Fountain Pen Travel/display Case

[notgiven]

For the past few weeks, I have been addicted to make these pen cases. I found making this extraordinary relaxing, and now, I have more pen cases than I have fountain pens for them, so I am selling them. They are pretty much priced at cost, with zero labor cost on my part.

 

The pen case is brand new, and has soft interior and hard exterior. It will protect your pens very well. I customized it, and hand sewn the pen slots, with wide elastic straps. It's easy to see the whole pen with this pen case. It is made for thick pens, but fit small pens as well. It fits 4 good sized pens, regular length, and really thick pens.

 

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Size: 6.25" x 4.25" x 1.25"

Price: $13.50 Canadian preferred, US dollar is OK too. Trades are welcome.

 

You can put small notebook or stationary items on the other side. To show its capacity, I fit 4 pens and 6 sample ink vials inside. It closed all right. The pens here are Platinum preppy, Lamy Safari, Jinhao 450x, and Waterman Kultur.

 

I accept PayPal. The items are in Canada. PM me if you are interested. My email is ____@gmail.com. Replace the ____ with mayto dot vancouver.

 

Shipping, $5.50 for US and Canada, $10 for others. Local pick up in Vancouver area.

 

Thanks for looking .

Edited April 27, 2011 by fuchsiaprincess
As per OP's request

[clear1]

Let me take one! PM sending!

[hj1]

PM sent. Thanks.

[dcasper]

email sent

[Maja]

Nice job, May!

 

 

I sent you an email from my personal email address (not the Vancouver Pen Club's one) a minute ago, so please check your Inbox

[eri]

Hi

 

Do you have it in dark gray or black instead of white?

 

Thanks

[keithklk]

Wow! Those are great. PM sent. Keith

[tknechtel]

Yet another PM being sent. Hope you're not being overwhelmed with orders!

[notgiven]

Hi

 

Do you have it in dark gray or black instead of white?

 

Thanks

 

Sorry, the case is white only. Maybe more colors in the future, but I don't have the material right now.

 

Yet another PM being sent. Hope you're not being overwhelmed with orders!

 

Very surprise by the numbers of PM. Feel great.

[Helen_Ronald]

Hi,

 

I have sent you payment via Paypal. The case looks great and is perfect for my needs.

 

for being creative.

 

Many thanks

 

Helen

[notgiven]

Thank you so much for all your interests. It sold like hot cakes .

 

I just ran out of pen cases and raw materials to make more. I will go search for more raw materials next week. If you would like to be on the wait list, please PM me, but there is no guarantee that I will find the raw materials that I'm looking for. Thanks again.

[notgiven]

Just a small update.

 

When it comes to selling online, I am very inexperienced. I sold maybe four or five small items on eBay before, but 99.5% of the time, I am the buyer.

 

So, this is really my first time selling items to multiple buyers online, and I have to say, I made some pretty big beginner's mistakes. Biggest one, I underestimated the international shipping cost. Canada post online gave me a false shipping estimate. When I ship the pen cases out on Tuesday, I found I lose $4 for every international item I shipped (don't worry, all the international items are shipped). No wonder a few international people message me, asking me are you sure the shipping is enough. I want to thank those of you who warned me, I was too dense to get it at the time. Shipping within Canada is also... confusing . I was charged 3 difference prices to ship the same item to 3 different addresses in Ontario, and the highest shipping cost is around 4 times more than the lowest shipping cost.

 

I also managed to neglect the $1 paypal fee (did not anticipate this much or that it will make an impact) and the package material costs. Because I sell pretty much at cost with $0 labor, it hurts a little. The prices are updated Tuesday night to reflect the actual cost. Lesson learned. At least it's a great lesson for the price.

 

New pen case materials are acquired. I'm slowly filling the wait list people, which is quite long . I finish around 2-3 pen cases per day. If the wait list don't get longer, I should have some more pen cases to sell by early next week. I also have a surprise (good kind) coming, but you will need to wait .

[hj1]

PM sent. thanks.

[OcalaFlGuy]

I would love a couple of these in gray or black.

 

Bruce in Ocala, FL

[staypuft02]

I would love a couple of these in gray or black.

 

Bruce in Ocala, FL

 

 

+1!! gray or black would be great... Or, have you considered making larger capacity cases? I, for one, would be in the market for a 6 or 12 pen case in this style

 

P.s. Your cat in your avatar pic is ADORABLE!

[WriterofGreatWorks]

I, for one would love to own such a case but is it possible to make it without the wording and the logo? Thanks

[Pen Nut]

Heres another vote for a darker colour and minus the 'pacman' logo.......you could be onto a winner if you tweak the design a bit.

[DavidHandmade]

I would love a couple of these in gray or black.

 

Bruce in Ocala, FL

 

 

+1!! gray or black would be great... Or, have you considered making larger capacity cases? I, for one, would be in the market for a 6 or 12 pen case in this style

 

P.s. Your cat in your avatar pic is ADORABLE!

 

++1!

 

Very nice work; and a great idea to produce a "hard shell" case.

 

Agree that Gray or Black would be a nice choice; The "logo" doesn't bother me.

 

I'll send a PM.

 

[+1 on the "Adorable" cat pic.]

[notgiven]

Thank you . The white case and 'pacman' logo is already there when I bought it, so cannot change that. I'm amused by the logo anyway. Carrying 6 different inks with me outside of my home, or 4 pens that cost more than what an average person would spend on disposable pens for life are consider crazy by many, but somehow everything is 'under control' . I think the cases are made for iphone or some other similar electronic, and I transform it into a pen case. It was made sturdy because it was built to protect expensive electronics, and I found the size fit fountain pens great.

[tknechtel]

May, my case arrived today. What a great, sturdy little pen case! The way it holds the pens and has the padded flap to protect them, the pockets for other things - it's terrific, and such a deal! If you're not careful, you'll be filling orders for this until the cows come home... Many thanks!

Tom