I only buy if I really need a trait I don't have in inventory, usually as a custom cat order someone would like, and I can do in a few weeks. I use Area Search at the market Sims to check prices and search for cats - so if you don't put the basic important traits in the name, I will not find it at your shop or stand. With two businesses and some social life, I don't have the time to walk around shops looking at every cat.
Auctions honestly waste my time - I spent 60 hours/week selling at auctions a few years ago, with a couple other popular breedables - and selling 30 breedables in an hour was the norm. The auctioneers were professionals, and the people there were looking for traits and deals, so if you could not go through them fast, the buyers would leave. The majority of the buyers were men, which might explain why social interaction was not the reason they were there.
I sell most of my cats at 100% Love stands. My shops are at a Sim that is 1/2 empty and I have my shop out on the sim edge in the middle of nowhere - which does make it easy to find
I was once next to an active auction and other shops, but they all left. New traits I usually stick on bid boards and price them fairly.
And for those having trouble with those bid board numbers rezzing (Adorable is the worst for that) try setting your Draw Distance to 32 or 28 meters in the Quick Preferences Box. Without the other thousands of textures filling up the pipeline, the boards will rezz in a couple mins or less.
Apache 100% Love Stands:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Ap...125/128/23
Sham's Furballs:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Ap...234/108/22
How do you find your kitty?
