Parker's Website is now updated

[london]

Hmm, website redesign too. Seems like they're completely overhauling the way Parker pens are marketed. I've watched all this nice new packaging go up in the stores(*) over last month. So, new pens, new website, new packaging. Finally someone seems to be bringing the company into the 21st century and start competing with the Japanese gel point manufacturers.

 

Though, personally as a collector, I'm not too keen on the new site (or the old one). I like a little more detail. I'd love Parker to embrace their heritage more too and recognise the potential of collectors out there. They're building their brand on it, but forgetting the customers.

 

(*) Well, apart from one. There's an old stationery and tobacco store just down the road from where I work that made a bulk purchase from Parker about 30 years ago and is still selling it. Lots of mint old stock 61s, 45s, 105s etc But the guy knows what he's doing, the 61s start at over £300.

 

- Mark

[kissing]

I love the motto they are incorporating

 

the original handheld device

 

I put it on my msn messenger name, and my friend complained that the REAL "original handheld device" was a Nintendo GameBoy :bonk:

[london]

Still waiting to see one of the new Vector2 ('Profile in the UK') FPs in the shops. The local stationery store appears to be running down its parker pen stock. So maybe not too long to wait. Not that I normally use such modern pens, but hey, might give one a try at work.

Edited July 20, 2006 by london

[mfwebb]

I once said to a friend of mine "If you've updated your website and I can't view it without downloading some software I don't want, that's your problem not mine". Same goes with the updated Parker site.

 

I've been a Parker fan for 40 years -- used nothing else till recently. Then I bought a Pelikan 800. This is now my signature pen of choice and my Parker Duofold International is relegated to second place.