Crackdown urged over kilt cheats

[Mike n NC]

To get back to the kilt line of this thread... I have to disagree with the thought that people buy what they can afford. Not true, if it were family sedans wouldn't have passed the 30K mark and the credit card industry would not be blooming.

People buy what they want as evidenced by some of our members, saving, working extra hours, doing whatever to buy that "tank". When told that I would have to pay two, three, four or even five hundred dollars I don't even bat an eye. It may take a few days, weeks or maybe months to get up the funds but if that is what it takes, so be it.

Even as a young sailor I paid for quality in clothing, having been taught that I would get my worth out of it. Now on $79 a month it is a bit of a stretch to buy a good 2 or 3 piece suit but I did it. I can only remember buying 2 suits in my life that cost less than $500 so why would I complain about that price for a kilt? Am I going to pay that for a kilt/jacket or other parts that I wear every day, day in and day out and that may be damaged or destroyed? No more than I would wear one of my custom tailored suits in place of jeans.

Bottom line is that people will buy what they want, when they want it. It is becoming more and more incumbent on the cottage buisness to keep prices down and that business here, what with the larger companies outsourcing as they are.

I'm going to buy what I want based on what I want it for but should I end up with a "made in Scotland" product that I find to be produced elsewhere, look out. I want the truth about what is in it and where it came from.

Parting shot. To the kilted Harley Davidson fanatics, I'm one too...love'em, how do you like your Japanese motorcycle? Made in Japan, about 90% of the parts, and assembled in America. Even the engines use workings made overseas.

Mike