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

[Bea Shamrock]

(06-18-2012 12:25 PM)Malicia Python Wrote:  To the too many auctions: I agree, too (just look at today's posts in this forum and count the commercial and non commercial posts).

I know this is a totally unpopular request, both to the community and to the KC team, but I'll make it anyway: reduce the amounts of cats! I think a little bit might be achieved by introducing the menagerie items, because people now try to convert their unwanted boxes instead of trying to fire-sell them.

I don't see how many auctions can damage the market -they're all different and they are attended by different people. I think what is needed is knowledgeable auctioneers in all of them and nicely traited kitties or less traited kitties with lots of potential. If those parts of the auctions are regulated a bit more, then I think auctions will be really beneficial to everyone.

As for reducing the amount of cats....that's up to each person in my opinion. I will have all the kitties I want and can afford and that will not hurt the market a bit. Education is most times the best policy...as Rayne was saying -let's help new breeders and kitty carers to see that "bigger is better" doesn't really apply most of the time.

What's the fun of having a balinese with all genesis traits unless you intend to start a project with it? There's lots of fruit eyed-kitties out there with gen furs being sold before they're bred at least for one generation. Often you'll end up wit ha pure genesis fur kitty in those cases. It can be fun to try to breed them out with lots of patience, or you can rant about it and leave it there.

I'm not in this for the money. I think we should start valuing more kitties belonging to a line and worked on so that they're nicely combined rather than going for the one most recessive trait and paying for it lots. Reading these posts shows me i'm not the only one that thinks this.