Let's look at it from the buyer's point of view.

I want a Maine Coon - they are big cats and they are cool. I go to the pedigree sites and in particular one that comes up first in a google search. I ask the price of a kitten and get told its £600-£700.

Oh, I think, I cannot afford that! Lets google some more. What about this half Maine Coon - that IS affordable - its only £200 ish. I don't care about the pedigree - what does that mean? I am not going to breed from it and I am not going to show it. Its a pet! But I can say its a Rag Doll/Maine Coon cat! How cool is that!

Not very cool, what is so imressive about that crossing? confused:

It is a CAT not a fashion accessory. If you wanna save some more money go toTescos and get some fake crocs. You can say look I got fake Tesco crocs to go wiv my ragdoll/ maine coon. Cool bananas.

Kinda like buying a Skoda and sooping it up a bit

uurrgghhh is that possiblesaying that they dont look as bad as they did,

yer and u get wat ya payed for... a moggie..even at 200 u would be ripped off.

But why would someone pay for a Mogie when there are so many in rescue centres?

I just dont get it!

A registered pedigree Maine Coon is not £600+ for a pet quality kitten.

You are quoting probably for a kitten on the active register at that price.
Try somewhere between £300-£400, registered, vaccinated and with a genuine pedigree, so if you think you're getting a good deal on an upmarket moggy who isn't registered and definitely not vaccinated for £200+ then that's plain stupidity.

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because they can say it is a ragdoll/ maine coon. how cool is that?

hmm it's annoying because the whole point of breeding Ragdolls, Maine Coones etc is to improve the breed standards.. so mixing them is just ruining somebody elses hard work