Bbeauty Dolls
Yuba City · California
Listed by the Doll Doctors Association. That is a membership, not a qualification. The association says itself that it makes no assurances about any member’s training or experience, and every member is an independent business. It does mean somebody other than us knows they exist.
A doll shop in Yuba City with a doll hospital section, running alongside doll recycling, customisation, adoption and a very large parts inventory of wigs, eyes, shoes and clothes. The parts stock is the interesting part: a repairer with 19 sizes of wig in stock can match something a smaller workshop would have to fake.
Getting hold of them
They work from their own form, so start there.
If it gets lost
Not stated
This is a blank on their page, not an answer from them. We have never asked anybody in this trade the question. Of the 185 businesses we have read, 4 have written anything down about losing an item: 2 say it is insured, 2 say the risk is yours. The other 181 are silent, and silence is not a policy either way.
If you would rather not have to phrase it
“Before I send it, can I ask what happens if it gets lost or damaged while it’s with you? I’m not trying to catch you out, it just can’t be replaced. Whatever the answer is, could you put it in an email so I’ve got it in writing?”
“No, we don’t cover it” is a fine answer to get. It tells you to insure the mail yourself for the full amount, both ways.
Nobody has told us who covers the outward leg. Ask, because that is the half people forget.
If it is lost or damaged
Their website does not say what happens if your item is lost or damaged while they have it.
Ask before you post anything you could not replace. Only four of the businesses we hold publish an answer to this.
What they take on
- Full restoration and rebuilds
- Mending and seams
- Eyes and noses
What they won’t do
The part every other directory leaves out. None of this is a criticism. It is how you avoid three wasted weeks.
- Doesn't say whether you can bring it in person
Getting it there
- Takes work by mail
- Doesn’t say whether you can bring it in
- Comes back standard
Money
- Fixed menu of prices, so you know before you send it
Anything else they say
- Runs a referrals page, so they send work on when it is not theirs to do.
- Free shipping in the US on orders of 75 dollars or more, which applies to the shop rather than to repairs.