Supporting other breeders versus grandparent rule at auctions

[Ellen Ireland]

Here's a dilemma I've experienced often and I'd like to put this out here for discussion to see what others have to say about it.

I like to support other breeders, and I often buy other people's KittyCats, usually live ones at "love shacks" and other live tables, even though I have (just checked) 14,102 boxes in my online cattery, because we're a community and we should support each other. So, rather than popping a box and waiting, I buy someone else's cat instead.

Unfortunately, the result is often that my nicest cats do not meet the usual "grandparent rule" for auctions, requiring that the seller must own at least one of the grandparents.

What do you all think about the tension between supporting other breeders by buying their cats, and the customary grandparent rule at auctions? Would there be any creative solutions that we might be able to work out so that people don't have to choose?