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Amber and I just finished up a successful group buy for the new P.K. Akkerman small bottle inks.

 

Now, we're trying to gauge the potential interest for a group buy (North American) for Toucan Inks. These are the inks from Just Write in Australia, that generally come in 30ml or 60ml pouches. These inks are unavailable in North America unless you pay some pretty hefty shipping, or have a friend who can send you some inks.

 

There are 14 colors: Click here to see swabs - Click here to see writing samples

 

Our initial thought are that we would allow people to buy individual pouches of ink, or the complete set of 14 pouches.

 

If we get enough participation, we think the shipping to the US will balance out any potential group discount combined with the currency conversion. What that means is that the prices listed on the Just Write website will be your approximate costs before you add in shipping from Amber to you.

 

If that holds, it means you could get 30ml in each of 14 colors. That's 420 ml for about $45 (before additional shipping).

For comparison, 4 bottles of Noodler's would be about 340 ml for about $50 (before shipping)

 

 

So.....Who would be interested in a group buy?

If you think you'll like to join in, speak up. And indicate how much you think you'll want. Your response is not an order--we're trying to see what kind of interest there is before we move forward.

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I would love to join this but I am in the wrong country :(

As these inks are harder to get out of Australia you should get a lot of interest. I will watch in interest as to where this leads because I've been thinking about a group buy for New Zealand

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I would love to join this but I am in the wrong country :(

As these inks are harder to get out of Australia you should get a lot of interest. I will watch in interest as to where this leads because I've been thinking about a group buy for New Zealand

 

 

They ship to NZ super cheap. No need for group.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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I think we can even do the 100 ml pouches.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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I think I would be interested - not sure how many I would want or what size - it's been a hard day at work and I'm even more off the wall than the Crazy Cat Lady.

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I'm in.

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Hmm... looks they don't have the 150 ml pouches right now, but if they do, we can offer that.

 

They have 14 colors and the they offer a set with all 14 colors for the price of just over 12. Anyway, just let us know if you are interested and we'll see about what to put together. Right now, the cost for all 14 colors in 60 ml pouches will run us about $65 shipped in to the US.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sounds good to me.

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I'm in for the full set also. And I realize this is my first post so if there's any concerns please let me know! I've been reading this site for a while and seems fitting my first post is about buying more ink when I have enough to last a lifetime! :-)

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Just in case anyone is interested in the larger sizes, they dropped them due to lack of interest, but Kevin was more than willing to go out of his way to get me either size when I contacted him. I'm sure that you would be able to get your hands on the larger sizes if you inquired.

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I'm in for the full set also. And I realize this is my first post so if there's any concerns please let me know! I've been reading this site for a while and seems fitting my first post is about buying more ink when I have enough to last a lifetime! :-)

 

 

welcome!!!

Don't let NEED interfere with ink purchases!

 

xoxo - The Enabler

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Just in case anyone is interested in the larger sizes, they dropped them due to lack of interest, but Kevin was more than willing to go out of his way to get me either size when I contacted him. I'm sure that you would be able to get your hands on the larger sizes if you inquired.

 

 

150ml - $AUD8.50

400ml - $AUD15.00

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Whoops hit the wrong button there! Meant to say thanks!! And yes I never let NEED interfere with my shopping. :)

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Whoops hit the wrong button there! Meant to say thanks!! And yes I never let NEED interfere with my shopping. :)

 

 

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Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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