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[brandycr]

lol some where they are a sweat shop just waiting on you to say yeah you can make my kilts lol !They are no telling who all comes here and reads our stuff.Had a lady at doctors ffice approach me knowing myname freaked me out because shes talking like she knew me and im thinking great ive had a mental breakdownb and forgot this person who obviously knows me quiet well.After 15 or so minutes of being nice im like where do i know you and she said oh i read your profile of myspace.Scary!

[Jerry]

Beware, big brother (and others) are watching.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

I get at least two or three emails from Pakistani companies offering to sell me kilts, sporrans, belts, what have you, every day. I consider it the equivalent of "kilt-spam." :-) I know others on this board recieve similar emails.

I've actually gotten phone calls from a couple of Pakistani firms at the museum, wanting us to carry their kilts in our gift shop. One got quite mad at me when I told him I wasn't interested!

Aye,
Matt

[The Wizard of BC]

I also get the phishing e-mails from Sider International. About 3 a week.

They offer Tartan kilts for $30.00 us. Canvas kilts for $30.00 us. And Prince Charlie Jackets for $96.00 us.

All anyone would need is a garage, some shipping supplies, and an e-bay account and anyone can be a kilt vendor.

Double the price you are charged and you can still offer a kilt to the world at at least half of what anyone else offers. That's 100% pure profit to you.

I honestly don't see why everyone on this forum doesn't do this.

Then when you have made some profits you can get a tent and go to some highland games. Wear a t-shirt that says something like "Only true Scots wear the kilt." which you order off another e-bay vendor and make another 100% profit.

You know what, this sounds so good I think I'll close my shop and do it too.

[cessna152towser]

All anyone would need is a garage, some shipping supplies, and an e-bay account and anyone can be a kilt vendor.

Double the price you are charged and you can still offer a kilt to the world at at least half of what anyone else offers. That's 100% pure profit to you.

I honestly don't see why everyone on this forum doesn't do this.

Yes you make it sound very easy, Steve. The problem probably comes once the e-bay customers start expressing disappointment and dis-satisfaction with the quality.

[The Wizard of BC]

AAhh! but they don't. That's the secret.

The average guy out there will only wear his kilt once or twice. He has no idea what a kilt should look like or should fit like. All he wants is a cheap thing he can wrap around himself and pretend to be Mel Gibson.

The first "OOHH that is so hot" comment he gets and he will feel his money is well spent.

Have a product of ok quality. Follow that with very attentive customer service. Buy inexpensive, sell for a couple percentage points more. Then ride the wave of interest like you see here on this forum.

If any product has a low enough price, someone will buy it. If you use a little marketing sense, have a cool looking logo, a slick website that shows movie stars in kilts and has lots of pictures that you can download from the web, a smooth patter, and another money making business is born.

It's all about making a buck so you too can buy your kid the GI Joe with the Kung-fu grip.

If you get a couple of bad reviews, simply change the name of your company and continue business as usual.

Heck, you don't know how many times a week someone walks into my shop and says things like "You should find some oriental ladies to make these for you at half the price." or "Have you ever thought of taking 100 of these and selling them at the Ren-Faire?".

I am absolutely convinced that if I could make a kilt for less than $100.00 they would sell. It would not matter what the fabric was, what the construction was like, what the kilt looked like.
Just look at some of the posts and comments on this forum. A $100.00 kilt will sell. A $90.00 kilt will sell better.

[canawler]

AAhh! but they don't. That's the secret.

The average guy out there will only wear his kilt once or twice. He has no idea what a kilt should look like or should fit like. All he wants is a cheap thing he can wrap around himself and pretend to be Mel Gibson.

The first "OOHH that is so hot" comment he gets and he will feel his money is well spent.

Have a product of ok quality. Follow that with very attentive customer service. Buy inexpensive, sell for a couple percentage points more. Then ride the wave of interest like you see here on this forum.

If any product has a low enough price, someone will buy it. If you use a little marketing sense, have a cool looking logo, a slick website that shows movie stars in kilts and has lots of pictures that you can download from the web, a smooth patter, and another money making business is born.

It's all about making a buck so you too can buy your kid the GI Joe with the Kung-fu grip.

If you get a couple of bad reviews, simply change the name of your company and continue business as usual.

Heck, you don't know how many times a week someone walks into my shop and says things like "You should find some oriental ladies to make these for you at half the price." or "Have you ever thought of taking 100 of these and selling them at the Ren-Faire?".

I am absolutely convinced that if I could make a kilt for less than $100.00 they would sell. It would not matter what the fabric was, what the construction was like, what the kilt looked like.
Just look at some of the posts and comments on this forum. A $100.00 kilt will sell. A $90.00 kilt will sell better.

Wow. Keep in mind, that expressing contempt for Stillwater, Frugal Corner, etc. is the same as expressing contempt for their customers. I would have to guess that at least 1/2 the members of this forum are customers of Stillwater. Not everyone can afford or justify the price difference for a higher quality kilt. Rocky's casual kilts are not much more than your $100 price point. Do you also consider them to be in the same league as the Pakistani kilts?

[fluter]

AAhh! but they don't. That's the secret...

It's all about making a buck so you too can buy your kid the GI Joe with the Kung-fu grip.

I beg to differ: It's all about making a buck so I can buy more Freedom Kilts! Plus there are at least 4 tartans lined up waiting for me to order a tank in them, plus...

[morrison]

I also get the phishing e-mails from Sider International. About 3 a week.

They offer Tartan kilts for $30.00 us. Canvas kilts for $30.00 us. And Prince Charlie Jackets for $96.00 us.

All anyone would need is a garage, some shipping supplies, and an e-bay account and anyone can be a kilt vendor.

Double the price you are charged and you can still offer a kilt to the world at at least half of what anyone else offers. That's 100% pure profit to you.

I honestly don't see why everyone on this forum doesn't do this.

Then when you have made some profits you can get a tent and go to some highland games. Wear a t-shirt that says something like "Only true Scots wear the kilt." which you order off another e-bay vendor and make another 100% profit.

You know what, this sounds so good I think I'll close my shop and do it too.

It's the thing about integrity.

I honestly don't see why everyone on this forum doesn't do this.

Besides that, garages are for unused pool tables and stacks of saved newspapers from twenty-seven years ago, and tool collections and old bikes and golf clubs and canoes and ......

[MACKAY]

Beware, big brother (and others) are watching.

Your TV set watches you back ... right!?