Beautiful Dolls Experience (Thus far)
Beautiful Dolls Experience (Thus far)
If you're like myself, you love posts of actual buyer experience including pictures (pictures to come) with a vendor. Is that not why you are here? My story begins with a uninformed purchase from a common non TDF approved site often mentioned with empty wallets and tears on these forums. I won't go too much into detail, lets just leave it as... I was less than pleased. (Perhaps I'll do a side by side photo comparison in a different thread) Later I stumbled across TDF, learned of approved dolls, I want my first real doll to be as it should be in the pictures. I had two rules, doll I wanted had to built by and sold by TDF approved maker/vendor. I probably spent a better part of two months deciding on that perfect doll, researching all I could. I'm mostly into anime/asian/realistic type dolls, fell in love with a DS145 on exdolls. However, I had no idea on even how to begin to purchase her. I contacted dsdolls directly but never got a email response back and considered other dolls for a while. I was just about to call the whole thing off when I did more research on Beautiful Dolls. I figured hey, they are the oldest vendor on TDF, sure they must have connections? Great reviews, why not? So in a final act of desperation, I sent off my inquiry email to Beautiful Dolls. Figuring it too would be lost into cyberspace, I shut down the PC with no expectations.
Ground control to Major Tom May 29, 2018
I didn't even make it two steps, when my phone went off with an alert. Email from Joy with Beautiful dolls?! I thought holy hell, that was a quick response! I was expecting a "no" answer but was surprised when she informed me she could get the doll. She even warned me in advance before giving me a price, DS in general are not cheap. I knew this before hand but appreciated her mentioning it. I began bracing for a painful total. I was pleasantly surprised with the amount (my price based on forum stories and DS site), she even gave a discount for being a TDF member. I was fully expecting a 4.4% paypal fee (included in my budget), BD doesn't charge a fee. Joy was incredibly on the ball with email replies and setting up the order, excellent customer service. Thus began the waiting game. I didn't ask how long, I was figuring at least a month or so.
I'm sorry but your princess is in another castle June 6, 2018
Displaying extreme Bruce lee patience. I still jumped when I got a email notification, hoping it may be an update, or even factory photos. It was definitely another email from Joy, at last! Time to make a "My factory photos of my DS145 from BD!" thread I thought (what inspired me to write this), however it was a tracking number. Pleasantly surprised how quickly it was shipped, ten days. I inquired if there were any pictures. She informed me, the factory wanted to charge $40 for photos and thought it was ridiculous to pay. She apologized, I don't blame her a bit, that is pretty ridiculous. I didn't even conceive that was a "thing" among the industry. She assured me she had her shipper check it out and it was fine. Her customer service and reputation have been great so I trust the assessment. Scheduled delivery date with fedex is 6-14-2018, I'll update this thread with more information and pictures.
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URL I gave requesting to be exactly like http://www.exdoll.com/product-296.html
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That said, I've seen a lot better factory make-up jobs on supposedly lesser quality dolls.