First of all I agree that everyone is free to sell kitties for the price they want and I think wether we agree with that or not it happens anyway so it has no use to argue or battle the bargain sellers or retailers.
I think it doesn't matter much what my personal ethics are for buying and selling in this because the last thing I aim to do is to make everyone, with a variety of budgets and RL reasons, the same as me.
It is and remains to be a free market in which each individual is entitled to sell their kitties as they want otherwise it would become a little scary if there was a big brother watching over everyone and telling them right from wrong.
I think what right and wrong is is in the eyes of the beholder and is therefore subjective.
From my perspective the urge to anticipate with the market or sell kitties has changed.
While I always bred and still breed for my hobby (gosh the kitties are so damn cute I love them and can't deny them anything) meaning if I never earned a dime I'd still breed but in fact I earn pretty decent money with kitties.
Still I came to a point now for various reasons and the changing market dynamics are one of them ( perhaps not even a changing market I think that was always the same: sales in the season desperate in the spring/ summer, but more the size of it OMG ) that I do not sell kitties anymore and mainly share them with friends and every so often via an IM requests by what people see in my showroom.
I've still some older boxes in my shop but I consider to close all together because selling and anticipating with the market isn't as fun for me anymore as it once was.
I feel a bit like Hathor in some aspects I prefer to keep my breeds and bring my cattery even more back to a hobby level.
Perhaps after 3 years of active involvement with the market I get a bit bored by it and also by the sales forums -.-
Wow those are epic lists of sales sales sales
So yes I agree with both opinions here because I feel it is everyone's right to sell their kitties as they want and for the amount they want it would be totally scary if otherwise was forced upon us.
About 9T bargains for 100L lets just say most 9T kitties I do not even want to buy let alone feed even if they were given to me.
Mainly if the by me desired traits are weak (hiding an even more recessive than I aim for) and because I pay for the looks and not their trait count.
Personally I love appealing combinations wether or not 9T way more than the avarage 9T.
So as far as that goes besides we can't do anything about it they may be not so desireable by everyone as it looks.
I for one look for specific traits and I don't care about the amount of traits and those traits or trait combinations are valuable to me and I love to pay money for to include them in my own projects (after a pedigree background check).
If a Foxie Mask with Ody Belini and all is hiding behind the 9T as usual it may not be worth more than 100L or is better off to play with the Tigers.
The 9T for 100L "bargain"
