NEWS:

oct 7, 2009

Due to personal issues the page has been inactive. Right now our host, Geocities, is closing, so the page will be uploaded in a new host, FortuneCity. The new URL will be:
http://fairpricesforall.fortunecity.com

may 25, 2009

The table has been updated again with the currency exchange between South Korea Won and US Dollar, according to Xe.com today. Right now the differences are even lower.

april 21, 2009

The table has been updated again with the currency exchange between South Korea Won and US Dollar, according to Xe.com today.

april 14, 2009

New companies added to the table: Crobidoll and Latidoll. Crobidoll is in the green range just because of the fluctuation of the currencies:. They just change the sign from won to USD in the international prices.. Latidoll is too in the green level, but two of their dolls, Nill and Irene from the Red Line, have just 11% and 12% of difference. If they apply this rate to the rest of their dolls they would reach the Blue Level of the table, wich we consider Fair. Until then, they will remain in the green level.

april 06, 2009

The tables have been updated.

Due to the won/USD fluctuations, many korean companies have reached the "safe" levels, as you can see in the colour diagram and in the table below. Today the local prices translated into USD are higher than before, but this means that companies receive less money in their local currency for our international orders. We hope that this situation won't encourage them to raise international prices and reach the "unfair" range of the table again.

april 02, 2009

Angel of Dream have done an adjustment of the prices of some of their dolls, but the difference of price between local and international prices is still the biggest in chinesse companies. They used to charge almost 100% the local price, and now it's just 70%. Anyway we think it is too much compared to the 15% of Dolzone. And Bobobie has an international price that is even cheaper than the local price.

AoD already had problems in the past with resellers in e-bay (people buying in china and selling internationally at a slightly higher price, but lower than international price anyway). We don't like to tell anyone how to manage their bussiness, but with this difference it is logical that customers would preffer to ask shopping agents or resellers to buy their dolls, and it is a legitimate way to do. If AoD doesn't like it, maybe they should adjust their prices to a reasonable rate.

march 23, 2009

We have actualized our calculations with the new Iplehouse prices. They have raised local prices and lowered international ones, going from a 50% difference to a 25%. We think this bussiness policy is really nice and shows their respect for us, international customers. This is the way to go.

march 22, 2009

Recently we realized about this post in Dollicio.us, in wich they talk about this site and propose some alternative ways to avoid the gap between local and international prices:
1. Speak fluently their language and ask politely for the local prices. Maybe this could work.
2. Use a shopping service. They provide a name: sunkyung’s shopping service, currently closed but soon to be open again.

march 18, 2009

Today Iplehouse manifested their intention of raise the prices of their dolls according to the currency rates and increasing price of the materials. We understand this fact and hope that the raising will be equal in local and international prices. As you can see below and in the colour boxes in the left, the difference between local and international prices in this company is now between 50% and 60%. Next week, with the new prices already stated, we will actualize our calculations.

March 17, 2009

Kathy, from Dolls and Friends, posted in her BJD blog Doll Thoughts about the fact that some Korean doll companies have translated their manufacture of dolls to China, wich is cheaper, but the prices remains the same. She talks about Custom House. Read the full text for further information.

We know that there are other companies, such as DIM Memory line, or DollnDoll, whose dolls are manufactured in china, and have slightly lower prices than other dolls with similar size. You can check this easily in DIM website: their Memory and Love line have the same sculpts, but one is manufactured in China and the other in Korea: the difference in price is really big: 250 and 410 USD. As you can see, the location of the doll manufacturing really matters.

March 10, 2009

We'd like to thank Luts for their kindness and willingness in clearing their clients' doubts on this matter. Some friends of us inquired some other Doll Companies about the price difference and have no response. As you can see below, Luts have a difference of 35% between local an international prices, wich is among the lower ones in Korean shops.

March 6, 2009

We'd like to thank Dollmore for adjusting their prices to the currency fluctuations. This is the way to go.