Kitty pricing!

[Wendi Lavendel]

MsMagick - I loved your post on the math bits and thought it was really informative!

(04-16-2015 05:54 PM)fabioazevedo Oh Wrote:  Second, as many have already spoken, the market has changed, and increased in size, and sighs on market four years ago does not change the current market. Since KC did firestorm kitten and opened the market to many others. Nothing is as before.

Just for informational purposes because it does seem to pertain to some parts of the ongoing discussion, the Firestorm kitties were not the first thing KittyCatS did to bring in new breeders: they've been at several events that have brought in new KittyCatS community members: A number of RFL events. Annual Second Life birthday celebrations. They once had KittyCatS at Collabor88, a very popular, monthly shopping event that has nothing to do with breedables. The Project FUR Japan event (there were number of well-known content creators selling and showcasing their creations that are now also well-known KittyCatS breeders). I'm sure others will remember some I'm forgetting.

Anyway, the point (perhaps a minor one in the context of the whole discussion) is that the Firestorm Kitty did not change or affect the market any more than any of the other things that brought in new breeders/buyers/sellers in the past. The market was not one size until the Firestorm Kitty came out - it has grown in size since its inception. Each event brings new people. In fact, the KittyCatS market has actually been constant in the way that it changes: The changes are the same - growth (new people, new stuff), trait prices dropping as they become more ubiquitous, etc. KittyCatS has become more popular and more prolific, which is a benefit to us all because there are more breeders, buyers, and sellers. Thankfully KittyCatS constantly gives us new traits and special kitties (e.g. fancies, tigers) to keep the market fresh as it grows.

Anyway, let's keep the conversation civil - Speaking generally to all without any specific points about anyone or any event in particular, it seems like there is some agreement on what is being said by most:

• The market fluctuates normally and consistently; even when some people over-price or under-price cats, it's not going to have that great an effect on the market as a whole, in the long run.
• KittyCatS is smart and knows what they're doing
• The number of people that are greedy and the number of people that are generous seems to balance out
• People are going to price/buy/sell whatever they choose regardless of what other people else do or say
• Breeders/sellers with an apparent/alleged history of trustworthiness and fairness will be appreciated by those to whom this matters
• Breeders/sellers with an apparent/alleged history of deceit and disreputable behaviour will be avoided by those to whom this matters
  

That's kind of what I gathered; please feel free to disagree in a constructive manner without pointing fingers at people.

This is an interesting discussion and includes some points and ideas not mentioned in previous discussions on the same topic, but I fear that it's getting too heated and might be shut down at some point soon. I hope we can be civil and keep it going in a polite and formative tone so that in another year when someone asks the same questions, we can point them to this informative thread.