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My daughter asked for an American Girl doll for her birthday. Are American Girl dolls
worth the money?
Skip the iPhone, go for the expensive gift! Or ask for the American Girl doll and hope
Mom settles on a new phone.
The doll is only about $100.
And, like Barbie dolls, you’ll be asked to get the play set, the book, the accessories,
the clothing, the furniture and more.
So the doll is just a lead in to a $500 purchase.
Yes, and that’s assuming your daughter doesn’t want to get her doll her own doll.
Say what?
You can buy American Girl dolls for the American Girl dolls, so the doll can pretend it has
a doll.
Now that’s getting silly.
The accessories are like paying for a haircut at a fancy salon and walking away with beauty
treatments, cosmetics, expensive herbal conditioner and spending as much on the extras as you
did the original.
Or more. They’ve got expensive stuff in those stores.
P That’s how they can afford to have so many
mall stores.
They have a doll hospital to repair a doll my daughter might damage.
If you daughter damages that many of her toys, don’t spend $100 or more on a doll.
She wants to have a best friend to her best friend’s doll. As a set, they’re almost
$300.
Just tell her their dolls have to be friends when they play. You don’t have to spend
$150 for a play date.
The girls want to have the outfits from the books, too. Those are $30 an outfit.
For $30, you can buy your daughter an outfit.
These dolls are so high quality and rich in history, I’d like to get her one.
Can you get a grandparent to buy her one, so you don’t feel so guilty about the cost?
Spoiling grandkids, I guess that’s what grandparents are for.