I have bought a couple of thousand items on eBay with relatively few real disappointments (items just not delivered, ignorantly described, lied about) but I have been reminded more than once that you usually get what you pay for.

I have bought a synthetic horsehair sporran that I would not recommend at about $50. I have a handful of the chrome cantled rabbit fur ones. They are nothing special, but they look pretty good. I have grabbed a couple of plain leather ones for around $25-30, which is decent. Don't expect the leather to be topnotch at that price. I think you can buy them from SWK at about that price if you don't want to mess with eBay or you like the idea of doing business with XMTS members. I didn't know about SWK when I bought mine.

Part of this is more philosophy than economics. Getting a $315 sporran for $300 saves you the same amount as buying a $30 one for $15, but I suspect the $15 one will make you feel as if you got a better deal.

A little judicious customising helps. I swapped the tassels from the white rabbit with the ones from the black rabbit- I think the contrast helps. You can see elsewhere (Traditional Highland Dress) a pic of me wearing a formerly black leather sporran that I glued a leopard stencilled rabbit pelt onto. It rocks.

Like so many other specialty markets, highland wear has been revolutionized by the internet. Local availability/ scarcity allowed many sellers to make a healthy profit on the same budget goods that now pop up on eBay. If the next-cheapest sporran is $150, then you can sell a lot of creppy ones for $100, but when the cheap ones drop to $45, vendors have to follow the market or specialize in a better grade of goods.