Wancher : Penindia.com / Naranja Dolce Vita Fountain Pen

[L.Velvet]

Hello, I post my question here, because Penindia.com is relied with Wancher Engeika and there's no

sub-forum pens from India.

Well, I am a poor student, so I bought a Naranja Dolce Vita from pensindia.com because

it was no longer available from ebay ( where I bought it the first time before losting it ). I paid 5$via CCavenue, then when

Mr. Raul asked I paid plus 5$ for the shipping with tracking. Then few days later I asked him if he sended the pen and

the tracking number very kindly, no answer. I sended back 4 or 5 others mails to different adress on the site, few days later no response. He stopped answering me since I paid. 11 days passed since I paid, still no answer.

 

So I was wondering is pensindia.com reliable ? Have anyone dealt with them ?

Edited March 14, 2014 by L.Velvet

[bk123]

I had couple of dealing with them. It went ok.

However, Naranja Dolce Vita is a cheap chinese pen which is easily available for Inr 150. you have paid a lot to him already.

[L.Velvet]

I forgott to mention that I bought roller & fountain pen set, because it is the only way to get the fountain pen, don't care about the roller, will give it to my mom,

When I first bought Naranja Dolce Vita alone, from Taizo , I paid 12 dollars, so 10 $ for the set is ok. Thanks for your answer.

 

Does anybody else outside from India have dealt with him ? I find a bit strange that he doesn't answer after the payement.

[Mesu]

Do you stay in India? Then call them about the order.

[theunknownpen]

hi Velvet, well, I have bought Sailor from Raul and he, earlier, did not respond but after some emails he started replying. Moreover, you can call directly on: +919730028313. I did not have major issues with Raul but just that he takes time... He was in Japan at that time... so maybe he is just busy. I got my pen within a week, and I am in India. I ordered more from him and I hope I get them soon.

 

A suggestion: Go for Lamy if you want to use a good fountain pen within your budget. That comes for around $20 (Vista or Safari). The nib is really good-- Medium or Fine.

[deepak23]

Bought a Sailor from them. Its a kind of mom and pop operation so guess there is a bit of time taken for replies. You can try calling Sandeep on +91-9730028313

[KBeezie]

Engeika is Japanese. Most of their "Wancher" pens are painted and re-branded as Wancher from other brands. So unless the pen itself is Indian/Chinese, it belongs under Japanese (or if brand Specific, under miscellaneous brands).

 

Most of what I see Engeika paint and rebrand are usually Sailors or Platinums, though there's been a couple Chinese pens (like the christmas themed one being a Kaigelu).

 

If you paid with paypal or similar service you can always file a dispute since there's no communication going.

Edited November 14, 2014 by KBeezie