Quote Originally Posted by MacMillan's son View Post
As sad as it may be for those affected industries, some people don't feel they need to spend $300 on a hand made Scottish sporran that lasts ten generations, when they can spend $30 on an imported one that lasts the rest of their lifetime. As our friends in the former textile regions of the southern U.S. can attest, Scotland is not the only country affected by that reality.
Someone posted on our facebook page a similar thought -- why spend $450 on a Scottish-made sporran when they can get a cheap import for $45?

Both his comment and yours assumes a ten-fold difference in price, making the Scottish made product seem unreasonably high in cost. Now, I don't know what Wm. Scott sporrans sell for (the company in the video), but let's assume the retail prices are comparable to Margaret Morrison, another Scottish sporran maker. Morrison sporrans start as low as 39 pounds.

Some do cost ten times that much, I am sure. Like any other sporran maker, they are going to have a range of products at a range of price points.

But I just want to be fair here. It's not as if the choice everyone has is either for an affordable Pakistani sporran or an incredibly expensive Scottish sporran. In some cases the Scottish made sporran is not that much more.