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No, make a special trip. Don't wait, this bottle is super cool. Not cute, COOL.

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Cute or not, I will buy some this weekend as a store "near" me has it in stock. Can I wait???

:huh: There is?

 

Oh wait, you are near Minnesquito.

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I gotta wait till Friday. I'm going to see if they have a nice pink - NOT!

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:huh: There is?

 

Oh wait, you are near Minnesquito.

The store is just a couple of blocks away from a buddy I have to see anyway.

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I hope it's not someone selling ink out of the back of a semi trailer. Make sure you ask the seller to show you the special handshake first, just to make sure it's legit. Sounds to me like another group buy is brewing here. Hey, if I could arrange one, anyone can! Think of it as community service, and a chance to get to know your local USPS clerk better. Now, when I walk into my PO, the woman who helped me with my re-shipping sees me and smiles, asking me where I'm getting ink or pens from or where I'm sending ink to this time. I told her last time, when I picked up my IR ink from Japan, that I would bring in a sample of my penmanship so she could see how cool these pens and ink really are!

Breathe. Take one step at a time. Don't sweat the small stuff. You're not getting older, you are only moving through time. Be calm and positive.

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Yes, the seller does know the secret hand-shake. Does $26.95 seem about right?

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Yes, the seller does know the secret hand-shake. Does $26.95 seem about right?

 

A bottle of ink costs €15. Akkerman will fit 30 in one box, which makes the box worth €450, and shipping will cost €50. Thus, including shipping, one bottle will cost €16.67, if you order them 30 at a time. That is $23.

 

I'm leaving out customs claims and tax duties, because I don't know anything about that for the US. If there are none, the seller is making $3.95 profit per bottle (which seems reasonable if he's the one importing them). If there are taxes and claims on top of the importing price, the seller is making less or maybe no profit.

 

Assuming the ink in the bottle is actually Akkerman ink, the price seems OK.

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The cost per bottle to me in the Cities was $19.55. I asked $20 to keep it simple to pay. There was no tax or customs fees. I ordered 30 bottles, which is the most they will ship here and is also the best price for shipping. I think Vanness is asking close to $30 not including shipping to you from Arkansas. But, can you put a price on cu..,ah, cool?? I'd say that price is good, as long as you get the color you want.

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Charles - I see that you live in Luck. You are not going to get your ink from Mike Carter at the Fountain Pen Recycler, are you? He's in my pen club and done repairs to several of my pens. He will be at the Chicago show next month and will have some Akkerman ink for sale there, too. Nice man to do business with.

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Charles - I see that you live in Luck. You are not going to get your ink from Mike Carter at the Fountain Pen Recycler, are you? He's in my pen club and done repairs to several of my pens. He will be at the Chicago show next month and will have some Akkerman ink for sale there, too. Nice man to do business with.

That's the plan.

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I picked up my bottle today. I told my wife she could pick out the color. She picked PINK! Thank God he didn't carry it. So I got Blauw-Groen - what ever that is.

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Blauw-Groen is Blue-Green.

 

$ generalize --woman --color (enter)

 

UNIX says: Having a woman pick your color is AN. EPIC. MISTAKE. They will ALWAYS pick pink or purple. If not available, they'll pick some weird color like bright yellow or neon green. If you're lucky, they'll pick light blue. Women can't be trusted to advise men in important matters such as colors.

 

..... #%&^$$^&(()o_O:-$ :(

 

Kernel Panic! Bleeerrrgh....

 

*runs*

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Charles, I'm :lticaptd: recovering ... nope still :lticaptd: wait wait.... :bunny01:

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Her second choice WAS purple. Most un-manly.

 

Yeah, I guess it does kinda look blue-green.

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Her second choice WAS purple. Most un-manly.

 

Yeah, I guess it does kinda look blue-green.

 

 

But it's so pretty.

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/2014-Inklings/slides/2014-Ink_259-Violet.jpg

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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I picked up my bottle today. I told my wife she could pick out the color. She picked PINK! Thank God he didn't carry it. So I got Blauw-Groen - what ever that is.

Sniff sniff no pink in Chicago

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But it's so pretty.

 

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GIRLS!!!!!!

 

 

Yes

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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