Facts & FAQ

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Facts

♥   2 Blythes and 50 hosts (2 groups of 25 people).

♥   People from anywhere in the world can join.

♥   Eligibility based on peer feedback.

Penalty. Bad feedback at BadDollyDeals

Costs. Each participant will be required to paypal $21USD to cover costs associated with the project. See FAQs for details.

Risks. Custom fees and stress.

Obligations. Communication, any custom fees incurred when receiving the doll, taking and sharing pictures, being a good host, safely packing up the dolly for shipping, and being responsible for shipping costs, insurance, and tracking to travel to her next host.

Project ending. Every participant will be entered into a raffle to adopt the girl that they hosted with her collected goodies and give her a permanent home.

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FAQ

Q: Who are the organizers of this?
A: CooKie95 / Jayme and MinkiDynamite / Sandra are the main organizers.
Aprilxoxo will be helping us when needed.

Q: Which Blythes will be chosen?
A: We will leave this up to the customizers. Both artists will be given a dolly budget to work their magic with. Both Vainilladolly and Sammydoe have offered to donate their time and skills to our project. Both ladies are well-known, talented artists, and I’m sure we will all be extremely happy with the girls they create.

Q: I like Blythes stock! Why do they have to be customized?
A: We thought it may be a good idea to have very unique girls traveling the world. They will be featured in photos for at least a year, so they should be easily recognizable.
We are not expecting the worst, however if one of the girls disappears it would be more difficult to sell a custom doll.

Q: What about the costs?
A: Each participant will be required to paypal $20USD to cover costs associated with the project. These costs include the dolls, a few accessories to start them off, and shipping to the customizers. A portion also goes to helping with long distance shipping charges that can cost more (these will be predetermined), and to send the girl to her permanent home once she has been raffled off. If we have any unused money at the end this project it will go towards purchasing something for the dolls. We don’t expect to have any funds leftover but in an instance where this might happen it will be used towards the project. This is for fun! Not to make money.

Q: Who has to pay for the shipping?
A: Each participant has to pay for the shipping (incl. tracking and insurance) after their week of hosting. For larger international shipments (which will be predetermined) we will refund part of the costs from our community fund via paypal. We ask all participants choose a method of shipping that is as close to 7–9 business days as possible, as we would like to keep this moving smoothly and quickly for everyone. Once the doll is shipped, it is mandatory the shipping number is provided to the organizer.

Q: Some countries are collecting custom fees on importing toys … how can we avoid this?
A: Each participant who ships the girl over the sea must fill out a customs declaration.
*Entering the EU: For not paying fees you have to mark them as “private import of personal belongings”. Since 1/25 of the doll and its goodies belong to you – it counts as personal belonging.
*Entering the US: In the US no custom charges are asked for Toys. A custom form has to be filled in nevertheless.
*More info on custom charges in other countries will come.

Q: How long does the dolly stay with each host?
A: We have planned a 7 day stay. The doll must be shipped on or as close to the 8th day. Understandably, the post office is closed sometimes.
We as organizers will make sure to keep in contact with the sender and the receiver so we know where the doll is at all times and whether to expect any delays.

Q: Can I add goodies to the dolly’s suitcase?
A: It is encouraged, but it is not necessary that you add something to her suitcase. We ask you snap a quick picture of the item or items by themselves and email the picture to your organizer. We will be keeping a photo-journal of all the goodies she collects, as we want to make sure she doesn’t forget anything along the way. The dollys will each travel with a journal specially created by Catie Ritterson. Please feel free to write something about her stay or about yourself ….something that can be shared and enjoyed with all the other hosts.

Q: What are the obligations for participants?
A: Everyone who decides to join the project, has at least a 2 week obligation. Please keep in mind, that you must have time to communicate, to pick the dolly up from the post office, to unpack her, to take good photos of her, to pack her safely up again, and to bring her back to the post office. Furthermore, you have to stay in contact with the organizers before the dolly will be shipped to your place. We won’t let the doll be shipped to you, if you don’t give the OK a week before. Your obligation ends when the person after your turn has received the doll. This will be stressful! Please think about this before you sign up!

Q: What risks are there? What if something happens to the dolls?
A: We can’t and won’t hold anybody legally responsible for loss or destruction. This is one of the risks you are taking when joining this project. You could loose your payment of $20. This whole project is big and of course we hope that nothing bad will happen. But it might happen. Please think about this before signing up!

Q: Do we need a fancy camera to take part?
A: Definitely not! We only ask you take lots and lots of photos. Maybe photos of meeting your other girls, visiting historic monuments, going to the park to have a picnic, trying on new outfits….the possibilities are endless and please get creative!

Q: How will this project end?
A: Once both dolls have travelled to their final stop we will host 2 raffles for all participates to have an opportunity to win the dolly they hosted and all of her collected goodies. We are currently looking into a third party to possibly host the raffle. More details on how the draw will work coming soon.