Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy View Post
SNIP... I have rambled on a bit but hopefully you can see that there is a place for less costly kilts, I understand the problems that the traditional kilt makers have and sympathise with them and even though I have subscribed to cheaper versions, I can see clearly the market stall mentality of these vendors
I think the point is lost a bit here. There is NOTHING WRONG (in MY opinion) with less expensive versions of the kilt / sporran. Ford has cars starting at $10 K and go up to $100K... every industry has a 'good, better, best'.

It's the marketing / way the items are described that is the issue. If a retailer accurately desicribes their product / country of origin / intended purpose, then they're operating with complete integrity. If they try to hide the origins / or purposefully misrepresent something, then they aren't being honest with the consumer.

If Ford was marketing their smallest, cheapest, lightest pickup truck for commercial use for hauling heavy loads and saying it was the same as Chevy's most heavy duty commercial truck (a bit of a stretch, but follow me here), would people be able to trust them on other issues?