4 tartans for sale on eBay

[way2fractious]

I seem to recall that named tartans were not supposed to be offered for sale on eBay, however...

For the next six days a seller has four offerings of 4 meters double-width of each tartan listed below, starting at around $50 (one has already gone up to nearly $100 for four meters - still a great price.)

Forbes - item# 150068054341
Leslie - item# 150068054879
Rose Hunting - item# 150068055481
MacKenzie/Seaforth - item# 150068055949

Probably have to watch out for the overseas postage, and who knows what Customs might do, but it may turn out cheaper than a direct buy from a mill or a US importer.

[gilmore]

I seem to recall that named tartans were not supposed to be offered for sale on eBay, however...

Probably have to watch out for the overseas postage, and who knows what Customs might do, but it may turn out cheaper than a direct buy from a mill or a US importer.

Why are named tartans not supposed to be sold on eBay?

I looked into these 4 when this seller had the same tartans for sale a couple of months ago. He was one of those UK sellers who charges quite a bit for shipping, refuses to ship by surface transport, says he will use only air. This would have doubled their cost.

[Tattoo Bradley]

Yes. WHy are named tartans not supposed to appear on Ebay? i've never heard this either...

[chasem]

Yes. WHy are named tartans not supposed to appear on Ebay? i've never heard this either...

Yeah, I'm wondering that too.

Anyway, I purchased 2 meters of Forbes from him several months ago. The material is pretty good.

I haven't quite finished the kilt I started out on made from it, though ><

[BLAZN]

This guy: http://stores.ebay.com/Richards-Fabrics-and-Trimmings usually has some tartan for sale. I usually see PV selections from him, but he only charges ₤5.25, which works out to about $10.50... which doesn't seem like a bad price to me.

I once had a gent charge me ₤15.99 shipping for 6 meters of 11oz Dress Stewart. Very nice material... and I probably couldn't find 6 meters of the same material elsewhere for $165 total. The gent in question can be found at: http://stores.ebay.com/Tartanmclan44