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...I found this guy!

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Esterbrook-Dip-Pen-9048-nib-flexible-fine-/371114283647?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item566822927f

 

A bit spendy, as it's with a Dip-Less pen body, but they seem to be few and far between. Guess I better hold onto mine awhile. B)

This guy = Bader

San Francisco International Pen Show - The next “Funnest Pen Show” is on schedule for August 23-24-25, 2024.  Watch the show website for registration details. 
 

My PM box is usually full. Just email me: my last name at the google mail address.

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$34 shipping [...]

 

That's about $10 USD too much. Priority International shipping in a small flat-rate box is $24 and some change. Still, I agree that shipping charges in the US are laughably high.

 

Edit: First-class is about $9 (on the USPS website), unfortunately tracking and insurance are not available. What a joke.

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This seller always has overpriced items. Some unusual ones, but overpriced none the less.

 

$5.95 Priority mail box includes some insurance and tracking.

 

I just mailed a watch to Montona, insured for $500, in a box for $14. 1st class parcel, insurance and Delivery Confirmation.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

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I took a look -- and it might just be my imagination, but the tines look slightly bent.... :(

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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This seller always has overpriced items. Some unusual ones, but overpriced none the less.

 

$5.95 Priority mail box includes some insurance and tracking.

 

I just mailed a watch to Montona, insured for $500, in a box for $14. 1st class parcel, insurance and Delivery Confirmation.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

 

The prices I put above were for shipping to New Zealand. :P Shipping domestic here in the US is much, much cheaper, for sure. Flat-rate boxes are very handy, I've come to find!

 

I didn't notice the bent tine tips at first. I was just so excited to share the 9048-love! Sigh. I'm sure they could be easily straightened, at least. Still doesn't make up for the high mark-up.

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Bader??

Robert Bader, Memphis Pen Shoppe.

 

Well known dealer that frequents many pen shows.

I call him Sparticus but it is a long story involving green quarters.

San Francisco International Pen Show - The next “Funnest Pen Show” is on schedule for August 23-24-25, 2024.  Watch the show website for registration details. 
 

My PM box is usually full. Just email me: my last name at the google mail address.

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Ah, thanks for the clarification! I've purchased a few items from his ebay shop and have been very pleased overall--he always has friendly communication. I guess I just never pay attention to the return address and name on a box, unless there's a problem with the pen.

 

The moar u no!

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Robert Bader, Memphis Pen Shoppe.

 

Well known dealer that frequents many pen shows.

I call him Sparticus but it is a long story involving green quarters.

I've always wondered if the brick and mortar prices were better, worse, or about the same. But my route down south every year never swings that far to the west -- I'm either driving through Nashville or Knoxville, depending largely on the weather. Knoxville is technically 1 mile (!) shorter. But the western route, through Nashville, has the possibility of getting the timing right for dinner at Stan's, at the exit for Spring Hill ["Mmmmm... fried catfish...."]

Green quarters? Oh that definitely sounds like a story for a cold winter night....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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I took a look -- and it might just be my imagination, but the tines look slightly bent.... :(

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Yes they are

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Seller has great, interesting stuff that I always look at, but the Global Shipping BS is a deal-breaker.

"I was cut off from the world. There was no one to confuse or torment me, and I was forced to become original." - Franz Joseph Haydn 1732 - 1809
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