I believe in you! The best way to go about it is to give up and search for something else that happens to be in the area where the red stats appear. That's generally a good tactic for anything actually.
I've been trying to find myself a shiny Cupidueye, but that's proving to be pretty difficult. I've seen a few non-shinies, though.
I've just been looking for shinies in general, I'll take pretty much anything if is shiny even the mon I'm not the biggest fan of. XD
I mean, shinies are rare enough that you should probably get them anyway and be able to say that you've gotten a shiny during this boost and when trading becomes a thing, then you'll have something really rare that you'll be able to trade.
Exactly, although I have gotten dupes of some shinies in the past so I guess they'll just act as trade fodder when trading becomes a thing.
I've found 5 shines so far, Swinub, Jaw Fossil, Slugma, Sandshrew and male Pidove. Really excited about the Jaw Fossil since I love the Tyrunt line's shiny.