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Old January 25th 04, 09:14 PM
Jeff
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"Dawn Lawson" wrote in message
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Jeff wrote:

http://puffins.com/

Cool site. I like their toys.

Ethical question: Do you think it is really honest to get a new

dollhouse
and sell it? Personally, I don't see the problem with it. Before the

fire,
you were free to sell the dollhouse. I don't see why you wouldn't be

now.
Just a question.


No ethical dilemma. BTDT
As you say, were free to sell before the fire, lost it, and what you do
with it after the fire insurance replaces is is your business.
Is it more ethical that the insurance company saves $500?
Believe me, insurance companies aren't there to help you out, they are
there to make money.


I concur. I just thought I would see what others thought.

I also agree that the XXXX industry is there to make money, not really help
you out. XXXX is just about any industry, not just insurance. But, then
again, I think of my self as my own company, trying to make money for me.
;-)

Jeff

Dawn



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Old January 25th 04, 10:17 PM
Mary Ann
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Well I never had a dollhouse but I got my daughters one of those Little Tyke
dollhouses when my now 14 yr old was 3. My girls and my son now 16 played
with it continuely until about a year ago. We hae had many different rollms
of furniture...all different brands and kind and tons of different doll
types. I know this is not the kind of doll house you are talking about but
why not get one for her to play with and a kit for you to do together when
you get older?
"Cathy Weeks" wrote in message
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Hi all,
When my mom went to dental school (I was nine when she started, 13
when she finished), she bought me a dollhouse kit to work on, because
I was nine years old, and it was going to be our first summer apart.
This was the summer of 1978, and the kit cost around $75.

At nine, I really wasn't ready for a project of that magnitude. I
punched out some of the pieces, painted a few, then packed it up and
put it into my parent's basement, where it stayed for the next 12
years. Fast forward to winter of 1990-91, and I was on winter break
from my senior year in college. I got a wild hair to work on the doll
house, and so built most of it over Christmas, and then put the
finishing touches on it over spring break.

It was beautiful. Slate blue paint, white trim, dark blue shingles,
white inside walls, varnished floors. I was 21 years old when I
finished it. I never collected any miniatures for it or anything, at
that point it was the joy of building it that was important. It sat
in my parent's basement covered in plastic until the fall of 2003
(wow..another 12 years - hard to believe 24 years went by since I
started the project). I always planned to get it, but it was big and
cumbersome, and we don't tend to have space in the car when we drive,
and flying with it would be a nightmare. I wanted to give it to my
daughter when she was old enough. Someday.

But last fall, my parents house was destroyed in a fire, and the
dollhouse with it. I found a similar dollhouse online, and made a
claim with my parent's insurance. A similar dollhouse, fully finished
like mine was, would cost around $700.

Now here's the hard part.

If I get a cash payout, I'd get around $175 (75% depreciation). If I
choose to get a replacement, I get a budget of around $700. Here's
the hard part:

I really don't have space to store a dollhouse right now, and my
daughter is much too young (she just turned two in december). I could
have my mom order it, and she'll store it, but we'll have the same
problem of getting the darn thing to me when the time comes.

I could get another kit which is more storeable (and I could get a
fancier one this time!), but I don't know when I'll ever really have
the kind of time it takes to build another dollhouse. It would be a
neat project to do with my daughter when she's a bit older, but it
would take a long, long time.

My husband favors getting one of those wooden block dollhouse by plan
toys, (See http://puffins.com/planpg06.html for an example) which
aren't cheap. But they are for younger kids, and my daughter would be
outgrowing it at just about the time a real dollhouse would be
appropriate.

My husband says that girls who had dollhouse really never played with
them, that they all thought they were cool, but mostly they gathered
dust, so he thinks that would be a silly thing to do - and the plan
toys dollhouse for younger kids are much cooler. My stepson thinks I
should take the cash payout.

What do I think? I really, really wanted a dollhouse when I was a
kid, and never had one (owning a kit doesn't count!). I played with
the ones my friends had. I remember them playing with them to some
extent, but at least as they got older, they really did gather dust.
I also looked forward to passing my dollhouse to my daughter. So what
I want to do is order the one I like - fully put together, and figure
out a way to store the darn thing. But, if my husband is right, and
they mostly don't get played with, I really have to take that into
consideration.

So, first, what do you think I should do? And, for those of you who
had dollhouses, did you like them? Did you play with them?

Cathy Weeks
Mommy to Kivi Alexis 12/01



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Old January 26th 04, 06:41 PM
Irene
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Ericka Kammerer wrote in message ...
Cathy Weeks wrote:


So, first, what do you think I should do? And, for those of you who
had dollhouses, did you like them? Did you play with them?



I think you have to make a guess about what sort of
kid you have. There are kids who play with dollhouses and
kids who build dollhouses. The former will like the Plan
Toys dollhouse or the Playmobil dollhouse better and will
get several years of enjoyment out of it while young and
then ignore it. The latter won't be interested while
really young, but will want to build a neat dollhouse as
an older child and populate it with nifty miniatures and
maybe even learn how to make wee polymer clay foods and
needlepoint tiny rugs and all that miniature stuff. I
fall in the builder category. My sister fell into the
play dollhouse category. We were obviously at odds at
an early age and drove each other crazy ;-)

Best wishes,
Ericka


I never really thought about it that way, but you are so right!
Fortunately, my sister and I were both in the builder category. We
had a miniature dollhouse starting at around ages 7 & 9, and built
tons of stuff - polymer clay plants, braided rugs, furniture, etc. We
also built cardboard rooms for our paper dolls, furniture for our
Barbie townhouse (a 3-story wooden house built by our dad, which is in
storage in my parents' attic) and tons of lego dollhouses. I have the
miniature dollhouse now, and ds (age 2.5) likes to play with it. He
also likes moving stuff around at my MIL's Playmobil dollhouse, which
she got for her 5 granddaughters. So, apparently he falls in the
"play dollhouse" category. The only problem is that he's a bit hard
on the furnishings, and I haven't found any sturdy miniature furniture
to stock it with. (I haven't searched very hard, however.) So, there
have been a few casualties - sniff.

Since the OP has a limited amount of time to make this decision, I
have a hard time knowing what to advise - you may want to consider
that this dollhouse is for you, and not your dd, and go from there.

Irene
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Old January 30th 04, 10:31 PM
Jamie Clark
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Whoo hooo! I love this solution, and think that the mother/daughter
building bonding time will be so worth it! Congrats on coming to a great
solution that works for you!
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