ARE THE CLOTHES FOR AG DOLLS WORTH THE PRICE

[ubarose]

Miki_

"Russian Chandelier." LOL. shared that one with my friend at work who owns rental property. He says he is going to use it the next time he shows an apartment. We have couple of those ourself.

[Em10254]

I think that they are worth the price.

I make extra money selling handmade Christmas ornaments around this time of year. There are many recipes for simple to make gingerbread ornaments, and people love them! I sell mine for $2-3 a piece, and you can make a lot of money that way!

Do you get an allowance? Could you do extra chores to help your parents around the house to earn more? I also started doing dishes and laundry to earn more AG money. It is a bummer that everything is so expensive, though!

[swazini]

It does seem expensive when you are a kid. Even as an "adult" I still think $20 is a lot of money. I never buy clothing that costs that much for myself even. But I do think with AG they are worth it, esp since I am sewing-challenged. Is there anyone in your family that sews? Maybe they would be willing to make you/or help you make some doll clothes...there are so many patterns out there. Otherwise, you might have to figure out some extra ways to make money or just be patient saving an allowance. When I was 12 I saw something in a store I really wanted...it was in a statue shop in Miami and was most likely a one of a kind thing. I only had $5 and it cost $20. There was no chance of us going back to the store for a while so my Dad cut me a deal...he'd buy the statue for me and use my $5 if I washed all of the windows on the front of the house inside and out. It was little extra things like that that helped me save $ for Ag or whatever else I wanted.

The all caps as shouting came about when AIM first started getting popular. I'm on many many message boards, and I personally don't like it when people use tons of IM shorthand on message boards. The basic stuff like LOL, IMO, and our eBay abbreviations don't bother me, but the constant mis-spelling and phonetic spelling of words bothers me a great deal.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I agree with grapedy...it's all part of 'netiquette. Most people probably don't hear about it until they start frequenting message boards. I just found a good link but after reading through it I'm not sure it was appropriate, anyway here's what it said about some Netiquette:

The first rule of typing that everybody should be aware of is that writing IN CAPITALS MAKES IT LOOK LIKE YOU'RE SHOUTING. You'll often hear people asking others to "lay off the caps", and for good reason. Don't type more than a few consecutive words in capitals. If you want to emphasise something, use the wealth of HTML options available to you. If those aren't available, stick some *stars* around your text. There's always an alternative.

Typos and grammatical errors are largely unavoidable. When writing for your website, these should always be eradicated using a spell-checker and, if possible, a manual check to find anything that your spell-checker didn't. There's no excuse for sending out a poorly-written page, as it wastes people's often valuable online time. In the cut-and-thrust world of the chat room where retorts have to be flung out as fast as possible you're not always able to catch mistakes before they happen. But you should give your message a quick once-over before clicking send; if only because once you say it there's no going back.

<font color="#051E50" size="1">[ January 10, 2005 10:08 PM: Message edited by: *Susan* ]</font>

[judiaci]

Yes, the price of AG clothes is worth it, but try to shop the sales if you can.

I have bought other brands and home sewn clothes, but none of them satisfy me the way the real AG ones do.

I would rather have one AG outfit than 2 or 3 Target outfits. Try to watch for the monthly AG specials or outfits on clearance on the website.

For me, it is about quality over quantity. Since you are only 11, you have years ahead of you to collect. I would be happy getting just 2 or 3 new outfits per year.

<font color="#051E50" size="1">[ January 10, 2005 10:22 PM: Message edited by: judiaci ]</font>

[lieu2]

Some of the clothes are worth it and some are just ordinary. Personally I think Molly's aviator jacket is worth more than the price but I would say a lot of the dresses are made of thin fabric and not really worth it. I would purchase one Target and one AG outfit. Think long and hard about the AG outfit you want. Then after having both you can make a decision about future purchases. My niece had Samantha. Besides her meet dress she had all non AG dresses and enjoyed her doll immensely. My other niece has Kit and has 1/2 and 1/2. She enjoys both kinds of outfits. My daughter will most likely just have AG brand. I doubt she will get any more enjoyment out of her AG collection as my nieces. But it is fun to have the dresses that match the story. But I fully believe you don't need AG brand; except the doll.