I am not sure where this thread belongs. I would like to know if anyone else has had the same experience, any advise on this or a heads up to others. I personally own 6 kilts. Over the years I have purchased through a couple of different places. I own Lochcarron kilts, Dagliesh kilts, sport kilts etc. Recently I decided to go for a 16oz kilt and take the plunge! I knew the Tartan I wanted was Lochcarron and found the price on www.scotyard.com was very good. 8 Yard 16oz kilt hand sewn by Lochcarron. I meet Mac with The Scotland Yard at a local Highland game and he knew what he was taking about, so I was very comfortable with the purchase. I saved up for a couple of months and made the purchase online. The kilt arrived in 6 weeks and I was very happy about that. The I looked at it. First it was a couple of inches to big in the waist and 2 inches too short. Then I noticed the real problem, the pleats(knife edge) were MACHINE STITCHED! If anyone else has ever seen a 160z kilt machine stitched, it is not pretty! So I emailed and got no response. Then I called and found out that The Scotland Yard. The person I talked too, Ben I think, did not know what he was talking about. I asked for Mac or his wife and found out that The Scotland Yard was was under new management/ownership and that the original staff was no longer there. So I asked for the owner and he said he was the owner! I asked he why if the advertisement on his website was for hand stitched kilt I got a machine stitched one for the price of a hand stitched one. He informed me that the company had recently gone under some restructuring and the new kilts were being made that way here in the USA. Well that is not what I signed up for a asked for a refund. He informed that it was a custom item and not returnable and that there was no real difference between a hand stitched kilt and a machined one!!!! He said I must of measured wrong and it was my fault. My other 6 kilts are the same measurements I gave them and they all fit perfectly! He was very rude about it and obviously after talking to him he has never worn a kilt a day in his life!! Also the Tartan was not even Lochcarron, it was House of Edgar! I know this because I own one of those too and the color difference is obvious! So right no I am challenging my charge with my credit card company. I have also found out through The Scottish Society here that Mac , his wife and the rest of the staff left the Scotland Yard over issues like this. So good for him!!I don't mind buying a machine stitched kilt made in the USA,( I have before) but that is not what I was told I was buying at a much higher cost. I just wanted to know if anyone else has had any experiences like this with this company or any other , just so I and others know for the future!