Thank you for explaining the different body types, that is helpful.
It IS disturbing that there are people into diapers for sick reasons, because we usually think of someone who needs diapers to be a vulnerable person, infant, child or elderly. We don’t want vulnerable people taken advantage of, and esp not in a sexual way!
Plus the fact that means the diaper fetish people are also likely turned on by urine and feces. Nasty!
I agree with a lot of this. I include a video on reborns for most of my dolls since they only allow 20 photos. I use all of the allowed ones and then make a video with the remaining ones. Just so that there is more for the buyer to see.
Definitely it will be marked as Adopted
This exactly!
I am sure you wouldn’t but have had them do it.
I didn’t mean it in a negative way. I just always use the gathered bodies now so they all look the same.
I also don’t use diapers on my dolls. Too many have had issues of damaging the doll so I just don’t use them. My dolls go commando. Lol
Yeeesssssssss to boundaries!! What’s with the “time manipulators?” (That term is perfect!) Who gets kicks from wasting people’s time??? I’m a total doormat (trying-to-reform) so I give in/fall for a lot, but some requests are just so very, very over the top. “Can you change this and take a pic so I can see if I like it better that way?” And the “this” they are asking for is a different hair color!!! 
Oh my word, y’all. I can’t.
I think if someone is genuine and polite about it, it’s worth the extra leg-work if it means a sale or making a positive connection for a future sale.
What’s really gotten me lately is how demanding and rude people can be. I had someone today ask if I did customs. I responded that I do them occasionally, but that I like to talk through what they are looking for to make sure I’m a good fit style and ability wise.
The reply back I received to that was, "No. I don’t want to talk about it. I want a preemie with rooted hair, dark skin, no fake looking nails. Girl with a belly plate. Open eyes. Blue eyes. I need it no later than two weeks from now and I need to approve it before sending you the money. "
Yeah…I’ll get right on that. 
I wasn’t able to respond right away so she messaged me twice more in two hours to ask when she could she see some pics of the progress on her doll.
I went and looked. I just see blurry pics. I can’t even tell if the fingernails have any paint at all on them. If she’s not willing to send more pics, just move on. It would be different if she did in fact have plenty of detailed pics listed. But I don’t see any detailed pics.
Oh they’ll still ask, you know that. 
Those people must have really bad imagination if they can’t picture what a doll would look like as another gender.
I find this response kind of rude, personally.
Like @jjb1228 said, people are becoming more rude. I know the Canadian have the reputation of being very polite😁 but I wish others take exemple on us…
A simple “I am sorry but…” Or “thank you for your interest but…” Would have made it more professional.
Beside very unreasonable demands, I never consider anyone as a time waster. If you ask for pictures is because you haven’t made a decision. Sometimes you don’t like the closeup and don’t buy. That’s not time waster.
I am often amazed by the number of people that don’t ask for pictures, not even a safety picture… that’s concerning.
I always take a lot of pictures- way more than the 20 that reborns.com allows, so unless it is a strange request I probably already have the picture, but ran out of space. I appreciate a buyer looking at photos carefully and asking for more if there is something they need to see.However, I have terrible lighting so if I don’t already have the picture and the weather does not cooperate it might take me some time to get it.
I do at least 20 photos to fill on reborns.com and then lately I have been boxing them right up because I had a break in custom orders so I have a bunch of dolls finished and for sale.
so someone asked me for more photos the other day on Facebook, (I had an album with about 30 pictures) and had to say no, because she was boxed, and honestly 30 felt like enough (I didn’t say that- I told her it was boxed- WHICH the doll was)
It’s hard to tell if it is a serious buyer or not sometimes and to do more photos I have to go charge my Nikon and set up my basket and blankets and pillows and set the dolls hair, it’s a pain to redo a photo shoot for me honestly so this is why I try to get every shot the first time. I usually don’t do a pic in the body only unless it’s a cuddle baby and I’ve never had someone ask but maybe that’s something to think about to save myself some trouble if someone asks in the future.
I’m not looking for professional glam shots. It could just be on a couch or kitchen table. I’m mostly looking to see the entirety of the paintjob, if the nails look nice, and if the hands and bottoms of feet are red or purple. And a shot of the top back part of the head. These should just be included in a listing, which would save everyone’s time.
It’s really cool that you’ve got your final product all boxed up and ready to mail, but has that ever backfired? Like if someone wanted clothes for a different gender or ended up buying several reborns that could be packaged together or something like that?
A question, everyone. Is there anything I could have said differently with my request?
I used their name, and mine.
I said please and thank you.
Made a little small talk.
Is there something else that would sound more serious/sincere? If having to ask for undressed or diaper pix them think I’m a perv, how can that be avoided? Was the problem my approach?
I usually don’t box them up right away, only now since I had a break in custom orders. And since they are already boxed up I would not change their clothing or anything so I think it will be fine, if someone asked me that, I’d just tell them I can’t because they are boxed up, unless they pay first, then of course I’d just open the box up and switch it in that case, but this has happened once in 10 years- and it was change a boy into a girl- everyone wants girls!
Oh well, good luck finding your perfect baby!
Keep looking I’m sure she is out there xoxo
Not everyone has good customer service skills- i would spend my money elsewhere in that case. I am as polite as can be when talking to my customers.
Good luck and I hope you find your perfect baby! 
If I had to do more photos, I don’t do all the setup, just put the baby on a table (maybe on a blanket) and that’s it. If the light is not good, well, it’s not good and I tell them.
I think you asked nicely and she still responded with “no” so you should just move on. As you said, she’s the one who lost out on a sale.
