Let The Buyer Beware

[Mr. MacDougall]

Well, let's see... that would be Jerry of Stillwater, Matt of the Scottish Tartans Museum, Rocky of USA Kilts, Barb of Barbara Trewksbury Kilts, Steve of Freedom Kilts... at least, those are the ones I think of off the top of my head.

[MacHenderson]

I had a bad experience with Clansman Knitwear as well. I ordered one of their embossed celtic-knotwork belts; the guy said I'd get it within 3 weeks.
5 weeks later, I emailed asking about it. I got a prompt answer back saying the belt was out of stock, and they had to put an order in, and that I should get it within another 3 weeks. As a way of apologizing for the wait, they offered to throw in a free belt buckle, which made me feel a little better towards them.
Another 6 or 7 weeks later, and I had neither belt nor buckle. Numerously repeated attempts at contacting them, via email and phone, failed. I had sent a money order, though I was able to detract it and get my money back. I don't know if they ever got it, but I sent them one last e-mail cancelling the order, while informing them that I detracted the money order, as well as my reasons for cancelling the order.
Yet contrarily, a buddy of mine ordered a kilt shirt and some hose from them, and recieved it within the 3 week period. So while I myself will never do business with them again, it left me wondering if they're disreputable, or if they just flaked off with my purchase.

What we need is a nice, big list of all the vendors, along with people's general opinions on them. Does anyone think this is a good idea? If so, I'd be willing to organize a list.

[wscottmac]

What we need is a nice, big list of all the vendors, along with people's general opinions on them. Does anyone think this is a good idea? If so, I'd be willing to organize a list.

MacHenderson - I think that's a great idea! I'm always left searching around 6 or 7 sites for something I need. What we need is: Vendor name/website/phone number/address/what folks have ordered from them - then, some sort of rating scale on price/quickness/quality/customer service/etc. (like a 1-5 stars rating, mebbe?)

I'll certainly contribute.

We'll need a way to allow people to fill out a form (mebbe w/ dropdown menus) to input their info, then have this uploaded to a list. Mebbe we need an Admin to help with this....

GREAT idea...

[MacWage]

Well, let's see... that would be Jerry of Stillwater, Matt of the Scottish Tartans Museum, Rocky of USA Kilts, Barb of Barbara Trewksbury Kilts, Steve of Freedom Kilts... at least, those are the ones I think of off the top of my head.

Those are the main ones.
I was sure I would forget someone.
Sorry for the vagueness. I didn't realize the post requested specificity. I didn't want to leave someone out, like Robert of R-Kilts. Pete of Canadian Casual kilts, Rab Gordon in Inverness-sgians, and some of our other friends.

I have PERSONALLY dealt with Steve Ashton/Wizard of BC (Freedom Kilts in British Columbia), Rocky (USA Kilts), Pete (Canadian Casual), MAC (Matt) Newsome (Scottish Tartan Museum- STM), and Barb.
And for accessories: Steve/Cavscout (Oconee Leather), Turpin (Thorfinn Sporrans), and Matt Newsome (STM).

All have been pleasant to deal with and had NO problems with any of them.