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I am trying to find good deals on Iro-Shizuku ink line in India. Online retailers generally jack up the price of this ink. Any suggestions are welcome

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Luxor India sells some regular fountain pen ink from Pilot but not Iro-Shizuku ink. I guess, if there is group by for 25-35 bottles or more, they might consider to import it. Other way is to contact Raul, Engeika India counterpart. Though he sells this ink at sky rocketing price, you never know you will get a reasonable deal while negotiating with him.

I think some sellers at Mumbai also sell this ink. Hari is the right person to know about that.

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Luxor India sells some regular fountain pen ink from Pilot but not Iro-Shizuku ink. I guess, if there is group by for 25-35 bottles or more, they might consider to import it. Other way is to contact Raul, Engeika India counterpart. Though he sells this ink at sky rocketing price, you never know you will get a reasonable deal while negotiating with him.

I think some sellers at Mumbai also sell this ink. Hari is the right person to know about that.

 

That is true. Infact, I think he is the only person in India selling this ink. But he prices it at ~3000 INR which is way beyond what I can afford. I have done business with Raul and on the whole I find him to be a bit unreliable

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you can buy it from jsubculture or from rakuten where i got mine at 1200 yen a bottle when they had a free shipping offer going on.

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you can buy it from jsubculture or from rakuten where i got mine at 1200 yen a bottle when they had a free shipping offer going on.

 

Thanx for the info on jsubculture. They have got some good deals even though the site looks like it has been designed by someone high on speed

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you can buy it from jsubculture or from rakuten where i got mine at 1200 yen a bottle when they had a free shipping offer going on.

Buying from a Japanese vendor is certainly the least expensive way of getting some of this very nice ink. I just ordered a bottle from j-subculture for $9.08 (USD.) Not sure what shipping to India would add to the price, but I would think the total would still beat the prices charged by non-Japanese vendors.

 

Here in the USA, most vendors charge $28 - sometimes more - for a bottle of Iroshizuku so I saved about $19 right off the bat. J-subculture also offers expedited shipping for less than it would cost for expedited shipping within the USA, and less than what other Japanese vendors were charging for standard "slow boat" shipping, so it was a win-win situation for me!

 

J-subculture's search function is very poor, but if you follow this path: Computers/Stationery and Office Supplies/Fountain Pens and then put Iroshizuku in the search box, you can find the ink. (Don't you always look under computers for fountain pens and paraphernalia?!? :rolleyes: )

 

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Yet, in the USA, if you don't mind 15ml, there are places where you can get that amount for less than $28.00 or $35.00. Iroshizuku is now available in 15ml Size bottles. Three selections would cost you $25.00, where as one 50ml bottle is the cost aforementioned.

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i am interested in asa gao. talked to pensavenue a couple of weeks back. they say they are going to bring the full pilot range to india coming financial year - iroshizuku , vp, custom and all. pensavenue's prices are on the higher side so i assume iroshizuku is going to be costly too. if somebody wants to pool and buy from rakuten i would join in.

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i am interested in asa gao. talked to pensavenue a couple of weeks back. they say they are going to bring the full pilot range to india coming financial year - iroshizuku , vp, custom and all. pensavenue's prices are on the higher side so i assume iroshizuku is going to be costly too. if somebody wants to pool and buy from rakuten i would join in.

 

It is good that pensavenue is bringing pilot to india. Iroshizuku will be expensive. For example, makoba.com sells iroshizuku for 3000 inr. I like the idea of pooling together and buying iroshizuku. For instance, iroshizuku retails from 8$-15$ in jsubculture, popular ones being more costly, shipping it to india around 1000 yen(500 inr), we can get a much better deal.(not including customs)

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Yeah... I can import to... My father has a license...

Would you like to be the point man for this project like as in the ASA sniper project. And what license are you talking about

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i doubt customs will let a bulk ink order slip thru, i bought 4 bottles of ink from rakuten at 1200 yen each, and then the issue of breakage of bottles remains. it will be better if we buy 2-3 bottles at a time and combine shipping the cost would be less than 1000 rupees a bottle. looking at prices on jsubculture and rakuten buying 1-2 bottles at a time it works out to about1000- 1200 rupees shipped per bottle.

 

if someone has a importer license and save us the customs and shipping breakage loss issues then we have a deal. luxor the official retailer of pilot pens, inks in india would be importing these inks if they found volumes and demand for it.

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Pilot custom heritage 74 all nibs, 742 Fa and PO nibs, 823 F 92 F,M, 3776 FM,EF,1911F

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Just bought 4 bottles of iroshizuku ink an hour ago.

2 bottles each of Tsuki-Yo and kon-peki.

from where??

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from where??

http://www.japanshop-quill.com/pilot-iroshizuku-ink.htm

 

No point if you want only 1-2 bottles, did some cost benefit analysis.

 

Also, the cost per bottle for me in this purchase was INR 1,250 per bottle, same as Mont Blanc but ink quantity a little less. I would suggest that in case you guys want to but it, do a group buy with 4-5 people, the more you order, the cheaper it would be. But try not to exceed 4-5, that's where the customs kick in, they usually don't care about parcels of value less than INR 5,000, but if you order more, it will exceed that limit and you'll have to pay taxes.

I have ordered a lot of stuff from abroad and never paid customs mainly because of this.

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Pilot Iroshizuku inks. Kon-Peki and Tsuki-yo. Arrived in mail today from Japan. 4 bottles. :)

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Pilot Iroshizuku inks. Kon-Peki and Tsuki-yo. Arrived in mail today from Japan. 4 bottles. :)

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Amazon has started to carry Iroshizuku.. but it's expensive. They have a lot of Pilot pens too.

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