one I was considering getting for a week and told me to dress her up as much as i want just try not to mess with her wig ( she has a hard time keeping wigs on >_<

As for asking NO I WOULD NEVER ASK!!! Her doll has the same body as mine and everything and I would not even ask to borrow clothes. Its nothing about my friend she's great I just dont want to appear rude ( even knowing she has no problem with it)

As for me loaning a friend a doll... Maybe ... They have to really like dolls and have a good reason to need it. If you need to make clothes off the body come to my house or take her for a few hours. ... I am going to be very protective of my dolls, esp my first one since she is a gift from my friends

 

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Anyway, I usually babysit my friend's dolls when we go to cons, so I don't really have to ask to borrow her girls for the evening, it usually just happens. XD As for letting someone borrow Madison, I have told my friend that she may use her as a model to make some clothes. She just has to do it at my parent's or my apartment as her mother smokes and I don't want my dolly smelling like smoke and giving me an asthma attack. Madison will be going to Wisconsin for a little while here soon so that my aunt can make her clothes that I will get at Christmas! But, I have to trust the other person VERY much to let them do such things.

 

I would let someone borrow a doll if they were someone I knew and trusted, and were experienced with BJDs, and I can very easily see asking to borrow someone else's doll, most likely if I wanted to make clothes or accessories for a doll I didn't myself own--though I would be 100% understanding if asked someone and they refused.

 

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I guess i never answered if I would ask to borrow a doll, just the if i would lend a doll lol.

To be honest I had never considered asking someone to borrow a doll because i dont make anything for dolls save for jewellery now and then.

Personally i would never ask to take a doll home unless i had a very good reason to, id be happy to meet up with a friend with said doll and take measurements with them there and even offer to host a mini meet to do so. Though if it were a friend I knew well and it was someone who had borrowed a doll before from myself I doubt they would think twice about offering if i asked politely.

I really do think its about who they are. If its someone ive just met, that would be an automatic NO, because you dont know them, they dont know you, and really they have no reason to trust you. But if it is someone you know then i guess it goes by what you both know your comfort levels are, especially if your both in the BJD Hobby and you both understand just how much the other is protective over their doll.

^__^ I've been happy to leave a doll at a friends house to be babysat to await a box opening for them to be part of it, or to have clothes made for someone their size, I've also had the pleasure of babysitting my friends dolls a few times where its just been for the fun of it, I really do think it depends on how close you are to the people your asking or who are asking you~

 

I've never asked to borrow somebody's doll (I've never had a reason to). But I've lent out my dolls a couple of times, and I'm about to do it again. Each time was for custom made outfits. And each time I did a thorough check of the person. These people had oodles of positive feedback and kept in constant contact. I'd be perfectly willing to loan them my dolls again.

Besides, if nobody loaned their dolls we wouldn't have a customization forum! Isn't loaning what you do when you send a head off for a face up?

 

For me, I will loan it out under 2 conditions:
Someone that I know for a long time, and he/she has knoweledge on how to take care of a BJD.
Although taking care of BJD is not rocket science, but damaging one can be done easily...

 

Oh yeah I'm going to need to make a line of clothes for BJD's
so I'm going to need to borrow my friends dolls and they get free merch when I design cool outfits XD
If it's some random person hell no.
If it's another DOA member that I've met more then a few times and is trustworthy, maybe.
Friends that know what they're doing then probably

 

Well, at some point, Divrak will be visiting Val. Why? Because her Rion and my Div are mates and I want them to visit for real and have some nice pictures. Val lives in another country and I don't mind that at all..as long as customs don't hurt him any... -evil glare at them-

Val and I rp a lot and Rion and Div are two of our characters. We've found dolls that fit them wonderfully. Besides that, I trust Val much more than anyone that lives close to me who'd want to borrow Div or any of my future dolls. Divrak, of course, will be sent bearing some gifts!

 

Depends on who the person is to me.

I just recently swapped my twins for my friend's cutsie msd. A rather brave move on my part since said friend lives about an hour journey from me...

OK...Singapore's small and stuffs...but still...I grew up in a small country so an hour journey still feels like some light years away...

Frankly speaking, I'll most likely swap dolls for a short period instead of loaning. It sits better with me.

 

I was actually msning one of my newest friends that I met a few times at anime conventions and we were talking about BJDs. I mentioned how I was thinking of making outfits and how at first I was going to make something for her for when she comes home but I thought about waiting until she arrive since it's hard to make clothes for a doll that you don't have a base for or anything to help with. Then she suddenly said she would lend her MSD to me. D8 I turned her down though because I wasn't sure if that was a good idea. In truth, I wouldn't really lend my doll to someone unless it's a close friend of mine and I KNOW they'll be okay but even so, I'm very skeptical. It's probably because I paid so much for her so it's scary to think about what would happen to her. But to lend a doll to someone you've only met a few times. ^^;; No...

 

I would never never ever loan someone my doll. I'm totally fine to let them hold it if there are careful but for a whole day(yeah I don't think so).

 

Depending on the person who is making the request. Unless I absolutely trust that, that friend of mine will take great care of my doll, otherwise it's a big NO NO.

I will not borrow someone else's doll(s) unless we're very close friends and I am sure that person really trust me with his/her doll. Or, perhaps I'll make sure that the owner is with me when I borrow the doll.

 

I wouldn't let anyone borrow my dolls. I only have bad experiences with lending things to people. So my dolls...no way ever. No matter how much I trust them.
The other day someone asked me if they can use my dolls as models for their shop. I don't know how they picture that. No matter how much I think about it, my answer is still no.

 

Well, I guess I would, if I knew the person well enough, had a plan with said doll and we'd both agree to this. Except for the first condition none applies, though. ^^

 

It depends, if that person is really a close friend of mine, well why not, I trust her
Our local BDJ community here has this culture of sharing if and only if you really are close and you trust each other, since we always held meet-ups so the medium of exchange is not really a problem, actually we even organize sleep over and pajama parties with our dolls ^___^

 

No. Not even for close friends.

A doll is too expensive to act so casually with. If something were to happen in a situation like that you have no one to blame but yourself and it isn't worth risking real life relationships for the well being of a resin doll.