Hello: I've just started in this wonderful world of bjds: I only have a second-hand pukifee and a DF-H head awaiting shipment. Now I'm thinking about making a more expensive purchase, my first whole new doll. My plan is to buy an MSD of Gem of Doll at Alice's Collection, and right now they have a 20% promotion and free shipping. I think the promotion is great and I'm thinking about ordering now, but since it's Black Friday, I was wondering if I should wait. This is the first time I have considered buying a bjd that is not second-hand, so I have not been attentive in previous years to the sale seasons and I do not know if Alice's Collection has the habit of giving big discounts in mid-November or If this 20% discount with free shipping is the best deal I can find. Please, can you advise me?
Black Friday deals are not really a thing with bjds - most companies are not US-based and don't really care for it, discounts rather follow calendars of Asian holidays and new releases. As for Alice's Collections, the free shipping applies always to certain size/price of products so you don't have to worry about missing out on that one. The company discounts, like the Gem of Doll -20%, are only put in place by the individual companies and Alice won't discount them any further. That will probably be the lowest the price will go if you want a good deal for a new doll from that maker! ACBJD is definitely one of the best dealers to buy from, I've always had a good experience overall
Some companies will have a sale for Chinese New Year. But I've noticed the best sale deals are when individual companies release a new doll like the 20% off deal you mentioned. I'd buy the Gem of Doll during this sale window if you really want it!
If you're not against buying on the Gem of Doll website itself, they have a great promotion going on now. Either a random 1/6 or 1/4 doll (with faceup, if you'd like), between $110 and $210 with free shipping. You tell them 3 dolls you want and they pick one to send to you. Not a bad deal if they have 3 dolls you're interested in!
Thank you very much to the three of you! You have helped me a lot and thanks to your advice I have finally decided to take that step that I was so afraid of: I just ordered my first new complete jbd! The chosen one has been White Crow Wall. I am very nervous.
Thanks for sharing that information, Dorado. The promotion is great! In my case, I couldn't take advantage of buying 3 and receiving one as a gift because, after months and months of saving, I only had enough for 1. I ordered the nude doll without faceup, so the next step is to get a family member to give me Give him a little something to dress him and start saving for the next one. I'll probably have to say goodbye to my little Pukifee to speed up the process of buying my White Crow Wall a companion the same size a little bit, although I hope it's worth it because since I fell in love with bjds I dream of having a cute couple ! Let's see if I can achieve it in a couple of years of saving and patience.