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A tale of two Porsches

On my street there are a two Porsche Boxsters (for those of you uninterested in cars they are mid-engined open sports motor cars).

One is silver and one is white.

The silver one is a standard Boxer, granted still a very nice automobile. But it lacks a lot of features of the more expensive "S" editions.

The white one is an "S" edition. It has a more powerful engine and has a variety of other performance and luxury features.

I am friends with the owner of the white Porsche. Because of this I know that his White Boxter has aftermarket Porsche wheels and extensive and expensive engine modifications that make it an even more powerful and responsive (and valuable) machine.

They are both parked in their driveways on the same street.

I asked my wife (who isn't very interested in cars) yesterday evening which one of the two she liked better. "I like the silver one, it's a better color on that kind of car", she answered.

The point I'm trying to make here is that (as Colin noted) most people will not see difference of your sporran being a really quality product. The superior constuction isn't that noticeable to the casual observer. Now there are connoisseurs of Highland attire that might notice. But will they care*? Will they hold it against you? How many of them are you likely to hang about with? What matters is how it looks to you. If it is really important that you have a great sporran then go for the gold (or simply rent a really nice dress one for your wedding). But don't worry about what other people are going to think. No one attending your wedding is going to care about your sporran except you. I think for $200-250 you are going to find a really handsome one that will make you happy.

I certainly understand Colin's viewpoint of only purchasing items of real quality. I checked his links and some of those sporrans (OK, almost all of them are real beauties). I still think that at this point of my life for the money I'd rather get a less expensive dress sporran (and then take the rest and get a new Freelander AND a Buzz Kidder).


Cheers


*Unless you are going to have a lot of members of X Marks the Scot there, then all bets are off.