(01-16-2013 10:57 AM)Petronilla Whitfield Wrote: I suspect that any set of guidelines established by the secondary market rather than by KittyCatS will be more harmful to the community than otherwise.
Very much agreed.
(01-16-2013 10:57 AM)Petronilla Whitfield Wrote: It seems to me that the issue of guidelines is not about respect for breeders—which seems to be well-established already—but about *disrespect* for resellers, and for those who are interested in both breeding and marketing. In all fairness, I think that *all* types of knowledge and effort in the secondary market place deserve respect: breeding, auctioning, figuring out trait placement, teaching, marketing, selling, and reselling. Attempting to promote the valuation of some types of knowledge and effort as virtuous while encouraging people to consider other types of knowledge and effort as shady and dishonest seems to me to be among the most divisive things that could be done to a community.
VERY well made point. While I still think that DIRECT re-selling without consent from the original breeder/seller is a bit dodgy, I do believe you make some VERY fair points here Petronilla, some that we should all consider before judging sellers / advertisers etc.
Heck, I wouldn't mind being able to "hire" a re-seller who could do all the marketing-stuff for me in exchange for a high percentage of the sell-price! LOL
Fair Trade
