Fake Or Real

[bsenn]

http://m.ebay.com/itm/181469825594?nav=SEARCH#

 

I know nothing about Montbpancs, are these fake or real?

 

Edit: never mind, the listing says fake. I should scroll down farther on my phone. This does beg the question if eBay allows selling fakes if you call them fakes. Probably not.

 

Brian

Edited July 26, 2014 by bsenn

[FountainPages]

The Cross pens look real as does the Sheaffer.

[Charles Rice]

As per the listing, you're going to have to take your chances.

[_Stormin_]

From the listing: "I was told the green pens are not what they appear and are fake."

 

The green pens are the MB's.

[Chrissy]

The 'so called' Montblancs are fakes.

 

Sellers can't list fakes whether they say they are or they don't. Before a seller can press the Upload listing button a box comes up with a large red font in it that says "Are you sure you're listing an authentic Montblanc item. If not do not proceed. Only list this item if you are sure it's authentic"

[_Stormin_]

Which is why he never calls them anything at all. He calls them, "the green ones."

[sd10521]

I'll take a shot on this, I could use some of the Cross parts to fix some pens I have on hand.

If I win this I will post back to see if anybody needs other parts out of this mess.

Never mind, I lost it in the last second again.

Edited July 26, 2014 by sd10521

[Boochie]

I'll take a shot on this, I could use some of the Cross parts to fix some pens I have on hand.

 

If I win this I will post back to see if anybody needs other parts out of this mess.

 

Never mind, I lost it in the last second again.

This exact auction has been up at least one other time before. I watched it about two or three weeks ago until it ended. The lot sold for $110 the first time around. I was tempted to bid thinking, what if I could get two MB fountain pens for less than $100 but as I looked at the pictures, I kept thinking, I have never seen a green marbled MB fountain pen. Decided not to bid. Glad I didn't. Buyer must have demanded a refund and seller relisted the lot because the last time it was up, there was no mention of the items being fake.

[chunya]

With such prominent photos of what are pretending to be Montblancs if they were genuine it probably wouldn't have stopped at $110. Looking at that collection I wouldn't have parted with the $70 .

 

However, I have recently benefited from buying an obvious Starwalker fake. I saw a small collection of pens up for offer in an Auction catalogue. The description focused on a very obvious Starwalker fake, but in the background were some more interesting pens including an old 1930s MB. I did notify the Auction House that the Starwalker was almost certainly a fake, they announced this when it came to the auction, I imagine a lot of others also recognised that it was a fake, all this probably depressed the selling price quite significantly, and I won it with a very low bid. What did I do with the Starwalker? It went into the bin.

Edited July 27, 2014 by chunya

[bsenn]

Good choice to toss the fake, but I might have used it in the garage. Something about a "Montblanc" with grease stains tickles my funnybone.

[Chrissy]

With such prominent photos of what are pretending to be Montblancs if they were genuine it probably wouldn't have stopped at $110. Looking at that collection I wouldn't have parted with the $70 .

 

However, I have recently benefited from buying an obvious Starwalker fake. I saw a small collection of pens up for offer in an Auction catalogue. The description focused on a very obvious Starwalker fake, but in the background were some more interesting pens including an old 1930s MB. I did notify the Auction House that the Starwalker was almost certainly a fake, they announced this when it came to the auction, I imagine a lot of others also recognised that it was a fake, all this probably depressed the selling price quite significantly, and I won it with a very low bid. What did I do with the Starwalker? It went into the bin.

Well done you. I hope you trod on the fake Starwalker several times before you binned it, otherwise someone could 'find' it later

[Chrissy]

Good choice to toss the fake, but I might have used it in the garage. Something about a "Montblanc" with grease stains tickles my funnybone.

Could have used it like a dart if he had a dartboard.