Kiltstore or Scottishkilts

**bubba** · 28th November 05, 10:42 PM

One advantage I noticed with Scottishkilts.net is they're part of a larger corporation that ships alot to the US. If you don't specify otherwise your stuff goes with other thangs in a corporate shipment and you don't get hit with duty at a later date. When I got my order I wasn't charged duty at all.

**Colin** · 29th November 05, 09:37 AM

Originally Posted by cavscout

I have noticed that their price has gone up over the past few days. I was tracking them in anticipation of christmas and what started at 307 is now about 324 and the 5 yarders at 255 are now about 284. May have to wait for the price to drop back down.

Which shop are you refering to?

**Colin** · 29th November 05, 09:39 AM

Originally Posted by bubba

One advantage I noticed with Scottishkilts.net is they're part of a larger corporation that ships alot to the US. If you don't specify otherwise your stuff goes with other thangs in a corporate shipment and you don't get hit with duty at a later date. When I got my order I wasn't charged duty at all.

Good point Bubba. My jacket was only $32 in duty where I have heard of people paying way more than that for some stuff from other vendors.

**cavscout** · 29th November 05, 09:59 AM

Originally Posted by Colin

Which shop are you refering to?

Kilt store. That's probably a handy bit of information to include

**Colin** · 29th November 05, 10:06 AM

Originally Posted by cavscout

Kilt store. That's probably a handy bit of information to include

Thanks, I was actually thinking that they had gone down abit, as I was never really considering them before. As Adam pointed out, the kilt prices are now based on the tartan as well. I am pretty sure Scottishkilts.net has raised their prices a bit as well, but that's not an issue.

**Eujeankilt** · 29th November 05, 11:24 AM

Originally Posted by Space Moose

The store I went into was a little shop, The Celtic Craft Center that I linked to above:

http://members.aol.com/ccckilt/ccc.html

D'oh. Went right by that link. Thanks. I'll stop there too!

Dale

**GlassMan** · 29th November 05, 12:03 PM

Duties are one of the reasons I like ordering directly from the Hector Russel store in San Francisco. Things get sent over in large corporate shipments and then get shipped to me from California. No duties at all.

Another good one for that is the eBay seller Carse of Gowry (eBay id bauhausboy). He sells kilts made by a independent kilt maker in Scotland (one man shop) so if you do a special order/made-to-measure it can be a little while, but they also have off the rack/off the peg items. Last shipment I got from them had no duties on it either.

**cavscout** · 30th November 05, 10:19 PM

Originally Posted by cavscout

I have noticed that their price has gone up over the past few days. I was tracking them in anticipation of christmas and what started at 307 is now about 324 and the 5 yarders at 255 are now about 284. May have to wait for the price to drop back down.

As I check kilt stores site tonight it appears the prices are fluctuating greatly virtually daily. Hmmmm, I wonder if kilt prices are some how proportionate to tpetrol prices? ;-)

**davedove** · 1st December 05, 06:19 AM

Originally Posted by cavscout

As I check kilt stores site tonight it appears the prices are fluctuating greatly virtually daily. Hmmmm, I wonder if kilt prices are some how proportionate to tpetrol prices? ;-)

That could very well be a factor. I haven't noticed, is it the base price (in Pounds) that's changing, or just the US dollar price? If it's just the US price, it's probably tied up in the exchange rate.