What would you do?

[Geoff Withnell]

I would like to put my two cents worth, on the issue of "re-sellers". I believe that businesses such as Stillwater perform an invaluable service to the growth of the kiltwearing community, by providing an inexpensive "gateway drug" (big smile there) experience to kilt wearing. I have several friends and relatives who are happy kilt wearers because Jerry's "Thriftykilt" allowed them to try it, for an investment they were will to risk. Heck, one could say that I am in that category myself. While I haven't worn a Thriftykilt in years, the first kilt I worn out and about was a Thrifty, and before I had tried it, I would have been unwilling to part with the money even a USAKilt Casual would have cost a gentleman of substance such as myself. Do we want the initial experience of such newbies to be with an unscrupulous vendor, or with someone such as Jerry? If Jerry had shafted me, there are a number of higher end XMarks advertisers who would have been out significant chunks of cash, as I may have well said forget it, kiltmakers are a bunch of thieves trying to profit from tourism and misplaced Scottish pride. Let us please stand by Jerry and his ilk, while maintaining high standards at all ends of the kilt market for ethical behavior.

BTW, essentially all countries you are likely to deal with, including China, Pakistan, the UK, USA, Australia, and NZ, are parties to the Berne Convention and recognize each others copyrights.