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Just a note, that if your buying one perhaps as a gift for somebody, think twice, as I ordered one and it's now showed up twice in a tattered creased box with split ends, dog ears, no little booklet in there, etc. I've ordered these from Jet and Engeika and they were in excellent condition. For myself, I don't care but this was a gift and not really presentable.

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I second this the one and only Iroshizuku ink I received from Staples only made it to me intact by a miracle. They had used an un-padded envelope and the box was destroyed to the point that the ink bottle was loose in the bag.

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Whaaaaat! I had no idea they even carried this. Anyone know if they have them in store?

Online only, but you can have them shipped to a store near you.

 

Full priced. My box was beat up as well. Before Thanksgiving Staples had a bundle with a Pilot Metropolitan which made it worth the effort.

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Got mine in perfect condition. The only thing was that the bottle of ink came in a box the size of 2-3 reams of letter paper. It was the only item in the box with the exception of 4 or 5 of those cushiony bags of air . It obviously got bounced around but was still unmarred when received. I got it with the Metropolitan deal over the last holiday weekend. Ended up getting the Yama Budo ink and the "Met" for a total of $31.00+ with free shipping. The extra $100+ was for tax in Massachusetts.

 

It really seemed to be a waste of packaging and shipping space to have a small box of ink inside a larger box that could have accommodated about 210 boxes of that size.

 

P.S. Love the ink and the Pen (swapped in a 78G fine).

“Don't put off till tomorrow what you can do today, because if you do it today and like it, you can do again tomorrow!”

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I didn't realize Staples sold some of the Iroshizuku inks until just now (just happened to see it while looking at the Pilot Metropolitan sale). Any ideas why each bottle has a different price, ranging from $25-35?

 

I don't think I will buy any from Staples after reading the comments here about their shipping prowness, but I am curious about these price differentials.

 

Sharon in Indiana

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