Hi guys

I'm just back from holiday a couple of hours ago, and haven't yet been in to the office of course, so I've not been able to check on what you were told. But right now I can tell you that our reason for not using basting stitches has nothing to do with price, as a couple of people have implied. I think Matt's reply expressed it well - it's a judgement call whether to do so or not. Some kiltmakers do, and others don't. Our own decision a while ago was in the other direction, which was that more customers were complaining about the confusion and nuisance of having to remove them (which isn't entirely easy without any risk if you're not used to handcrafts) than were appearing to benefit from having them. So we decided to go 'naked'.

So please don't imply it's a matter of "you get what you pay for"... The overwhelmingly positive reviews that our kiltmaking receives even from the most discerning buyers speaks for itself, at any price. Just read the reviews on our site, which are unedited and all for real. Our incredibly low prices (even before the XMTS discount!) are entirely down to the highly efficient retailing operation. So please do me a favour and don't imply we're somehow cutting corners when we aren't. We're doing our very best to deliver the finest product and service we can. Period. Thanks. :-)