It took me a while to warm up to batiks. But... one of the sales reps that calls on us kept encouraging me to look at them, and... well, at first they all looked alike to me. And then I looked closer and began to be able to tell them apart, and found that I did like the color and design on some of them. So I ordered a few for the shop, to see what would happen. Didn't sell many at first, but they kind of "grew on me" so every time the rep came around I ordered a few more, and a few more. I think we've finally reached some sort of critical mass with them - meaning now we finally have a pretty nice grouping of them - and now they're selling well for us.
But still... there are batiks I like, and probably more batiks that I don't care for. It depends on the color and the design. I don't care for ones that look primitive, blotchy or streaky. I prefer a more refined look. And I like the ones that read a particular color, or that combine neighboring colors on the color wheel. I don't care for ones that use opposite colors, because then the colors average out to something muddy when viewed from a distance.