In defense of The Frugal Corner

[timtillman]

from your friendly local Poor, Starving Liberal Arts Student and Eagle Scout!

Man, I wish my council had put on highland games!

Coemgen,

This was a district event. Less hectic.

Congratulations on earning your Eagle, and remember to give back more than was given to you.

[McNulty]

Seeing is believing. I think that I'll wait to get too all fired excited about this new and improved Frugal.
Nulty

[Fedgunner]

I stopped into Frugal Corner's new store today.Nice selection of their wares, friendly service, I purchased a 3 year old sized kilt in Campbell/ black watch, a wee sporran, and a couple yards of campbell / black watch fabric.

(My wife is the Campbell, the kilt is for my grand-daughter)

All in all a great shopping trip for a Saturday morning!

[Marshal Moroni]

TimTillman,

First welcome and welcome again. As the father of 2 Eagle Scouts, I can truly appreciate the hard work Scout Masters go through. Thank you for your contribution to the future of our Nation.

Second, I have had good experiences with The Frugal Corner, admittedly some of them have required time and patience. But the Marks have both always treated me well. And I will continue to do business with them

That being said Stillwater Kilts are awsome as well.

As with other X-Markers, without these two firms I would not be kilted and comfortable.

Chrome Scholar I noticed in your post that your getting married, congratulations, good luck and good life!!!

Cheers,

Marshal Moroni

[Crimson]

Hi, all. I'd been lurking 'round here for the past month or so, quietly doing my research I just wanted to chip in another positive for Frugal Corner.

I'd seen their MacIntosh kilts on eBay every so often, and while the low cost was very tempting, I wasn't quite sure what I'd be getting into. I checked their Web site for the tartan and at first, the images wouldn't load. I e-mailed them, and they responded back in about a day, explaining that it was a browser issue (weird...).

More time passed, and I asked whether they could send me a higher quality image of the MacIntosh tartan, because the small thumbnail they had looked washed out and distorted compared to renderings of the MacIntosh hunting tartan that's elsewhere out on the 'Net. Received a larger photo by e-mail about a day later. So, finally, I decided to take the plunge. While it'd be really nice to have the super heavy duty formal kilt, I just don't have the $400+ to spend for something that's going to come with me to a smoky pub or party, just like I'm not going to wear my best suit to the dive bar on the corner

I called Frugal Corner on Friday the 2nd, talked to Mark, and placed my order for the last MacIntosh they had. I walked into my office this morning after being off the last two days to a box with Priority Mail tape all over it. Opened it up and held aloft my Macintosh Hunting kilt -- the colors are much more vibrant and deep than the original photo Mark had sent me due to wash-out from the flash. It's the 13oz. so it's definitely much lighter in weight and material than my Irish National, which is a 16oz, I believe.

But that's okay because now I have a kilt in my in-laws' tartan. My mother-in-law was just giddy when she found out that I was just even looking into getting their clan tartan, let alone actually purchasing one, which is really hilarious because I'm actually 100% Japanese (and I do have a formal kimono set with my own clan crest on it)! They're the typical "multi-European mutt" blend of Irish, Scottish, English, German, etc. but the name can trace back fairly easily -- hence, the MacIntosh.

So I just wanted to post another quick plus vote for Frugal Corner. Just gave them a call on Friday to verify that the item I wanted was in stock, ordered it, and received my order a couple of days later.

[Donnie]

from the piedmont of North Carolina!

[Fedgunner]

<snip>But that's okay because now I have a kilt in my in-laws' tartan. My mother-in-law was just giddy when she found out that I was just even looking into getting their clan tartan, let alone actually purchasing one, which is really hilarious because I'm actually 100% Japanese (and I do have a formal kimono set with my own clan crest on it)!

Ok now...

THAT was worth the price of admission!!!

[Nick the DSM]

welcome from north carolina