That wasn't very nice ...

[CameronTaylor]

This is a little after the fact but it's been burning in my mind for a while so here it is:
At the Queen Mary Highland Games whilst walking around in my black Neokilt, one of the guys in the Utilikilt booth commented "when you're ready for a real kilt, come see us" at which point I hung up the denim UK I was looking at and walked away.
I know Steve V. wouldn't bag on his fellow kiltmakers in such a way and I don't appreciate this fellows remark about "real" in the first place.
I intend to write him personally on this matter, it's made me mad enough that my UK will likely go on the sale forum soon and until they make one without those hideous cargo pockets in denim I have no business for them.
Thanks for listening.

CT - in need of a Smithwicks now.

[GlassMan]

I don't know. The new sales copy on their website completely turned me off. It has a similar, almost insulting attitude about it. For example, on the Leather Utilikilt page the copy reads:

Why are you even here? The Leather is too much Utilikilt for you. Heck it's too much Utilikilt for men who are twice or perhaps even three times the man you are.

That's not the way I treat my customers nor the way I expect to be treated. But it sure seems to have the same attitude as the "when you're ready for a real kilt" comment.

Personally, if someone had made that comment to me I would have responded that I already have plenty of traditional tartan kilts, handmade in Scotland. Okay, I'm lieing. I would have just walked away and thought that in my head and then wished I'd said it to him. I just wouldnt' have been able to hurt someone's feelings, even someone that had just rediculed me.

[Big Dave]

The first cilt I bought was a black original UK off the net about a year ago. I was lucky enough to see them selling UK's in person at the St. Paddy's Day parade we just had in Vancouver. I has on my SWK Nightstalker with a sporran, the guys working in the UK tent commented on how nice of a cilt it was. We all talked for quite awhile about cilts and the parade, long story short (too late), I ended up buying a Desert Camo cilt from them. After dealing with them in person I'll be buying more cilts from them again.
- CT, it's too bad that you had such a bad experience from them at the games, I would write a letter to Steve V., and tell him about what happend.

[Iolaus]

I don't know. The new sales copy on their website completely turned me off. It has a similar, almost insulting attitude about it. For example, on the Leather Utilikilt page the copy reads:

Sounds like they took a page from Stone Brewery"s ad book:

You're not worthy!

[Big Dave]

Sounds like they took a page from Stone Brewery"s ad book:

You're not worthy!

The add just makes me want to try it more.

[Kilted KT]

hmm....to bad that arrogant bastard didn't make some scotch!

[arrogcow]

Steve should know about this guy. I've sold many UK's at events and none of the guys I've ever worked with have ever knocked anyone elses kilts at an event. In fact most of the guys I have worked with have kilts from other companies both traditional and contemporary (I myself have a PK and several tartans and if I ever get a leather it will probably be an RKilt or possibly a Union Kilt).

The leather thing, on the other hand, is just to be funny.

Adam

[Riverkilt]

Its sure not UK as a company. Folks who work the booths do it to earn credit toward Utilikilts. So UK doesn't have a lot of control over what they say.

Seen a guy working the UK booth wearing a SportKilt...cause that is what he had until he'd earned a UK.

I know I've worked booths for other types of products at other types of gigs and it can get frustrating trying to attract people. Sometimes folks are just stupid.

Don't think its fair to hang it on UK. Do think its fair to let UK know about the incident.

Ron

[Andrew Breecher]

Sounds like they took a page from Stone Brewery"s ad book

Iolaus, you beat me to it - I was going to post about Stone Arrogant Bastard (but I didn't have a link to that cool image; I've only read it on the side of their bottles (for the record, I love Arrogant Bastard. I love even more the oak-aged Arrogant Bastard that my bar has on tap)).

Andrew.

[highlander_Daz]

I must admit it seesm a very American way of advertising to "bash" the opposition, this technique doesnt work in the UK, perhaps which is why most people her find politics so tiresome as all thet do is bash here other (punch and Judy politics) if your product cant stand on its own then it seems a childish way of promoting it by running down the opposition.