Cat Flipping

[Zarabeth Langer]

As everyone who knows me knows, I'm an unashamed kittycat hoarder. That said, obviously I have no dog (or cat) in this fight. And yes, it does seem to be moving from discussion to fighting. So here's my two cents.

I don't price flip, but I don't think it's a huge problem in the community. Yeah, it's a crappy thing to do if done as SavageRose described, but I have been at an auction where someone who knew nothing about kittycats would NOT listen to anyone about the price she was asking for her collectibles. She had gotten quite a few collectible cats from a friend who was leaving sl. She was selling these cats starting at 1k each. The auctioneer BEGGED her to stop that and start the cats at a higher price. I tried to tell her myself and I know others did also but she was adamant that she would sell these cats starting at 1k each. What could people be expected to do in that case? I'm sure some of them flipped those cats. I can't imagine why they wouldn't in that case.

If your whole cat 'breeding program' is flipping cats well, that's frowned upon, and a lot of kittycats people will not be fond of you. On some sims that is a bannable offense. If you cat flip on one of those sims and get banned, that's on you, not the sim owner. Read the rules of the secondary market sims BEFORE doing business there.

I used to sell cats regularly but I got disheartened by those who cheat, those who use alts to raise prices of their cats, those who tell lies and start rumors to get others to drop the price of their cats. In my opinion these problems are far more of a problem in the community than cat flipping.

tl;dr cat flipping is frowned upon but there are worse things going on.