Interest in kilts/Scottish things, should benefit Scotland, and UK

[tundramanq]

Early on in my kilting obsession I ran across an online retailer inferring that their goods were made in Scotland but never really stating it. I searched their contact address on the Google maps satellite imagery only to find it was a small apartment (flat)in a residential neighborhood. I searched their site's IP address using the tools I use to administrate another forum and it was hosted by a British company. The kilts and sporrans looked good in the pictures but seemed just too familiar. Found that the pictures had been poached off of someone else's web site and informed the owners of the poached sites of my find so that they can take local action on this fraud.

On line, the more legitimate retailers clearly state the percentages of fabric content for their "off the shelf" goods. The Asian goods can legally be labeled as ____ blend as in cotton blend, wool blend etc. What is in the "blend" can be scary - recycled tires?, fiber glass?, rags? what!

I wonder if the "final trim" thing has to do with import/export taxing. Several kilt makers don't pick out the fringe on kilts shipped to the US, leaving it to the buyer to do as the tax rate is much higher on a finished garment than an unfinished one.

[RockyR]

I wonder if the "final trim" thing has to do with import/export taxing. Several kilt makers don't pick out the fringe on kilts shipped to the US, leaving it to the buyer to do as the tax rate is much higher on a finished garment than an unfinished one.

That thing about not pulling out the fringe has to do (to my understanding... which is reasonably informed in this area) with the tax rules on "garments with embelishments" (and the fringe on a kilt would put it in that category) vs an unfinished garment.