Devaluing problem within selling kittycats

[Oselkhandro Resident]

Hmmm, I know of at least one excellent, reputable breeder who regularly promotes sales of matched 9T pairs (usually with lovely and/or recessive traits) with the specific promise that they will make "perfect" kittens. These pairs are premium priced, and do indeed produce amazing kittens. Now, surely, this breeder knows that nobody is going to buy a pair, and then ONLY breed one kitten. It truly seems to me that the breeder knows that her line will be duplicated, since the breeder sells her cats specifically to continue the breeding line from matched pairs. I wonder if the marketing model itself contributes to this "problem"and if it is actually just an issue of supply and demand. When I have bought a matched pair to breed, I DO NOT flood the kittens onto the market, simply because of marketing dynamics. However, anyone who sells breeding pairs has to be aware that this will eventually devalue the rarity of that line. The original seller, pricing kitty pairs accordingly, will recoup the value of their work in their first few sales (I think about pharmaceutical companies, which price a new name brand drug at a premium, knowing that the instant the patent expires, the branded drug will be rendered worthless by generics...I was a pharma marketer and taught marketing for 25 years). It is inevitable that in a free market, the "first to market" have an advantage, and others will sell at pennies on the dollar. Generics serve a purpose, by making products available to a broader public. It is up to the original creators to factor this into their launch pricing model.