heritageofscotland.com

**Freelander Sporrano** · 2nd June 06, 08:44 AM

Has anyone had dealings with this shop in Edinburgh.

http://www.heritageofscotland.com/index.php

What is their kilt quality like ?

**cavscout** · 2nd June 06, 08:56 AM

I've not dealt with the shop actually but I purchased a sporran from one of their affiliates off ebay. My issue was they took forever to refund the payment on a cheap damaged sporran. Communication was poor to non-existent. This was over a year ago so things may have changed. I know others have had success with them though.

**Colin** · 2nd June 06, 09:27 AM

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**Freelander Sporrano** · 2nd June 06, 09:35 AM

Nuff said...case closed :rolleyes:

**Bob C.** · 2nd June 06, 12:05 PM

I bought my Irish National kilt from them. No complaints.

**freddie** · 2nd June 06, 01:19 PM

I had a bad experience a few years ago. I bid on a sporran on ebay that looked really good in the pic, however what arrived was totally differant, nothing like the one in the photo. They did offer to exchange it but I decided it wasn't worth the hassel (plus the expense of sending the wrong one back). Of course this was a few years ago and things may be differant now, however that bad experience has put me off buying from them again.
In fact since I wrote this I have bought a pair of tan gillie brogues and a 5 button waistcoat from them through ebay and I have nothing but praise. The waistcoat I ordered came through a bit small but they exchanged it for a bigger size (and better quality) without a quibble. They certainly seem to have improved their oporation and I'll certainly be using them again in the future.

**RockyR** · 2nd June 06, 03:22 PM

I met them at the trade show in Glasgow and spoke to some of my Scottish suppliers about them. They do NOT have a good reputation. I can say that they had lots of Pakistani stuff at their booth and their kilts appeared to be of "pakistani quality" wool. Not the high quality stuff you're used to out of Scotland. They SAY that their kilts are made in Scotland, but I wouldn't bet on it.

Keep in mind that Scotland and the UK do not have the same standards for "made in ____" that the US does. Here, if you have a "made in the USA" tag and it's not, you can be heavily fined. To my understanding, it's not as big of a deal over there (maybe someone from the UK can clarify if they know the facts).

Their shops on the royal mile are "tourist trap" type shops. To echo someone else's comments... you get what you pay for.

**paulhenry** · 2nd June 06, 03:52 PM

Rocky...it is true we, in the UK are not as litigious(sp) as the States, but I think you will find there be consequences for mis-attribution of country of origin!

**Big Paul** · 4th June 06, 07:55 PM

They do have some lovely Corsets!!

**Mike1** · 5th June 06, 03:23 AM

Originally Posted by RockyR

Keep in mind that Scotland and the UK do not have the same standards for "made in ____" that the US does.

If you start looking at how products are marked, the words 'Designed in Scotland' end up appearing a lot. I suppose that is handy to know, but it's a touch misleading, as well.