Kitty pricing!

[MsMagick Resident]

(04-17-2015 07:28 AM)CarlottaAdagio Resident Wrote:  I would like to add something to this post to show that there is not just the "breeding community" there but also a lot of other people who just happen to love and adore KittyCats.

We want people to be able to afford one or more kitties without spending hundreds or even thousands of Lindens that they might not have. And this is an important thing to think about.

We also see - for many months - kitties in shops that cost a few thousand Lindens and never get bought. So what is the use of paying the shop rent for?

We think that if someone wants to breed kitties for thousands of Lindens to breed out special traits and so on.. that's ok - but don't think that makes other people responsible to get you back the costs. We think all this is a hobby or - ok - even an addiction. So everybody must be able to cover all the costs this hobby takes. After all, everything and every pixel cat can be lost tomorrow by LL.

All you breeders out there: Please realize that there are a lot of people like us on the secondary markets and that we really don't care for profits and reputation and all this. We just care for our very personal likes in kitties. In kitties that we adore and want to be around us.

And I think it is quite arrogant to ignore our kind of breeders and KC addicts.

WE ALL are the market.

Thank you for reading this.

Great post.. and thank you to you for saying it. I've included my favorite parts above.

Technically, there are different target markets within the bigger market - simply meaning that different people look for different things in the kitties that they are buying
- but They Are ALL Equally Valid.

So I want to echo this:

WE ALL are the market!

and... for that matter...

WE ALL are the community!

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(04-17-2015 08:26 AM)Wendi Lavendel Wrote:  

(04-17-2015 07:28 AM)CarlottaAdagio Resident Wrote:  Hi, I am one of the persons that breeders might not consider one of the "community members". But I would like to add something to this post to show that there is not just the "breeding community" there but also a lot of other people who just happen to love and adore KittyCats.

Oh, but Carlotta, you ARE community members Everyone who loves, breeds, buys, sells, snuggles, and dreams about KittyCatS is a community member. Welcome!

You said a lot of great things that I know a lot of your fellow community members will agree with, and have even said themselves. There are a lot of folks like yourselves that breed what they love and what they think is beautiful, people that are in it for the love of it and not for profit.

(04-17-2015 07:28 AM)CarlottaAdagio Resident Wrote:  WE ALL are the market.

Yes, indeed!! We need to put that on a sign.

I'm right there with you!

"Target market" is business terminology to define groups of people and what they are looking for... like you wouldn't normally try to sell children's clothes to single people with no kids. Likewise, while I think Lamborghinis are impressive cars, I would never want to own one, and it would be utterly insane for me to buy one. I'm a Honda Fit kind of gal, but do get dreamy over a BMW Z3.... not the Z4 though.... the lines are all wrong! :-)

So, while technically, the overall KC community has many different target markets within it, let me very clear...

No One Is Any Better Than Anyone Else - They Are Just Different.

Wouldn't this be boring if we all bred the same cats?

I believe in the Beauty of Diversity ... whether it is race, religion, sexual orientation, etc. ... or KittyCats!