Quote Originally Posted by M. A. C. Newsome
If I may also add a further comment about the Campbell tartan... it seems that a lot of what I read about this issue blames the popularity of the spurrious Campbell of Argyle tartan on "tartan merchants."

Speaking as someone who often wears the hat of a tartan merchant, let me tell you that the consumer more often than not (in my experience) holds the blame...

And more often than not, the customer insists (sometimes rather strongly) that they are a Campbell of Argyle and that this is their tartan, regardless of anything else I tell them. That's the tartan that their daddy wore, and their granddaddy wore, and that's what they will continue to wear, by golly. I don't know if they simply choose to disregard the Duke's wishes on this, or if they think I am attempting to pull a fast one on them, or what...
Some people are just stubborn and what they THINK is right (no matter whether they have any FACTS to back it up) is right in their mind. If you disagree, you're wrong. As a "tartan vendor", I've found it better to let this "type of person" think what they like and leave happy. It's not worth my time and energy to "be right" when I know I'm just going to tick someone off who is going to end up leaveing thinking THEY were right ANYWAY.

Quote Originally Posted by M. A. C. Newsome
And in the end, it's not my job to be the tartan police. It's my job to supply the customer with the tartan he or she wants.
Something that people seem to forget is the "Buyer Beware" principle. The problem with so many law suits and court cases today is the fact that people don't want to take responsibility for THEIR OWN stupidity at times. If I walk into a light post, I'm not going to sue the city for putting it there. If I buy something that I later figure out I don't really like, I'm not going to try to return a USED product... It's my FAULT for not knowing what I want to start with!