Hey guys - I need to let fly about this bunch of ^*&$*^**&^*s! If you're tempted by their prices that seem too good to be true, be warned. They are!

I'll declare an interest here. I'm a friend of one of Scotland's last real sporran makers but with no financial interest. I'm just fuming on his behalf, so I can't begin to say what he feels. The Scotland Shop (aka Heritage of Scotland, and various other pseudo-trad names) is run by a pair of Asians called the Gold Brothers. (I'm not being racist, but they clearly don't give ^&*^ about Scotland!). A while ago they bought a bunch of sporrans he'd designed and made, and sent them to be closely but badly copied in Pakistan for probably a tenth of the price. They look rubbish! Really shoddily made. But they sell by the truckload to stupid tourists who don't know better. These unscrupulous parasites are slowly driving him and his real skills out of business. Friends keep telling him to sue. Maybe he will.

They also sell "kilts" mass-machined in Asia, probably by kids - at least it looks that way from the results! Me I've no problem with joke kilts for parties. But they shouldn't be allowed to pass them off as the real thing, and they shouldn't be allowed to counterfeit other people's work.

Oh yes, and their jackets!! Also lovingly made by expert toddlers in sweatshops somewhere near the highland heartland of Calcutta. Think Asda (or Walmart) on a really bad day, and you won't come close. No, make that the 99 cent store.

And finally to their outfits... If you really want to feel a total clown, firstly for how embarrassing how you look, and secondly for wasting a heapload of cash when you thought you were saving it, here's your deal. Combine rubbish with rubbish and that's what you get. Am I giving you a flavour?

So finally to my point, I guess. Other than torching their shops, which a large part of the traditional kiltmaking scene in Scotland will be tempted to do, can anyone suggest how to warn off innocent online buyers. The problem on their web site is that they use images (probably of totally different garments) that make the stuff look decent. How is anyone to know?