I saw a post yesterday (which is deleted by now) that made me think of writing this.
Someone had bought a recast and a user asked them where they got their doll.
They mentioned they had bought it from ebay, and it didn’t seem like they knew what they bought or that they bought a recast on purpose.
However, from reading the answer post the buyer made it seem like they made a smart choice and just shopped around till they found the best price.
THIS DOES NOT WORK WITH BJDs!
Unlike many other goods a new BJD model costs pretty much the same everywhere you look.
Only difference is when you buy from a dealer, since in some countries they have to pay high customs and those need to be included in the price.
You will not be able to find a new legit model for way cheaper if you just keep looking around and search for the perfect shop.
A new 300$ doll will pretty much cost new 300$, no matter what.
It’s not like an electronic gadget that can go for 120-200$ depending on the shop you picked.
Believe us, if there would be a magical place that manages to sell legit new dolls for cheaper than the creators themselves we’d boost the fuck out of this shop and have blinking banners for it on every forum and BJD related website.
There is no such thing though!
If you see a new BJD that goes for way, way less than the asking price on the original company website it is with a very high chance a recast (fake, bootleg).
Those dolls on ebay and co. are such a case.
BJDs are usually sold straight by their creators (artists/companies).
There’s not some big BJD warehouse where all those shops get their stock from and then can decide on how much they want to sell those for.
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