Balinese, and the secondary market. Can we *avoid* having a round 2 of this?

[Deer Thistle]

My only issue with this was I think the Balinese craze was extremely heightened by the influx of different Balinese types, people didn't much care which they got, as long as they got in on the Balinese craze and people started paying more attention to starters after noticing the trend of each Balinese holding a very recessive place on our handy dandy charts. Would that person be the next to win the golden ticket to Balinese discovery with their starter? I mean obviously a new Balinese = the most recessive if discovered because it's really not been a surprise thus far.

As the first person who purchased an actual Balinese Seal Lynx, I've watched people after me buy the Seal Lynx and simply sell before I ever did, those people still have the same known traits on their lynxes that were sold to them, obviously looking to make a quick buck after a massive investment, there's absolutely no progression or change in their line besides maybe a dominant trait the cat they initially bred with donated. That's their business however, if they wish to use their Balinese as a means of making money without any goals in mind as far as traits, I really don't have any right to say anything about it but it does say something about the Balinese craze and people's primary objectives, even months later.

However it was a bit disheartening seeing everyone obtain a Balinese and re-sell right after their first breeding, of the three original Balinese flavors, then have people message me saying they didn't really care about the traits I put onto my line during the time I sold my original few traited offspring, it was only the fur and getting in on the Balinese craze that mattered to them. It's quite disheartening to read that then be offered a price equal to the traitless Balinese sold as described above, especially after I held off for quite a while before selling or auctioning save for one of the wrong gender every few weeks while people who jumped on the Balinese hype train after me just sold everything.

We can't control people's goals, their objectives in KittyCatS nor make them mesh with ours if it's simply not shared ideals however we can suggest that KittyCatS introduce new kitties that aren't all back-to-back in terms of recessiveness on the chart in the future, similarly to the Fawn hugging the Siamese Flame (I can't remember if this is still the case but it was at the time) on the chart while Blacksilver rested at the bottom, just to spread it out ever so slightly than how it is now and give those kitties between the two at the very least some more value to them. Not everyone is going to be able to find the golden ticket in their starter, sing and rejoice in the chats about their new Lynx find, or be able to afford one so why not help those people out who do have kitties between Fawn and Blacksilver or heck, even above? Putting every Lynx at the bottom of the chart has drastically reduced the value of other kitties further than normal.

Here's to hoping we can have a multitude of new furs in the future that are as lovely as this one, but hopefully spread a bit in terms of recessiveness. Not only is it insane to see the craze to obtain one of the Balinese furs due to their recessive place on the chart, but seeing every lynx at the bottom is boring! All people (this is especially the trend in newcomers) learn is that Balinese = most recessive and 'better' than the other cats in their massive abundance at the bottom of the chart! Starters have turned into nothing more than Veruca Salt's massive Wonka bar unwrapping ceremony where people just mass buy in hopes of finding anything that says Balinese because hey, it has to be the most recessive if it says Balinese anywhere on it. Let's make things more interesting for the future.



Ode to a lesser-known Disney scene that describes how I feel sometimes about this matter:



Dragon whiskers, dragon toes, a dragon tooth and a dragon nose...

Every little piece
Every little piece
We could make a million by slicing him, dicing him!

We could sell every little shell
There's enough of him to go around
Money, money, money by the pound!

Every little piece
Every little piece
Dragon, you're my wagon to destiny; you're the key
Every little shred moving me ahead
Every dream of mine will be fulfilled
What a dragon business we can build!

Lead us to the dragon
We'll buy him up, tie him up
Drag him from the cave
Show him that we're brave!

Watch the profits come rolling in
Watch the profits come rolling in!



Hugs,
Deer