I’m Alex Veronelli from the board of Aurifil and reading this thread I can’t do without clear some inaccuracies I saw.
First that the website listed
http://www.tristan.bc.ca/index.html is located in Canada and not in Italy and owned by an out-of-date Aurifil's Distributor, they are just correctly selling off the stock of colors left on their shelves .... but their disposal stock prices are not of course our MSRP ( Manufacturer's suggested retail price).
Than that Aurifil is a manufacturer of threads since 1983 and we do not have any business relationship with the competitor appointed : Cucirini Tre Stelle, our cotton production is made 100 % in Italy in Aurifil's Departments, you could also enjoy our Open Doors production on my youtube channel starting with the spools making
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPwM6z39JRs , than could be really interesting to learn how we dye
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgPM8GLE39U and twist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix6Fnofbsog quilting threads if you did not had the opportunity to see before.
Last , if you ever would like deepen more about Aurifil
http://www.aurifil.com &
http://www.facebook.com/aurifil.quilt.thread