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

Well, all of my best friends think bjds are creepy as heck, so I wouldn't loan them to them, even to make clothes for me...especially my bestie, she said she'd break my doll with a hammer. Hee hee. I really don't think I'd be able to loan one. I'd be too afraid something would happen.

 

I'd LOVE to borrow dolls solely to photograph them
But I could never let someone borrow any of mine, I'd be too paranoid something would happen.

 

I wouldn't lend my dolls out to anyone - I am fiercely protective of them, and have read too many bad stories about people breaking or absconding with a doll. Because of that, I would never ask anyone to lend me their doll either. Putting myself in their shoes, so to speak.

 

If a "non-Doll" person asked to borrow one of mine, absolutely not. I wouldn't be able to trust that they would think of it as a toy and nothing more. If a Doll person asked, and I personally knew them and they were local, I may give it some thought (still not sure if I'd be able to do it though!!!).

A photographer asked me a couple of years ago to borrow two of my boys to use as props in a photoshoot. I had considered it until he informed me it would be a closed set and I wouldn't be able to be present. Uh, no...

Cheers!

 

If I knew the person well and the person lived within an hour or two of travel distance and I knew that the person was careful and responsible with her own dolls and others, then yes, probably.
Depends on when too. Not lending out a doll when I plan to take it to a meeting obviously.

I might also ask to borrow a doll for reasons like cloth making, but I'm not sure...

 

I could not loan or borrow a doll. It's the same with most of my things, and it's not necessary because I do not trust the person. The person might be ok, but bad miracles always happen. What if something happens and I won't get the doll back? Or get back it broken? Or...? Just thousand of tiny bad things. I just think it's too risky.

 

Well , I would loan depending on the person . Only if we were good friends , and I knew I could trust the said persone with something as expensive and as preacious to me as a bjd . Also , the person would need to live at a drveable distance from me , because I wouldn`t whant to pay for shipping , nor would I feel comfortable shipping my doll somwhere else anyway . And there is another thing : I wouldn`t loan some of my bjds , because I love them to much and wouldn`t whant to be apart from them more than a day .

And I would borrow a doll , but of course respecting the "rules" I mentioned above . That would be the only way I would feel comfortable . On a second thaught , I would be hyper carefull with someone else`s doll , even though I amvery careful with my own , because I know what a bjd means to its owner ,and I wouldn`t whant anything to happen to it .

 

The list of people I would loan oneof my dolls to without supervision is very short, but if one of my friends wanted to borrow one while I was around - like if we were at a con or for a photoshoot - that would be a different story. I wouldn't feel comfortable borrowing another person's doll, though.

 

I would loan my doll to my friends. We live in different towns but I wouldn't mind sending my doll to them. I know I can trust them.
If I borrowed someone's doll, I would be every very careful with it. Sometimes I tend to be a bit paranoid about some things. So, I would try avoiding borrowing other people's doll. Even if that was my close friend.

 

Honestly, I don't think I would easily lend my doll to someone....although I can think at a couple of exceptions. On the contrary, I'm 100% sure I would feel completely uncomfortable in borrowing someone else's doll, in spite of how close an acquaintance the owner would be.

 

I would borrow my dolls out depending on the person. I have done it in the past with other doll owners in my area. I trust that they would care and treat my dolls the same way they treat their own dolls. I don't mind sending off my doll for commissions either as long as they have good feedback. :3

Borrowing a doll myself is another story. I try to take care and be very protective of my dolls and would do the same thing for somebody else, but if an accident occurred I wouldn't let myself live through it. ;o;

 

I would lend out a doll body that's not LE or sold out to someone I know and trust as long as I know if this body gets damaged or lost they will replace it. I have never asked to borrow a doll but I do have about 10 bjd's living here that belong to friends right now.

 

I wouldn't loan a doll per se, but I might let them barrow them for a few hours or a day or two. Though I'd only do so for someone who I know well and trust. Definitely only to people who have dolls or have had dolls, since they would understand the care that one has to take around them. Actually I'll be borrowing a friend of mine's doll soon so that I can make some clothes for him.

 

I occasionally have CJs Sakio for a while, but it's usually to make clothes for her anyway (speaking of which I still need to complete an outfit for her). If it were CJ or Ann I'd let them borrow any of mine, but I'm not too sure I'd let them go to anyone else.

 

I would never ask them to let me take their doll home to use a a SEWING model, thats just so risky, i would never let anyone do that with one of My dolls! Instead i would/would have them just take measurments of my doll.
They're just to exspensive and bondable to allow someone to...borrow them xD

 

Only for some really good reason and even then with some hesitancy. That would go for being a lender or the borrower. But I've learned that until I am actually in a hypothetical circumstance I don't always know what I would do. Right now I don't have any motivation to want to do this.

 

Dolls are personal and expensive. I really wouldn't trust my doll with someone else and I would expect others to feel the same.

 

I would never be able to loan my dolls out to some one, no matter how well I knew them or how well I trusted them. Heck, the only other person to even touch my dolls has been Xia, and that's only because I had to drive or go to the bathroom... Except for Dom, I've let people hold Dom before, but that's only because he's so small I know I'd be able to catch him if he dropped.

I've had Xia's Thalia over at my house for a few days to sew for her, but I paid for half of her, so to Xia she's basically half mine, even though I consider her Xia's

Someone also let me use their Tiny to take photos with one of my dolls during a meet up, but I was almost too afraid to touch her and then her wig fell off and I panicked XD

Otherwise... I barely even leave the table my dolls are stationed at at meetups, and then I only leave the table when Xia or another dolly person I'm familiar with is there to watch them...

If anyone were to try doing anything to my dolls they would find themselves in tiny pieces in a drainage ditch somewhere

 

I can definitely lend my dolls but it depends on to who, of course. My friends are careful with my stuff so it's no problem. But I don´t think that my friends want to borrow my dolls.

 

I agree, It depends on the person. If its someone you trust then yes, but its its like someone you recently met then sure but I'd be with them the whole time watching and when I leave my BJD leaves with me.