Jenny Baby's Doll Hospital
Hopkinton · Massachusetts
Janice McIntyre's doll hospital in Hopkinton, with an itemised service list running from reattaching composition limbs to restringing and reconstructing fingers and toes. Free quote. Takes stuffed animals as well as dolls, and also brings a travelling presentation of 45 collectable dolls out to groups.
Getting hold of them
- (617) 980-6642
- Jennybabys26@yahoo.com
- Their own site
- You can walk in at 1 B Street, Hopkinton, MA 01748
When they are open
- Monday
- 5am to 10:50pm
- Tuesday
- 5am to 10:50pm
- Wednesday
- 5am to 10:50pm
- Thursday
- 5am to 10:50pm
- Friday
- 5am to 10:50pm
- Saturday
- 7am to 8:30pm
- Sunday
- Closed
As published by the business on Yelp. Ring before travelling.
Email is the way in. They do not take cold calls.
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
- Restuffing
- Cleaning on its own
- Eyes and noses
- Joints
- Valuations
Works in mohair.
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 they take work by mail
Getting it there
- Doesn't say whether they take work by mail
- You can bring it in
Money
- Quotes free from photographs, and that is the price
Anything else they say
- Also runs The World of Dolls, a travelling presentation with 45-plus collectable and antique dolls from the late 1800s to the present. We come to you.