Ok, so. I ordered a head and other items from Doll Chateau through BJDivas with 12 month layaway back when DC was having mass discontinuations. After I made all the payments, I was informed that DC hadn't sent the wig yet and they asked if I wanted to wait or if I wanted the head and other items sent first. I said I'd wait. So pretty much a year later... I had basically forgotten about my order, but suddenly remembered I was still waiting, so I asked about the wig. DC hadn't sent it. So, I told BJDivas they could send the head. They did, and I was happy. But. Then I realized it came without a face up. Which I had paid for. I contacted BJDivas and they apologized, asked if I wanted a refund or a face up, I replied and they contacted DC. This was back in March. Still no word from DC. I don't blame BJDivas, they've told me that they are having a really hard time because of Covid (at one point they had one person doing EVERYONE'S job because of it) and they had a fire and a flood a while back. There was apparently a point in 2020 when DC couldn't send stuff overseas because of Covid, but I don't know what is happening at their end anymore.
I ordered a resin accessory and an outfit from DC directly on Dec 14 last year. Till now they aren’t finished yet. When I asked them they just gave me a general idea that it would take around 3-4 months (and it’s nearly 5 months now). When you contact through agents some of them will be very slow if they only contact the companies through emails, especially Chinese companies because they process through different systems like wechat, taobao, weibo. I talked to DC directly on taobao in English, but I guess they use translation. Since you placed your order through BJDivas you can only wait for them, unless you can find a way to talk to DC directly.
IF I can give you an advice: forget about DC faceups (not sure what you chose). They are very different from promo pictures. Like, VERY (Promo pictures' FUs are done by an artist while all the other FUs are done by people that work for DC, or this is what somebody explained to me). I had to ask for a refund because the faceup they sent me lacked parts (freckles were almost invisible, lines under the nose and eyes were absent, eyebrows were different and other things I can't remember). And this was several years ago (if I find pictures I can show you), I cannot image how their faceups will look NOW with all those orders and the pandemic going on.
Agreeing with @Demiurgo about the faceup, and for that matter, body blushing quality. When I bought my DC, the promo had a lot of fresh bright color, what I got looked more like a neon rash. I didn't feel it was worth the money I spent. YMMV
I always like to get out this image in regards to DC face-ups: So I agree with the others, just take the refund at this point, same for the wig. Just...don't expect for that refund to come quickly. The thing is, DC is overall bad with communication, but they give Divas an extra hard time and treat them pretty badly (from what I have gathered over the time). There was one person on the BJD Discord that waited 27 months (!) to receive a refund from DC for a pair of hands they had forgotten to send to Divas.
@Ara Appreciate you sharing.... that definitely hits home in a different way than it does when only verbally describing that a faceup may not match a promo photo.
That's so odd, I must have gotten lucky. I picked up a surprised faceup Julieanne from BJDivas in stock a little while back. Lighting is washing out my photo really bad today, but it's super overcast out. The eyes she came with were way bigger than I wanted, so I swapped them with a smaller iris pair I had on hand, but mostly it's just a couple small differences like the red going a lot farther down the horns, the white under the eye is a bit less prominent. Shame to hear DC treats BJDivas badly, didn't they just have a mystery set of hands arrive recently too? Link to the promo pics / listing on the news. Mine:
YIKES! Thank you all, I messaged BJDivas just now that I would like a refund. I kind of feel like I dodged a bullet, thank you DC for forgetting to paint her face. 8'D It's good to hear that at least some have gotten a good quality face up, but it's really worrying to see such a huge difference between promos and reality. So I guess what's left is... more waiting. I have to say this is a pretty bad first impression of DC, especially if the refund is going to take a super long time to arrive. I feel really sorry for BJDivas for being in the middle.
Update: Got the refund today! BUT! It came from BJDivas, not DC. DC has still not given the money back. I sent BJDivas email a few days back and asked if there was any development on the issue. I'm a student now and need the money. They said DC has not sent the refund, but BJDivas gave me a refund anyway. I'm super grateful to them, this has gone on for a couple of years now! I'm just REALLY frustrated for them, because they shouldn't have to pay refunds from their own pockets when the companies themselves screw up. They said they will still keep trying to get a refund from DC. Hope they get it. :/