Have You Ever Considered Stopping From Buying More Pens?

[Stompie]

just hope the day that you decide to cut down and offer your pens for sale is not the day we all decide we aint gonna buy any more pens!

[Stompie]

Stop collecting PENS?

 

BLASPHEMY! Nail him to the Cross!

 

What? And ruin a perfectly good Cross?

 

 

:ltcapd:

[TeamTQ]

I took 5 years off.... Although I in the last few months I have been shopping

[fernobre]

I've found myself now owning 67 pens; a couple came from when I was a child, some were given from frends and family, the majority were purchased on fly markets or on ebay, preferencialy needing a lot of ltc. Part of the pleasure cames from the technological part of opening, understanding the mechanisms, repair it and bring those beautifull machines back to life; the rest of the pleasure cames from using then every day.

Will I stop buying pens? Probably not, there are out there so many variants of filling systems, materials, colors, and every pen has is own personality. Will you ever stop meeting new people?

Edited February 9, 2013 by fernobre

[Joker4Eva]

I have, but like any crash diet, I gain back double what I had before.

 

Same experience here. It seems that after I've stopped for a very long time, my purchases after that pause tends to cover up what I didn't spend on pens for a few weeks.

Guess I've just got to learn more self-control.

 

Stop collecting PENS?

 

BLASPHEMY! Nail him to the Cross!

 

What? And ruin a perfectly good Cross?

 

:ltcapd:

That was a good one!

[UK Mike]

I stop buying pens every week - honestly I DO!

 

Then I read something ...... maybe see something ...... and it starts all over again.

[Colourfingers]

I actually have stopped buying pens. I've got a couple I want to get restored and one I want to sell. Then next year I'd like to get a Cross Pen then after that perhas a Mont Blanc then lastly a very limited edition recommended to me by Mary Burke of Conway Stewart.

[BrandonA]

You don't have an option "yes, and I have"

 

My goal for 2013 is to spend 10% of what I spent on pens in 2012. I have every intension of achieving this.

Edited February 9, 2013 by BrandonA

[79spitfire]

I don't say never, but I have certainly slowed down. I'm satisfied with the pens I have, so there isn't the compulsion to acquire more.

 

Uh, nice avatar, too much Valentines day chocolate?

 

I try to be more selective, but I know that I like quality pens and am a sucker for a deal, so I still will jump when something looks like a bargain, or is just too pretty!

[Osquest]

Never thought about stopping or making a conscious decision to stop. I did go for several years with only a couple pen purchases during that time. I'm at about 100 pens now and it's a number that would obviously be enough, but I'm not stopping. Things have slowed down a bit since there's less I want, but if a pen comes around and I have the budget I'll still be buying.

[asaha]

It's hard. Maybe feasible with some help of medication. :roflmho:

[MKeith]

Let me think for a moment :hmm1: ............................NOPE! :ltcapd:

[dms525]

I have accumulated about 25 pens in the 3 year period since i began this hobby, but now i think more and more about stopping from buying any more pens. I give myself 4 arguments to support this:

1. There is no perfect fountain pen, so no point in looking for it.

2. If one buys them randomly(without a specific gold), then one can`t stop until one has them all, which isn`t going to happen.

3. I can`t keep them forever.

4. I only use one pen from the entire lot !

 

Of course, it`s easier said than done, but i think/hope than from now on i will buy fewer and fewer pens. This way, i will appreciate more the pens i already have and i will save my money. And hopefully one day i will simply lose the urge for trying new pens.

 

What about you? Have you ever considered not buying pens anymore- at least at some point? and if so, why? same for the negative answer.

 

I have problems with each and every one of your arguments.

 

1. There is a perfect fountain pen. In fact, I have many that I regard as perfect. The/my truth is that there is no one perfect fountain pen. There are lots of them, each perfect in its own way. Conclusion: The search for yet another perfect pen, in principle, is endless.

2. Who "buys them randomly?" That's just crazy. Buy for a reason. There are lots of reasons. Conclusion: The supply of reasons appears large, if not endless.

3. "In the long run, we are all dead." Until then, you can keep them.

4. On any given day, I write with 4 to 10 pens. I always carry two or more. If you only use one, get rid of the others and buy pens you will use.

 

I do have "enough" pens, if that is defined as having enough to write letters, checks, to-do lists, etc. But, if there are more pens I like and will use, I don't think there is a number that is "enough." On the other hand, I certainly have too many pens I don't use and probably never will. It's time to sell some and gift some. It's clearly not about the size of the collection. It's about each pen individually.

 

David

[ethernautrix]

1. There is a perfect fountain pen. In fact, I have many that I regard as perfect. The/my truth is that there is no one perfect fountain pen. There are lots of them, each perfect in its own way. Conclusion: The search for yet another perfect pen, in principle, is endless.

 

You're right, David. I have several (or more) perfect fountain pens.

 

I have more than one of yadda yadda yadda (the list of the things we all have more than one of when one would suffice).

[2GreyCats]

I'm getting close. There are four more pens that I *really* want to have, but then I probably won't acquire more beyond that, except maybe once in a while if something new and interesting shows up like the Pilot Metropolitan.

The ones I still plan to collect:

 

a nice restored copper Esterbrook

A dk blue Sheaffer 440

the "plum blossom" Sheaffer 100 from the 3 Friends of Winter

a good Parker 45 that isn't black.

 

And I might like to try a pen with a flex nib because I've never experienced that.

[79spitfire]

Well I considered it for a moment, then screwed up and looked at E-bay...

 

Another Parker 21 has found a safe home...

 

(well it is a Mark II Delux set in red, I needed one to complete my '21' collection.... :embarrassed_smile: )

[PaperDarts]

Yes, but I lie down in a quiet darkened room until the thought goes away.

[humsin]

Got around 20 pens last year; I thought I'd tone it down but it's February and I've bought like 5 already...

[Newjelan]

Yes, and then I realise it was only a nightmare!

[Chi Town]

Well, I've given thought to stopping, but realistically I don't think that is possible for me! So! I came up with this plan and even now I think it needs adjusting....My plan for 2013 is to cut my pen and pen associated spending in 1/2 of what I spent in 2012. Now you ask what did I spend in 2012? Can't tell ya that because I am afraid to add up the two folders with the receipts in them! But I have a pretty good idea, and I believe that figure to be in the ballpark of 8500, ouch that even hurts when I write it! I am deathly afraid of this figure because I think it goes north of it.....So when I say in the second line that it already needs adjusting, that does not mean that I have spent too much so far this year, in fact, I have spent virtually zero so far this year except for ink, which I have bought about 3 bottles. The pens that I did get so far this year were ordered late last year. But I still need to re-adjust this figure for my own satisfaction to keep me honest as the year goes on.....