I'm not looking for sympathy. It's another lesson learned in the world of business. I make mistakes and hopefully I can garner some wisdom from them.
I think this instance came out of left field.

There is another thing at play here. This is a tangent. I know of merchants that will say they only purchase items from Scotland. It could be a sporran, it's amazing, that the sporran they have on offer is identical to the one I have just received from South Asia as a sample. So you the consumer having been told the item was purchased from Scotland believe it to be true, I on the other hand have access to information that you don't.
Bottom line is the item came from Scotland end of story.

I'm going to stick to making my own goods. I know where it came from.

Thanks for the input. Always learning
Cheers
Robert