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

I would not! The dolls cost too much to just let someone take somewhere or borrow, or whatever. >_>
Then if they were damaged or lost, that would just be devastating.

 

I have a good friend that I can trust completely and would loan/borrow with. We have often traded dolls that no longer fit our collections. If I borrowed a doll as a sewing model I would make something for her also.

 

My gut feeling is "no;" however, there may be certain circumstances under which I would allow someone to "borrow" a doll. Suffice to say it would have to be a close friend and someone I trusted.

A couple years ago, there was an artist who allowed me to "borrow" her doll (not a BJD doll but another collector's doll) to take to a show in order to give her and her doll some exposure (I suggested it to her, she did not ask me to do it). I sent her funds through PayPal to cover the cost of the doll and she returned the funds when I returned the doll to her. In that situation it was a win-win for both of us.

 

I might let a friend who lives nearby use one of my doll bodies to make clothes on and I know they would let me do the same, but I would probably hang on to their heads because thats the most important part of the doll.

Strangers? Hell no.

 

Heck no. I would be a nervous wreck if I had to let someone else look after my doll, as well as if I had to look after theirs.
I have held other peoples dolls, and I let my friends play with mine, but I think the owner should be there.

That's like saying, "Oh here, you wanna borrow this expensive diamond necklace?" I don't think many people do that ^^;;

 

Nope. I think if I had a friend who appreciated the worth and how much I loved my doll then maybe but it's one of those things that could break a friendship if thing went poorly.

 

I would let someone borrow my doll if it was friend that has BJDs, someone that understood how to handle them and has experience with them. I probably wouldn't let my limiteds out of my sight though, if an accident happened it would be too hard to fix. My boyfriend doesn't collect them, but I would totally trust him with any of my dolls because he's more careful with them than I am.

I wouldn't mind watching someone's doll, though I would feel a little nervous. I would only do this if it were a friend. I would never ask someone to let me borrow their doll, though.

 

I suppose it could depend on how well I know the person, but I still don't think I could do it, even if it were a really close friend. It would drive me nuts knowing that one of my girls was at someone else's house where I couldn't keep an eye on them. I know my friends would take good care of them, but you never know what odd circumstances could happen (pets, siblings, etc) And I would feel totally uncomfortable borrowing someone else's doll, I'd be so afraid that something would happen to the doll.

 

In the case of my good doll friend ShinigamiDuoLover, you bet! I 'lend' her kathras all the time. Her mom made him a fun cosplay outfit and she's making him a wig right now as well.

 

I wouldn't ask anyone to borrow their doll, just because I don't want to borrow people stuff.
But if my friends ask to borrow my dolls, after I warn them to be careful and not to drop them, I probably wouldn't mind having them borrowed for a while. I think my resin family is pretty sturdy, it's difficult to break them if you handle them correctly.

 

I don't think I would loan my dolls. I do take a lot of care of them and I don't necessarily expect everybody to take the same care that I do. So, I would not. But if it is my friend and she/he needs to make an outfit using my doll as a model I would love to come over their house and do the project together! That would be fun!

Shipping my doll to somebody, friend or not...nope.

 

I can think of a small group that I would trust enough to handle my dolls (when I have them) mainly would be the two people that had the skills to drop my frugal butt into this hobby J and Fii.
I've seen how they treat their own dolls and in all honesty would/do currently trust them MORE than I trust myself.
(I have a lovely photo of J cradling his doll like a child while he was painting on tattoos to back this theory up)
Now outside them the pool is very shallow being only my Grandmother who sews and PERHAPS my friend Mar though she's currently out of the running because she lives in a place were disrespectful buttheads regularly tread.

 

ive had to borrow a friend's dolly because i was hosting a swap and there was an odd person out who was the only person with a tiny, so i took them on as my own partner and borrowed my friends tiny to use as a sewing reference!

 

I've let a good friend of mine, who is a fellow BJD owner, borrow one of my precious girls as a sewing model. This is a person I trust completely, and being in the hobby, knows how to handle and take care of them. I guess it really depends on the individual

 

Depends on who is the one.if is the people who also have dolls and is my friends,i will lend to her.
But if others,definitely no!

 

3rd response to this thread - since last time, my Narae who was onl loan to a friend has come home and several of my SD's and MSD's have been loaned to another (non-doll) friend who is a professional costumer, so she could have a go at making clothing to fit them, they've all come back to me none the worse for their trips (and with new outfits in some cases)

Teddy

 

I would never ever let someone borrow my doll. I would be worrying about it the whole time and I might end up having a breakdown In following, I wouldn't ask to borrow one. What I would do though is ask for measurements, make the outfit a little bigger, and then go to that person's house to try it on their doll. We could make an event out of it, spend time together, and also I can make sure what I made fits. I wouldn't want to be responsible for hurting someone's doll and I would like to skip the obsessing about whether my doll is ok or not.

 

I'd let my boyfriend have my boy for a bit, because I know he's very careful with his own possessions and I know he'd be extra careful with mine. I'd be worried about his brother breaking Ces in spite though (they don't get along very well).

I'd never ask someone if I could borrow their doll. BJDs are often very prized possessions, and I'd be too afraid of doing anything wrong.

 

Neither, unless by "borrowing" you mean holding at a meet in close proximity to the owner. I'd have to know and trust the person first.

For example, I wouldn't ask to borrow the doll and move around with it. Just yesterday I asked to hold someone's littlefee during a convention panel because I didn't bring my doll. I sat one chair away from the owner and just posed her doll (she was so cute) during the panel.

 

i dont think so id let them come and messure it but not barrow it incase they were to scratch or stain my doll and then say it was like that before they got it