Just giving this a teeny bit of a bump up.  Everything that's listed currently is still available as of 8/24. 

Shipping is always refunded, last I checked. 

The only instance I would say no to refunding shipping is in a case of a flake of a buyer who has changed their mind or had buyer's remorse.  Then I might say they don't get the shipping returned ( I don't sell on ebay anymore ) if I even authorize a return for those situations. 

Anyways, part of selling is taking the chance of losing items and thus losing money.  I don't ever ship anything without insurance overseas, period.  That way, you get all your money back minus insurance costs, in case of a loss like this.  It can be even more expensive and I've had argumentative potential buyers over it, refusing to want to pay the insurance.  I've had to tell them the only way I'll send an item overseas without insurance is if you waive your ability to file for a refund if the item goes missing by sending funds via gift(then they can't open a claim).  No one wants to do that, and they either pony up with the insurance, or they give up on the deal.  To me, the insurance is always worth it, because things always have a way of getting lost when you don't have it.   

She's also to prone to body yellowing.  I had to sun fade mine, who was very, very pink, and her eyes still faded through acrylic paint, and her hair too, but, at least, she didn't look like a chain smoker anymore.  She's a hard pony to find mint.  A friend of mine has a perfect one with a still aqua/blue body, with perfect purple eyes and bright pink hair and forelock.  She is an amazing pony to behold for sure! 

Is it the Toddler Toodles, or the jointed baby Toodles?  It can be hit and miss on some American Character dolls.  The very earliest and unmarked Sweet Sues hold up very nicely though, they're one of the few hard plastic dolls I still collect and will sell happily because they don't get the stink, stank and yellowing that a lot of hard plastic dolls do.  Madame Alexander's hard plastic dolls, especially the earlier ones, are havoc.  I had a couple hard plastic Wendy's that are on the molds for the earlier compo versions and yeah, they all had to go because of bad plastic degradation.  Cissy is usually  not too bad, but make sure always to buy the hard plastic face one and never the one with the really shiny plastic as that can yellow really, really badly and almost always does.

Composition has its own issues, but at the same time, compo can ALWAYS be fixed.  If the doll has really bad lifting and busted fingers, that can be fixed and restored like new.  They don't get stinky, they don't get moldy long as they don't get wet.   Plastic dolls, on the other hand, once they're messed up and have started to degrade, there isn't anything to be done for them. If you want to get into composition collecting, Anne Shirley by Effanbee is a very nice doll to start with.  Effanbee, hands down, had the best composition and it holds up better than anything else, and Anne Shirley was made enough and well enough that she isn't an uncommon doll in the least, while at the same time being very pretty and having a lot of stuff to chase like her outfits and accessories.  Debuteens are nice too, but sometimes hard to find in nicer condition and without a bid war.  Alexander made beautiful composition dolls, but their composition did not hold up well, so combined with their 'name' and the scarcity of good condition dolls, they can be very pricey.  I collect some Horsman composition dolls too, and I love them best, but again, fickle composition, and they're very scarce. 

Horsman so rarely tagged anything they made.  Lucky she's marked, Horsman actually got slapped in the 1930's-1940's because they sued another company for basically recasting their dolls, but because the Horsman company was SO bad at marking anything, the claim was tossed out because the dolls in question weren't stamped so there was no way to trace whether the dolls came from the official Horsman plant or were being made at another plant.  Fun fact!  She's cute! 

Here's one of my ( unmarked and super rare ) Horsman girls who is a bit older than your's: 

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Quote from: MiRaja on December 30, 2015, 04:46:48 PM

I just don't think it's right, but I don't think it's right to completely ostracize someone for accidentally owning a recast.

i'm sorry, i'm not attacking, i'm just trying to understand.
it is ok to ostracize someone who knowing owns a recast?
this is why i suddenly feel like a leper. i've own the one girl for about a month, and now i've been labeled into a group.

Spoiler

and well, when i finally got the other doll that i thought was legit it had no paperwork so  he probably isn't but i don't care, cuz i think he's perfect and would have paid what i paid for him recast or not. i was afraid to say anything because of these kinds of reactions. do i feel i was cheated. yeah at first, but it was a lesson learned and its not something i can change now, so i'm moving on from it. i'm honestly more concerned about the exile than anything.

it honestly makes me want to drop the arena altogether, but i love the community here. but i think. ok. people who are anti-recasts will see me in other threads and still be silently judging me for my decisions. i just don't understand. there are people that post things i morally disagree with, but it's not my place to tell them or whatnot.

I don't know what you read wrong there.  I thought it was quite clear.  I said I don't think it's okay to ostracize someone for owning a recast.  Period.  Basically saying, I don't think it's okay to be mean to someone for owning one.  But that doesn't mean I'm going to spend my money with someone who purposely makes recasts.  Or purposely buys them.  It's not be mean, it's just my choice.  I understand situations where an oopsy happens.  I have friends in other doll companies who have bought a doll sold to them as legit and it be a recast.  Whether it is BJD or Bisque.  It happens.  But I have a lot of friends who make dolls as their job, too, and I know the fear they suffer that their work could be directly impacted because someone purposely recasted a doll they made.   It's not anything made at you personally, or anyone for that matter.  I mean, I don't even buy BJD, but if I were, I would not be buying BJD related goods from someone who owned recasts.  Not to be mean to them, but I'd rather spend my money with someone either directly making original dolls or supporting original doll makers.  It's just a choice, it's not a witch hunt. 

To the rest of the thread:

And to me, it is a shades of grey situation, even if I in no way support any sort of recast or remaking of anything.  Someone else was right when they said Hasbro and Mattel have been ripping each other off long enough, and Hasbro started off as a knock off company!  That's the hilarity there, to me, if anyone wants some dolly history.  Mattel was also a company that started up by knocking a bunch of other dolls off, and Barbie only became what she did because she was cheaper than the rest of the similar dolls because Mattel made their toys overseas in HongKong to under sell the competition and actually put several different companies out of business. 

Someone making recast of an 80's MLP for funzies and selling it for, or under value of time and materials is not at all the same as someone recasting a doll, in production, and selling it at still a hefty profit, but still underselling the original artist.  Not that I support either, or own anything of either.  I just don't see it in the same vein.  One is probably sketchy, and the other is just wrong.  I can't fault someone for wanting to experiment and make their take on an out of production toy when I want to make a mold of a dolly's head from the 1930's, and make my own ball jointed body and create my own frankendoll.  Not for profit, but for funzies, out of a toy that's probably older than most people's grandparents, to the point that no patent even exists for the item that I can find ( trust me, I've hunted it down long and hard just for reason's sake ). 

And honestly?  I support corporations as little as possible.  I don't shop from chains well known for ripping off people's art.  Like Hot Topic, like Forever 22.  I don't ever shop with brands who steal cultural, ethnic or other such designs and call it Haute Couture.  Honestly, I shop mostly thrift and wear vintage most of the time, and firmly believe in supporting small business, and that really does trickle down to how I feel about treating artists.  I am person who potentially could become a doll maker.  Currently, I just repair, and I know the sort of work that goes into sculpting and it's. . .hard.  It's not easy to do, and I really emphasize with the people who make such art and I understand why they ask the prices they do.  You're paying for all the time it took them to learn how to make that craft.  Not just for the time in the doll's mock up.  Or the materials.  Or for the small studio's employees to be paid correctly.  I think it's too easy to not think of these small studios as people as many of them are overseas.  We never see them face to face, we don't realize that these are people's lives, and it means they might not be able to pay their bills or feed their families because someone inconsiderate copied something they made. . .  And as I've stated multiple times; I do not even own a single modern BJD.  I've seen a couple I like, but never have purchased because there IS so much to know and there are SO many recasts, and I would definitely be heartbroken to get a fake.  So, think about that:  A lot of people refuse to get into BJD because of the fear of recasts.  I would honestly rather see more happening to restrict people who are recasting, not necessarily those who own recasts. 

I've entirely quit ebay for this reason.  I, too, have a full time job, and my job is long hours.  I go to work at around 6-7am, depending on the day, and sometimes I don't get done until 5pm.  That means I start work before the post opens, and leave work after it closes.  Kind of sucks.  I always preface that I am a slow shipper, but people are stuck on the instant gratification.  I've had to stress to one buyer this season that the Holidays have me working nonstop and that my only chance of shipping is if I leave early.  Today, I was able to ship.  Which I did so after I had an outpatient surgery.  Surgery.  After surgery.  That's how little time I have. 

Anyways, there are facebook groups for MLP?  I would try with that.  I've heard mixed reviews with it, though.  I sell antiques/dolls, etc on a few Facebook groups and it's been really good for me.  Way less in fees, only to deal with paypal, the administrator of my main group is awesome.  Non-payers and actual bad sellers are booted from the group.  I bought a doll from a seller who packed the very fragile doll in a box about 6 inches too small, and it caused the doll's head to be split in half when the box got knocked around in transit.  She was nuts.  Administrator blocked her, and Paypal did side with me.  I can also put in my terms that I ship around once a week, and most people are fine with that.  This last lady here has been the first problem I've had seller-side.  So, it's been much preferable to me.  Buyers on there like it too, because they can get a little better deals.  I can offer my dolls for sale for about $10-$20 cheaper than Ebay, because I don't have an insane amount of fees to pay, while still making more money. 

I'm taking a break currently, but still so used to checking the forums I can't stop.  Hah! 

I have several different collections, and within a small home, I have to keep everything small.  I recently sold about half of my collection to a lovely who was happy to take the whole shabang and I kept what I couldn't let go of, which was around 50ponies.  They're all packed up now, and I got to say, I'm actually enjoying having that part of my collection decluttered.  I did let go of a few special ponies, like my Night Glider *gasp* but because when I come back to the collecting in a few, I'll have some fun ponies to chase down and maybe will get one in better condition.  Mine wasn't bad, but she wasn't real good either. . .! 

But yeah, I did need the space, and I was just feeling too squished in my room.  I share an apartment, and it IS a larger apartment at 1100sq ft, but I still only have a bedroom for the fragiles and chewables because. . .cats. . . cats are jerks. . .  I've been really focusing on my antique doll collection which has really put me off on ponies besides.  I needed the pony space even in my closet for my restore stuff since I've been working more and more indepth and been learning new stuff with that, which has been really exciting.  And bonus points, I now have a spot in my room to put my plants when they come in for the winter.  Panhandle-Florida weather is still too cold for most succulents, and it was a total headache to bring them in last year, and I have MORE plants this year. 

. . .I want a house so bad. . .  Ugh.