Hi,

I've been lurking on this site for years now and always find it quite informative, but haven't posted until very recently.

I did put this notice up under the Keltoi part of the forum, but thought it needed to be here too so it has a wider viewing as it will affect anyone who intends to purchase (or has recently attempted to purchase) from Keltoi Gaelic Clothing.

I'm getting quite concerned about John Hart of Keltoi Gaelic Clothing, or rather the fact that he seems to have disappeard. I ordered a new kilt from him last July, along with one of his Tams and a new sporran. I was told this would be ready to ship late November or early December, but having bought another kilt from him (which I love) in 2010, and there was about a month's delay over and above the original time estimate, I wasn't surprised to hear he was running a bit behind.

He told me he had the cloth in from Scotland and was working on it on the 9th (IIRC) of December, and he thought it might be ready before Christmas. This is the last I have heard from him.

No kilt, no tam, no sporran, no response to repeated, polite e-mails, no answer when I try phoning the number on his website. I don't know if he's dead, in hospital, has gone bankrupt, or what. Has anyone on this board heard anything about what might be going on here? Have any of you had a similar experience with him?

I tried to start a PayPal dispute last week but they evidently will only do this for 180 days following the payment, and I missed the boat by a couple of weeks as I was trying to give John as much time to respond as I could.

The total bill was $1024.00 Canadian, so it's not inconsequential. I'm getting very frustrated and annoyed and hope John is OK as he was always a pleasure to deal with in the past.

It any of you hear anything about John Hart of Keltoi Gaelic Clothing, or what's become of him, I would dearly like to hear it. I would far rather receive the kilt, sporran, and tam I ordered from him, than get my money back (which seems impossible now anyway), but it doesn't look like I'll be receiving anything.

Also, if any of you hear of Keltoi (or an estate or bankruptcy agent who's dealing with it) having a big sale in the next while, I'd really like to know as I don't know how good his records are/were, and it would be unfair to say the least if stock in his shop that had been paid for and just never got shipped out was to be sold twice.

Thank you in advance for your help,

de Stokesay