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stinky dolls are srs bsns
bad_dolly_deals is a livejournal community where doll collectors (mostly blythes, but also some pullips and BJDs) post to report on transactions that have gone wrong. blythe_love71, a self-admitted sock account, posts a warning that a formerly reported seller is back after a hiatus, and seems to be liquidating most of her blythe collection.

full text of the post is under the cut. to sum up: she smokes like a chimney! i tried to bury my doll in kitty litter to get rid of the cigarette stench but it's still there! i'm a sock so her posse doesn't come after me!

I notice that Queenie (on Flickr) /ShellB is selling most of her Blythes again. So this is a reminder before any of you consider purchasing dolls from her to remember she is a smoker, and I presume a VERY heavy one judging my the stench that comes fom the dolls. And don't forget she is less than honest about shipping and things. She is not taking paypal this time, which is something. BUT I think that is more so that she isn't bound by Paypals terms, so if anyone complained she wouldn't have to give a refund.

I bought from her last time and I was so upset about the smell that I cried, the doll itself is STILL in a ziplock bag with kittylitter to try and take the smell away, but it's still bad :( I keep thinking about all those poor smelly dollies, those beautiful Kenners especially.

I wish to remain anonymous at the moment as I don't want the back lash of her 'friends'. I didn't come forward last time as I felt mortified by how stupid I had been.

PLEASE THINK SERIOUSLY BEFORE YOU BUY FROM HER!!

a couple people comment to relate their past dealings with her (summed up as "yeah, the doll stank but the transaction went ok otherwise") and then the fun begins. at least two suspected sockpuppets chime in to ~~agree with each other~~ / ~~deny being socks~~ / ~~spell stuff wrong~~ / ~~call the comm members bitter bitches and snoopyhags~~ defend the stinky seller until, inevitably, the seller pops in herself:

As for the rest.. if these same people that stalk BDD for the oppertunity to bitch and debase a person are the self same people as i believe you to be then thats fantastic..you nasty bitches play nicely with each other...or should i say continue to play nicely with each other..but watch your backs because none of you have any common decency between you....not al of you have posted yet...but there WILL be those fammiliar names here soon i just know it..go on make my day..push the reply count beyond my last score of i think 42????

small so far but will surely grow -- quite a few people had problems with her in the past. (and also, it's my first report, eek.)

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Maybe teal deer, but I rarely have useful advice, so...

shaysdays
2007-09-05 03:31 pm UTC (link)

I used to sell out of print books- we kept a trash can filled with a huge amount of kitty litter and bags of aquarium charcoal for the ones we thought would still be valuable for their information or if a customer requested a de-stinking of a noted smelly book- it worked pretty well. You've just got to be very careful to load the kitty litter and NOT the charcoal in between the pages and kinda position it so that they won't get bent or damaged- we'd do one book at a time, and fan them as little as possible. We did this with an elephant folio once that reeked of smoke and it worked really well.

The problem with just dunking the book in without opening it is that the papers will still have the smell. And I wouldn't try it with something that creaks or cracks when you open it. I'm also talking about academic books or maybe a kid's book without a lot of pages... something that's more for informational or sentimental value than collector's copies.

It is possible for the kitty litter to imprint on the pages or possibly dry out the glue holding the binding or even damage the binding fabric, so it's not a perfect solution. A day or two in the fresh air propped in a v-shape and turning the pages every hour or so works wonders, too, but it's pretty labour intensive and you still could get some page damage if a gust turns a page inward.

If you're really, really into used books try http://bookdeodorizer.blogspot.com/- I've heard it works great on a couple listservs, never tried it myself though.

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