How I buy dolls as a collector (how to get cheap dolls)
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- Опубліковано 5 бер 2021
- #dollcollecting #adultdollcollector
Mercari REFERRAL LINK. I get $50 if you sell $100+ on the site and you get $30: merc.li/2qqHjn2Mb (you get $10 off your first purchase and then $20, more when you sell $100 worth of stuff).
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NOTHING irritates me more than people who bid on items on eBay that have DAYS left of the auction & drive the price up instead of waiting until it ends to try getting it for dirt cheap🙄🙄
People really don't understand how eBay works LOL
my BIGGEST pet peeve! 🥲
I actually hate when people wait to bid on something last minute. I see something on auction for days, I put it on my watch list and I bid on it within 24 hours of it ending. But with only 30 minutes left til the auction ends (I'm like the only person that's bidded on it), here comes a bunch of random people out of nowhere out bidding me. It's so stressful. Dx Here I'm thinking nobody else wants this thing, but come the last 10 minutes, I gotta fight for it.
@@queenmoreau2098 I'm one of those people. I used to use sniper software to bid seconds before it ends . I got so many good deals that way. Lately I just set a reminder and bid less than 30 seconds before auction ends
You should start doing that.
Some people just don't understand ebay. I have been one of them.
I totally agree with how horrible the doll collectors that hate kids are, toys were designed for kids in the first place! They are meant to be played with. Personally as an adult collector I get a bit more uncomfortable when customizers buy dolls that come with their entire outfit and then customize them completely, but it's fair since they were okay with paying for them and didn't hurt anyone in the process, I just think "damn! I wish I could find something like that in my country!"
On a side note, as a Chilean I sometimes misspell things like Barbie as "barby" or monster high as "monster heigh" because I know that what will show up will be cheaper.
I don't know if you'll answer or see this lol but what would I search for bratz dolls and my scene? 😅
Bro your tip to search for things from people who have no clue what they are selling is genius!
Honestly I just buy most things from parents of children who used to play with the dolls, or grown up children who used to play with them. Some of them are rare though, so those are ones I unfortunately have to buy from other collectors.
Its the best way to go! I got a lot of my little ponies with a 40$ pony in it!
Pfft now all I need to know is what do if I'm running out of space for my dolls. 👁👄👁
If you don't like having a big collection then you can sell the ones you're not in love with. Otherwise you need better shelving or more shelving!
Doll collecting is research so true. I’m exclusively a Barbie collector and thrift stores are great, I find many new in boxes. If you are new to collecting set your price limits and stick to it. I won’t pay more than 50 for a Barbie and I have 60 ponytail and mod dolls.
That's awesome! Sounds like you've had a lot of great finds c: Congratulations!!
Your just chatting videos are just delightful. Whether you are reviewing a doll or giving general advice like in this video you manage to capture me. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. Thank you for everything you do for us Brooke. Your content is truly amazing.
i just started collecting dolls , cause i never had dolls when i was younger so im collecting them to heal my inner child and it’s making me so happy, i always go to my local thrift stores try to find can barely find them 😭 love your collection btw 💓 love your onesie so cute where did you get it?
It's from Pokemoncenter.com! It was a Christmas present from my Fiance! Definitely ask the thrift store employees about it- it's possible they send the dolls to another thrift store (they actually trade with each other) or you're coming on the wrong day!
@@xCanadensis thank you! im shy to ask i feel like they might think im weird 😭😂
It's definitely healing. Can be addictive, as it was for me. But idealy you get a healthy balance of personally, work life, and collecting
The thrift store is my number one source for dolls and Craigslist as well . I got my first AG from Craigslist.
I just won an auction on eBay where I got 750 pieces of Barbie clothes for $76! I also got 15 Barbies in really great shape to put the clothes on. The dolls were $11. I also look for items in damaged boxes. Those go cheap!
yess!! i usually just search it as “ monster high doll “ instead but of “ monster high dawn of the dance draculaura “
"Monster doll " is a GREAT one too. Also MH come up as Bratz a lot ahaha
theres a really nice antique mall near where I live. I can find very nice dolls there for cheep and a lot of time I can find in box dolls. monster high, ever after high, bratz, disney descendants, 80s/ 90s barbies, equestria girls, and jax pacific winxs dolls. some times its a hit or miss but thrift shops and antique shops have alot of cool stuff. garage sales as well.
These are brilliant tips! I’ve just got into doll collecting and it’s so expensive
I absolutely loved this video!
This was really helpful
yay loved this video! i don’t live in the us but some of these tips were still helpful! especially the Marketplace ones. Also, a tip for people that are looking for a specific era of barbies: try searching “[year] barbie” with the year written in their backs according to the main body mold they used in that era :) some sellers will try to price them up since they think they’re more “vintage” than they actually are, but it helps a lot if you’re looking for a specific era of dolls!
I loooove your chit-chat videos!✨
Amazing
i've just decided to start doll collecting recently and this video contained a lot of useful info for me, thank you!!!
Wow I just discovered your channel today and I felt this video was made for me. I started collecting toys late last year but actual dolls only on May this year, I have around 20 of them (4 of the are winx dolls paid less than 2€ 😭) yesterday I bought a rainbow high that I wanted so bad but it’s hella expensive here but luckily yesterday was in clearance and I got it for cheaper but I was a bit sad, cause I felt I couldn’t spend that much money anymore on a doll but gurl you give me strength to keeping up with my collection and grew it more. Thank you so much for making this video
This is my first time watching you and your so pure and I love your vibe
Your videos have been so helpful in shaping my mindset for how to approach collecting. It’s helped me to stop and think about what I’m willing to pay, and to set a bar for the condition I want dolls in. Even for new dolls like RH, I hadn’t thought about what to check for about the quality of how the faces got painted. I’m finding most dolls I really want will eventually show up for the price I want so long as I keep checking for them and hold off buying at more than what I’m willing to pay.
i love watching your videos
I’m just missing Aisha believix in my collection, but I’ll keep looking for her I’m not losing hope. ❤️❤️ thank you this was really helpful
I LOVE THIS HOODIE
ME TOO!! Brett got it for me for Christmas c:
I can do research for hours bur there are countries that don't have dolls second hand. I can get maybe 5 MH dolls, 0 My Scene, 1 Bratz and a few Winx dolls. I searched EVERYWHERE in my country. Ebay is almost useless because shipping to a small country is insane.
Dolls in the stores are 2x as expensive than in the US. For example, most LOL dolls are 50$ here and we are poor compared to USA,UK etc.
we love the argos mention !!
I've ordered dolls from Mercari. I like their site.
I wish I could use it in Australia. Prices seem much better than eBay. eBay sellers are crazy.
Hahaha when you were like “in Australia go to the store you have…” I cracked up. I’m Australian! We have plenty of options, but the main ones are Big W (which we lovingly call big dubs), Target, and Kmart. Myer also sell a lot of dolls, and we have Mr Toys’ Toy World, as well as Toy Kingdom (not quite toys r us size but both chains have been around my entire life)
I'm gonna start by saying ,Hello, I'v been watching your videos for a while now and admiering your amazing collection ! I am also an adult collector a nd I've been collecting dolls /toys for years!! !I started with just being the little girl that was so very particular with my dolls and toys and I would get so frustrated when I saw how a few of my friends treated there toys \dolls like crap! I managed to keep everything Barbie
omg I need that onesie!Its to cute 🥺 btw i know you like cave club so just a heads up they are showing up at tj-max and Marshalls! 🤍
OMG I'LL GO THERE NOW!
I’m going to start collecting once G3 Monster high hits my locals in the UK.
This might be a mere observation but anyone else who lives in England and understand what I mean please let me know. As of recent I’ve started to notice how the shops here such as Asda, Sainsbury’s and Argos are slowly declining in the toy market? There’s definitely a large market but it’s most certainly smaller. I don’t think toys (dolls) in my area get sold often, they’ll be 3 RH dolls per shop here and we don’t have a local Smyths! The closest one is two cities away and it’s definitely not selling as much as it did so it must not just be my local area. I’ve also noticed that a lot of kids in my area don’t really play with toys past the age of 8/9, they get electronics and consoles. And when G1 monster high was selling, boy dolls and bedroom sets were really ‘rare’ for me, they weren’t rare, they just were locally. So my overall observation of my local area (North East) the doll market is definitely smaller and expensive, RH dolls are the most common and I can’t excuse the £50 price when placed in the kids isle🤷🏻♀️
brooke ur make up is so cute here
You look So cute with your onesie
Sending love 💕
Thank you! Love to you too!
lol yea I have a huge animator doll collection and it took me half my life to build
U r the best thank u
Amazing 😁
2nd half I wasn't ready and my message just sent ! Anyway ,I left of at Barbie . I also collected porcelain dolls, starting in middle school! But since then my interest in types of dolls have changed greatly! I have a fairly large collection very much like yours ! I have many different types of dolls/toys but M monster High is my largest ! Maybe even my favorite! I have Ever After, LPS, Brats Babies, no regular Brats only Babies! Let's see , oh wait I did have all the Bratzillaz but so sadly and regretfully I sold them all 3 yrs ago! I was thinking about it a couple weeks ago and I cried actual tears!! Moving on, I can't forget Helo Kitty , those are my biggest collections !! There's a few other things but there not in the doll/toy catagory. Well I'm gonna stop now or I'll end up writing you a novel! Anyway your collections are so Awsome!! I think it's a g read thing to love! Don't ever stop!
Brooke I just got my first couple of rainbow high dolls and I bought Kia vanities doll Speical edition doll for a toal of $73 that's including take and shipping from Amazon. So I know how quick the rainbow high dolls are Being sold out and looking for the Series 1 that are no longer in the store are starting to go up in price online. So I'm looking for the other dolls that I'm needing to complete the colloct of series 1 and 2 before their gone and before series 3 comes out one day.
Loveeed it
Hey Brooke im trying to get a certain wizard of oz dolls and apart of me want them new in box because of my autoimmune defect and ill be taking them out of box. the dolls are cheaper so I'm looking at some wizard of oz dolls are 30 dollars and some out of box dolls are in lots too.
THANk YOU!
Could you make a vid about your favorite UA-cam doll collectors that you enjoy watching if you want to of course and nice tips for collecting
That would be a very short video. All of the ones I regularly watch are featured in my "channels" section on my channel page :)
Pinkie Cooper was recently at Fallas. I got like of them for $5 each.
It totally sucks for me because I can’t buy off of Mercari. They don’t allow shipping to post office boxes. I live in the boonies and my post office doesn’t deliver to our real physical addresses, and only allows post office boxes for us. 😢
Oh that's only for Fedex/UPS! They can't access PO boxes that are run by USPS. You can ask the sellers to change to USPS shipping I'd think!
I live in south Austin!!! Great tip!!!!
GO TO ANNA'S TOY DEPOT AND TELL THEM BROOKE SAYS HI!! (Only Anna and the sweet older guy with the grey hair know me by name probably haha)
I'm sure that this video was very helpful for a lot of people!
So nice of you to do these🙌
Also, this video made me realize that the doll market and doll shopping is low-key different in the US from Europe-
Do you think that you can still find good deals on Mercari?
I don't have the app cause it's exclusive to the US but I wanna try to get it somehow lmao
And, I'd LOVE if you could do a video on "rare" dolls, cause apparently people have no clue😂
So I know it might be a weird request, but I love you to do a video talking more about how to buy dolls from other countries when you live in the US. Like how you get on eBay Europe or other stuff like that and actually are able to talk to sellers and stuff. I have tried to reach out to a seller that didn’t show up on US eBay but then it never goes through. Maybe it’s just I don’t understand how to do it but I would appreciate any help anyone could give me
I personally never payed more than 30$ for a doll before (the SDCC ofc were a loooot more expensive) and some dolls I can even get for free (like a week ago I got complete Skelita from Monster High with everything for free). Some I buy incomplete and then buy large bundles of accesories and complete them. And we should be aware that we can ask friends and family if their kids can sell us their dolls. We don't have to use internet for hunting.
Now I just passed 100 dolls in my collection (37 MH, 40 Winx, 6 Bratzillaz, some barbies and ever after high) but I started with 6 from my childhood two years ago. Like... There are cheap dolls and accesories almost everyday on auction sites.
And I'm from Europe. I got around 15 dolls that were NEVER in Poland (there I live). Including Jakks, Giochi and weird russian Witty distribution of enchantix dolls (their wings move differently from later releases). Go, collect, its fun and can be inexpensive and exciting.
Also my tip is: if you see NIB dolls in stores buy all of them and sell doubles. This year I found Witty Love&Pet dolls (2010?) and Witty Concert all nib for 20$ per piece. I sold them for 60$. I kept 4 dolls and 4 I sold. I literally got my money back with some profit.
what websites or auction sites do you use to buy mh dolls?
@@aylinroblero585 we have Vinted, OLX And Facebook marketplace.
I wish there was a proxy service for Italian sellers so I could buy more from Italy.
Man I live in the biggest state Texas and all my thrift stores and flea markets are dry no dolls for crap I hate it here
I even go far from my city to look
Era bella la postazione 💖
Out of all the dolls that came out before I started collecting, I'm most sad I will never get to buy Bratzillaz brand new, in box, in store, at the time they come out.
Not me literally taking notes
tbh I started collecting dolls again cuz I like to play with them
Cute hoodie and do u have barbie princess and the pauper dolls if so will u make a vid on them
I only have Erika for now!
@@xCanadensis luckyyy, i am trying to get her
I resell at fair prices,no outrageous million dollar when I get a doll at flea markets..I hate order that buy everything of a merchandise at a store and hike up the prices in selling online for twice the retail cost.
Prices aren't the same everywhere :( Rh dolls are like 45 usd (37 euros) in France, so almost twice the price 😂
Exaclty, and not every country has good or any thrift stores. :/
pls make a vid ranting about rare dolls
Speaking of Felicia I know she’s gonna be the one doll I’ll never get her cause she’s so expensive and I can never find her cheap but when I do I always miss out
I really hope they do a repro campfire Felicia
I love uour gangar onezie!
It's actually Sableye from gen 3 :3
@@xCanadensis oops-
I wish I could sign up for Mercari but it’s US only which really sucks
Woah ten years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Where did u get your sweater from
Pokemoncenter.com
It was a Christmas present from Brett!
Hey, I'm 11 years old and i want to get into doll collecting but i was wondering what are some things i could do to make money for them because i am only 11.
Maybe selling some clothes that don’t fit or old toys? You could talk to your parents about letting you raise money! You can sell on Mercari with some help from them or try garage sales! When I started collecting I was actually 11 too- and I would just ask how many jobs around the house I would need to do to get something I wanted! It just depends on your household though, I have very little context here
Hello xCanadensis, do yo know If people is willingly to ship a doll to Spain? Does Mercari avoid the fact of paying customs? Because customs are a major problem for me. I don't know If you have this information but I ask you just in case you know
We actually don't pay customs or import fees in America! I think most US sellers are afraid to ship overseas and I think Mercari doesn't allow it unfortunately. It's actually really easy for us to ship to other countries, we just have to fill out an extra form. Unfortunately most people are stupid
I once saw 'Duchess Emma' Barbie doll (out of box) for 20$. why i didn't buy her- i don't know (i think i kinda felt it was too good to be true)... but she was listed as 'barbie in blue dress' or something like that- meaning the seller had no clue she's a collectors doll and quit expensive at that. whoever bought her probably didn't believe their luck. but i have to say- it's rare (at least for me) to find clueless sellers who sell what i want, maybe it's coz i picky.
Where do you sell stuff I would love to buy stuff from you🥰💕
Dont expect me to give away Custom dolls on mercari or fb etc. 😊 i actually put work into them. I.e cleaning or investing in parts, clothes wigs etc, Especially, when you young ppl do nothing and rack the price up afterwards. Find trash and clean them yourselves
What a weirdly rude and judgmental comment? Lol. Nobody expects anything from you and nothing of this video said anything about it. I don’t sell dolls for way over value on Mercari, that’s the ENTIRE message of the video ?
I literally can't find ANYTHING on Mercari.
Please if someone can sell me flashback fever fianna's outfit🧚🏽♀️🧚🏽♀️🧚🏽♀️
Like your outfit just a random comment lol
Is that a Gengar hoodie? record scratch
Sableye :)
I got a winx schoolgirl flor doll for 2$
i used to use ebay but like its kinda sketchy
no one:
Brooke: just brings out rare dolls lmao
Can you do giveaways?
pls your winx club dolls collection
comin soon
@@xCanadensis ok
I got a winx schoolgirl flor doll in box for 2$
Congrats :D
I have bought so many dolls from people who don’t know what they have
They just see a doll, they don't know they're worth something to us haha
@@xCanadensis yup
Girl im sorry but how are you buying anything on mercari for 10$? The fees are 10$ alone
Uploaded March 6, 2021. Fees implemented 2024 😅
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