"September 4th '13:
Further explanation for the long pre-order waits. Several BJD companies have told us that they are having trouble filling open positions within their companies. Wages in China have increased a lot for the last couple of years, this year in particular. What is happening there is familiar to what has happened in other countries; the economy improves, wages increase, and people leave labor intensive jobs for less labor intensive job, or a desk job. Asleep Eidolon, Xaga Doll, LoongSoul Doll, and DikaDoll are all having trouble finding workers.
No one wants to sand dolls for a living.
It's hard tedious work, and usually in uncomfortable conditions. AE has raised the pay for sanding jobs 3 times in the last 8 months, but things have still not improved for them. AE is more popular then ever. Orders have been large, that is usually good news for a company, but it is daunting when you don't have enough workers to get the orders done in a timely fashion. These companies are stuck with only a few choices:
As of right now we do not know what these companies will ultimately choose to do, but your opinion could help them decide. They can easily get the opinions of the domestic Chinese market, but they need our, (your), help to know what the rest of the BJD hobbyists think. Please join our discussion on facebook with your opinions. Thank you. :)"
I am concerned because, well, this affects the hobby as a whole. The cost of Chinese dolls could definitely go up (they are known for being more affordable currently, but this could change things). Depending on how high those prices go, it could make the dolls less accessible to people.
Or, because this was often a service that was automatically thrown in with no extra cost, people might get upset about paying extra for sanding. Personally, I've never sanded seams before. I kind of want to. I love to work on my dolls, so that's just another thing I could do to relax with them. Other people, however, would be driven away by this. Some people won't want a doll if they have to work on it--which is fine, but I've also seen the complaining taken to certain extremes.
I feel like it would be in their best interest to offer seam sanding as an option that buyers can pay for--it's only fair, as their costs are going up. It's feasible for them financially--those who want their seams sanded will support the company by paying for it, and those who don't will save the company money on that service.
Anyway, I have linked the end of the post to the discussion on Facebook. (it was linked in the original announcement, but copying and pasting took that out) If you feel like letting Mint on Card and the companies they represent know how you feel about the situation, please feel free to let them know there--your opinion could really help these companies decide on what they should do, based on the feelings of the community!
Thank you if you've read this far. Have a good day, everyone!
No one wants to sand dolls for a living.
It's hard tedious work, and usually in uncomfortable conditions. AE has raised the pay for sanding jobs 3 times in the last 8 months, but things have still not improved for them. AE is more popular then ever. Orders have been large, that is usually good news for a company, but it is daunting when you don't have enough workers to get the orders done in a timely fashion. These companies are stuck with only a few choices:
- Increase wages to a point that their dolls become out of reach for many people, (price wise).
- Move their entire company to a different region that has more workers who are willing to take on sanding jobs.
- Stop offering sanding altogether.
- Charge for sanding.
As of right now we do not know what these companies will ultimately choose to do, but your opinion could help them decide. They can easily get the opinions of the domestic Chinese market, but they need our, (your), help to know what the rest of the BJD hobbyists think. Please join our discussion on facebook with your opinions. Thank you. :)"
I am concerned because, well, this affects the hobby as a whole. The cost of Chinese dolls could definitely go up (they are known for being more affordable currently, but this could change things). Depending on how high those prices go, it could make the dolls less accessible to people.
Or, because this was often a service that was automatically thrown in with no extra cost, people might get upset about paying extra for sanding. Personally, I've never sanded seams before. I kind of want to. I love to work on my dolls, so that's just another thing I could do to relax with them. Other people, however, would be driven away by this. Some people won't want a doll if they have to work on it--which is fine, but I've also seen the complaining taken to certain extremes.
I feel like it would be in their best interest to offer seam sanding as an option that buyers can pay for--it's only fair, as their costs are going up. It's feasible for them financially--those who want their seams sanded will support the company by paying for it, and those who don't will save the company money on that service.
Anyway, I have linked the end of the post to the discussion on Facebook. (it was linked in the original announcement, but copying and pasting took that out) If you feel like letting Mint on Card and the companies they represent know how you feel about the situation, please feel free to let them know there--your opinion could really help these companies decide on what they should do, based on the feelings of the community!
Thank you if you've read this far. Have a good day, everyone!
~~Aronzo~~
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