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Can someone else ask this seller where the Retail Price can be checked out.

 

What do you know, the seller has used old Monty's prices for RP.

 

I sent the seller a massage asking where the info came from. We shall see . . .maybe.

"Don't hurry, don't worry. It's better to be late at the Golden Gate than to arrive in Hell on time."
--Sign in a bar and grill, Ormond Beach, Florida, 1960.

 

 

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Both different from their standard. That first one must have set a new high water mark for greed. Flash flood.

"Don't hurry, don't worry. It's better to be late at the Golden Gate than to arrive in Hell on time."
--Sign in a bar and grill, Ormond Beach, Florida, 1960.

 

 

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New message from: pearlofgrace-2 (13http://pics.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconYellowStar_25x25.gif)

 

 

 

 

 

Well, I have given four links, three in ebay and one on Amazon, when I posted my pen I looked at retail prices on ebay and found the sites I've given you links to, I had decided I'd sell mine for £85.00 and therefore put £95.00 on it for bargaining amount. I shall remove retailing price from my listing since you seemed peeved at it.

 

 

 

 

 

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Your previous message

 

 

Where does your information about the 136.00 retail price come from? I have been unable to verify that. Thanks.

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Well the first is the seller's reply to my query. Did I seem peeved?

 

 

 

 

 

"Don't hurry, don't worry. It's better to be late at the Golden Gate than to arrive in Hell on time."
--Sign in a bar and grill, Ormond Beach, Florida, 1960.

 

 

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I get a message:

Yikes, page no longer available....

 

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Try right mouse open link in new tab. It shows a very expensive Phileas at $366

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Try right mouse open link in new tab. It shows a very expensive Phileas at $366

Same result! Perhaps it is a country-filter

 

 

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Given the seller surprising that he isn't asking $90.

"Don't hurry, don't worry. It's better to be late at the Golden Gate than to arrive in Hell on time."
--Sign in a bar and grill, Ormond Beach, Florida, 1960.

 

 

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Ah, I do like that blue one.

"Don't hurry, don't worry. It's better to be late at the Golden Gate than to arrive in Hell on time."
--Sign in a bar and grill, Ormond Beach, Florida, 1960.

 

 

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Yep. And is that matte black, or just dirty?

 

Also, how does he know it's a smooth writer if it's uninked??

 

 

 

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The seller says it was a decal he removed which has left a mark. I still cannot see the normal stamped pattern. He also said the nib was dipped to test it and that does not constitute being INKED. He has though lowered the price.

 

 

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Not only no pattern on the "shield" part (I don't know what to call it), there is no gutter line on the rest of the band that goes around the pen.

 

Did Waterman (or someone else) make custom bands for these pens with logos for company promotions or corporate awards or some such? Or maybe someone just ruined the original band by accident and made their own replacement (if so it looks like a very nice fit).

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The band does look custom, as if corporate. There is a bit of wear and tear on the cap, but the price has been lowered to about the going rate for today. These were and are wonderful pens, and demand drives price.

 

Merry Christmas.

"Don't hurry, don't worry. It's better to be late at the Golden Gate than to arrive in Hell on time."
--Sign in a bar and grill, Ormond Beach, Florida, 1960.

 

 

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A nice clean, unused, example.

 

Rather a pity the seller ripped me off for the postage.

 

 

It never ceases to amaze me how many sellers still don't seem to know that there is so much more to lose now by adding P&P on separately, and not including all of fees and other charges within the start price or Buy it Now price.

 

They must be quite happy to get a 1 star rating for P&P then find they no longer get their free 20 listings per month. :unsure:

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