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OT - Doll House experiences and questions (xpost)
"Dawn Lawson" wrote in message news:JnDQb.260460$ts4.187141@pd7tw3no... 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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OT - Doll House experiences and questions (xpost)
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 om... 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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OT - Doll House experiences and questions (xpost)
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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Whoo hooo! I love this solution, and think that the mother/daughter
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OT - update to Doll House experiences and questions (xpost)
"Cathy Weeks" wrote in message
om... (Cathy Weeks) wrote in message . com... 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? Well, I've made my decision. I'm going to get another kit with the insurance settlement. It will be something my daughter and I can build together when the time comes. If she's a builder, then it satisfies that requirement - even if she doesn't end up playing with it. And if she is a player, then that's good too. It is also more portable, and takes up less space, which is important, too. I will have enough space to store the darn thing. And it will be so much nicer than just giving my daughter a dollhouse that someone else built. Plus she can help choose the colors and stuff. I'll make the time to build it someday. I talked with the insurance adjuster to make sure I have the full $700 available when making my choice - and the answer is yes. They don't really care, as long as I'm buying a dollhouse (and not some other toy). It sounds like you're pleased with your decision, and that's really all that matters. Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy! -Aula |
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