Dolls 4U
Albuquerque · New Mexico · 42 years
Anita, buying, selling and repairing dolls from 1880 to 1970 in Albuquerque since 1984. By appointment, and she is at three New Mexico doll and toy shows a year, which is a better way to meet her than the website.
Getting hold of them
- (505) 506-2798
- nitak2@hotmail.com
- Their own site
- You can walk in at 2101 Louisiana Blvd., Albuquerque, 87123
When they are open
- Monday
- 9am to 5pm
- Tuesday
- 9am to 5pm
- Wednesday
- 9am to 5pm
- Thursday
- 9am to 5pm
- Friday
- 9am to 5pm
- Saturday
- 9am to 12pm
- Sunday
- Closed
As published by the business on Yelp. Ring before travelling.
She would rather you rang. Email tends to sit.
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.
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
- Valuations
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.
- Won't accept anything by mail until they give you a date to send it
- Doesn't say whether they take work by mail
Their exact words on what they refuse
Quoted from their own pages, unedited, because a paraphrase of a refusal is the kind of thing you find out was wrong three weeks in.
- “Remember: I do not buy newer (post 1970) porcelain dolls!”
Getting it there
- Doesn't say whether they take work by mail
- You can bring it in
Money
- Fixed menu of prices, so you know before you send it
Anything else they say
- Trades at the Albuquerque Doll & Toy Sale, the Dona Ana Doll Club Show and the Annual Matchbox International Toy Sale, with dates published a year ahead.