I agree Bubba. I really wanted a tartan kilt, but as you mentioned was totally caught off guard when I found out what they cost.
Enter SportKilt! Over the course of the next year I had purchased 4 of them, and thought they were great.
However, since I got my "traditional" kilts from Stillwater, one of my SportKilts (which I never got around to wearing) has already been "eBayed" away.
I guess I personally still wanted a more "genuine" article, and at their price I'm not afraid to wear them, so my Stillwater Kilts now will see more use than the SportKilts, but I suspect I'm in a minority... or ?????.

-Dakotan