Questioning thoughts

[SmokinScotsman]

So I have only been here for a couple of months and I have come to have some questions about how "newbies" are steered toward less than desirable goods and provisioners of those goods. I do know that I myself once fell prey to the allure of cheap merchandise as far as kilting goes, but will never go back to that "stuff" again.
The main reason I am bringing this up is that I have seen a few threads on here that people tell noobs to look at vendors that are obviously Pakistani. I am in no way implying that the Pakistani people are bad, but why would we want to promote vendors that take business away from the originators of kilts and kilt accessories? Also, from what I have seen the workmanship is far below that of the Scottish, or even the American "middlemen", vendors.
Yes you do pay more money for "the real thing", but I can honestly say that my "fakie" kilts will not last past 5yrs more than likely. I have one kilt from Scotland and 2 UKs, they are all older than 5, and I don't see them going to the landfill anytime soon.
Any other thoughts on this?