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

i tend to be paranoid about other people even picking my dolls up. but that is mostly because i don't have any "doll friends" that like close, so my friends don't really appreciate the value. i certainly wouldn't mail them anywhere, but that's mostly cause our mail service sucks! i do have some friends online that i would willingly lend them to, if they lived closer and we could swap in person, but i probably wouldn't ask to borrow anyone's doll just in case something happened to it.

 

Someone I know in real life - maybe.
Someone I would have to mail the doll to - no. Just no.

 

I took a chance a few years ago, and sent my bobobie tiny off to a woman to have clothes made for him.
It went great, she sent me lots of cute pictures of him having 'fun' there and the outfit turned out to fit perfectly. I was worried about him, yes.
But he is my cheapest doll, I dont think I would send anyone else in my collection away.

Like others said, it's all on who is asking.
If a photographer wants my doll for a project, I would wanna be there.
I don't have doll buddies IRL, but if I did I'm sure we would swap wigs and clothes from time to time.

 

It depends who's asking, but I'd skew on the side of "No, especially if I don't have collateral."

 

I would never do neither of both things.

 

If I'm confident in my trust of the individual asking I'm likely to say yes unless shipping would be required. Mind you that limits the possibility down a good deal since I only know one other person interested in the hobby but I know if she asked I'd let her borrow in a heartbeat. Perhaps more so once I actually get my current order in and maybe one more doll. I may not have any yet but I imagine after getting used to their presence the room is likely to feel a little more empty if they were gone. Anyone I would seriously call a friend is an individual I'll always give the benefit of the doubt until they give me a reason not to do so.

If I know the person I'm asking trusts me enough and I have a reason to I will at least ask. No harm in that. I'd imagine I'm more likely to do it if I get really into taking pictures and working on a photostory or something. If the person says no it's not as though it would bother me any. They are expensive and have a different kind of value for each person and I can respect that.

 

I'd let them photograph them but i'd be hanging over them wile they did it

 

I don't think I could ever do that. I know I could trust my sister because she is the one who got me into this hobby in the first place, but other than her and maybe a "friend" I know then no I don't think so. I just don't know a lot of people from the hobby yet to feel alright with letting someone else hold or even keep my dolls for a short time.

 

I might let my roommate and very good pal borrow one of my dolls for that, providing it stayed in the house, and I could monitor her using it, but otherwise, no. I made the mistake of lending someone I knew a Gene fashion doll once so she could show it to another doll person who made clothes and she totally wrecked it. I only owned two at the time and of the two this one was my favorite. Her clothes and jewelry came back half missing, her hair was undone, messed up beyond my ability to keep that particular hair style and she had marks on her hands that took me forever to get off. I ended up having to totally redo that doll which normally would not be a tragedy except this particular doll had a very cool and very intricate 40's hairdo and a very intricately beaded gown and I would not have changed any of it. She really was just ruined. She's still pretty but she's really not the same "Twilight Rumba" doll now and replacing her with another one would cost me a fair bit now. On top of that she chipped the hips and elbows fitting whatever she was making. I still cannot figure out how she managed to do that. That particular friend (ex-friend now) refused to stand up to her friend about the damage. I wanted her to replace the doll but she just shrugged it off and never did anything about it. That was an expensive doll too. She was an anniversary Gene and really lovely...

 

I think it depend on the person...
I have a few friends that are into this world since so much time that I absolutely trust in them and i can put my doll into their hands with no regrets or worries...

 

There is no way I would lend a doll out and no way I'd ever ask someone to borrow theirs either. I'd never want to take the chance that anything would happen to my doll if I lent her out and I'd never want to take on the huge responsibility of making sure nothing happened to someone else's doll while in my care. Even if everyone involved is as careful as you'd like them to be (which is a long shot right there), accidents happen, and when they involve expensive things that people are very attached to, those accidents can wreck friendships as well as cost large sums of money to fix.

 

I think for me it would depend on the situation or the person. My grandma has expressed interest in my dolls and i think if she ever asked to borrow one i'd be more then happy to lend to her. If it was my sister asking to borrow i would say hell no!

 

I don't know... I'm pretty attached to my dolls. I guess if they were a really close friend that I could easily get my doll back from- maybe. I'm not even sure I'd give someone my doll so that they could my clothes for it... I am willing to let people handle my dolls though, but only if I'm right there. Borrowing? That would be so hard.

 

I would lend my doll to someone if it is a friend of mine that will be taking care of it. By that, I mean if anything goes wrong, I can drive to their home and get my doll back.

If I would have to mail my doll to someone, then no. I want to be able to track the doll in person and know where it is at all times.

 

Heck, I'm scared to send mine off for a face up so I just order a company faceup. I don't think I could ever trust anyone with my dolls. They are far too dear to me and if something happened to them I'd be really upset. Sometimes, I leave my dolls in my boyfriend's care. It's usually when I need to step out for a little while and I don't feel like putting them away (because I'm not finished playing). However, I make sure that they are seated so they won't fall over. He's the only person I'd trust to take care of them when I'm not around.

 

It depends...if I knew the person probaby, if not then a definate no. I would never ask to hold a doll either. It's not something I would be comfortable doing.

 

I posted a few years ago in this thread that I lent a friend of mine a little Soom Aren to play with. I actually ended up giving it to her because I didn't really want it anymore. Haha go figure

 

No way! I love my dolls and no one is going to tough one!

 

No! I wont lend my dolls to anyone. Im too paranoid to ever do that... Q~Q

 

I'd only let my best friend have them, and I'd only borrow from her... then again our dolls already spend lengths of time at each other's places... I think I would be too paranoid to let anyone else have them, though.