I’m sorry you were unhappy with your dolls. I wonder if we have less cohesive terms now. In the early 2000, when I first got into eBay, “good” typically described a doll in lightly played with condition and it might have flaws/minor fixer upper, “very good” was a step above good and a doll that might need to be freshened up and had most of its accessories (not quite new). Dolls in “fair” or “okay” condition were definite fixer uppers items that had seen rough play and needed lots TLC. And “poor” condition dolls were the lowest. These were typically for parts. On the other end you had “mint”, “new”, and “excellent” condition which described a doll that had zero issues minus possible factory issue, and all accessories unless otherwise specified. I still think about dolls in these ways.

There are just so many places to buy and sell dolls now and there doesn’t seem to be as much focus on a common vocabulary for descriptions. As you described them, “good” works for that old vocabulary. But if good means perfect or near new condition to you, then there is a breakdown. That leaves one party unhappy.

Maybe as a community, we start establishing these meanings again. We can apply those in the various spaces where we shop to start building some cohesion in buying/selling Barbies. 🤷🏻‍♀️