Quiz: Why Is Xfountainpens Calling A 159 A 530?

[k3eax]

http://www.xfountainpens.com/collections/jinhao/products/jinhao-530-black

 

The person submitting the correct answer will be eligible to proceed to the next quiz-plateau whose question is open to submission.

Edited April 13, 2016 by k3eax

[cubfanbob]

I wondered the same thing.

[k3eax]

Sorry but your reply, even though it shows that you too are a great observer of the marketing of pens, cannot be accepted as an answer enabling you to go to the next quiz plateau. You may wish to try again after a wait of 24-hours.

[richila]

They only show one and didn't want it to be lonely, so they gave it a 500 number to be a big brother to the 599.

[k3eax]

Very nice effort Richila. It's obvious from your answer that you have no "insider information" provided by xFountainpens! Your answer will be presented in due time to our panel of carefully selected and quite biased judges.

Edited April 13, 2016 by k3eax

[grainweevil]

Someone at xfountainpens visited London in their youth and suffered some terrible humiliation on the open platform of a no.159 bus halfway down Regent Street, and as a result they now can't bear to even see that number. Whereas they have fond memories of getting up at 5.30am to listen to the dawn chorus.

[k3eax]

This quite possible Grainweevil. I personally am aware of a fellow American, who while carrying a bag marked Marks and Spencer, was ridiculed by fellow passengers clad in their bespoke clothes.

 

Your entry will of course be submitted in writing to the panel consisting mostly of dyslexics.

Edited April 13, 2016 by k3eax

[bobje]

k3eax, you are having entirely too much fun judging these entries.

[SteveE]

Albert - They probably got a letter from the "owners" of the trademark "149" advising them that too many people might confuse 159 with 149, so they must cease and desist from using any combination that includes both 1 and 9.

 

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Steve

[k3eax]

Steve OM, your answer has caused me to create a new award category. You are now leading in that category, "Worst Possible Answer".

[WC Lee]

it's because it is the x530 and not the 159

[k3eax]

Mr. Lee, you are obviously a confederate of said vendor having been euchred into placing a comment on this site in the belief that we would fall for your contention that a Jinhao X350 really exists!. Shame!

 

Extensive research by our vast Aid to the Gullible Department has failed to find any evidence to support the existence of a X350.

 

Your entry will of course not be accepted and please do not attempt to enter again under a false name

[WC Lee]

link to a review of the Jin Hao x530

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/260895-informal-review-jinhao-x-530/

 

one thing though, the one pictured on the xfountainpen website does look like the 159, but a Jin Hao x530 does exist

[gzp]

Because it's the "Bulow" version?

[k3eax]

Gadzooks! A Jinhao 530 really does exist! We've just fired our entire Research Department for failing to discover its existence.

 

It would seem that Jinhao created the 350 by replacing the 159's cap with another that just exudes that restrained and understated styling for which Chinese pens are known. The nib too seems a bit upscale as well.

 

Mr. Lee we grudgingly award you the Grand Prize! When our now absconded panel of judges can be located, they will be asked to inform you of the nature of the prize.

Edited April 18, 2016 by k3eax

[SteveE]

Don't I get a sample of the pen to understand where I've gone astray?

[k3eax]

Gads man, you're asking for a consolation prize! And to accommodate your request we are, as soon as our awards committee masters the Mandarin language, sending a request to Jinhao's CEO to provide an X530 to be sent to you.

[k3eax]

http://www.xfountainpens.com/collections/jinhao/products/jinhao-530-blackhttp:review-jinhao-x-530/

 

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/260895-informal-review-jinhao-x-530/

 

 

 

 

Since it has now been establishes that there really does exist a Jinhao X530, why is the pen pictured on XFountainpen's site actually, and without a doubt, a 159? A comparison with pen in the second link, an actual X530, link will make it immediately clear that XFountainpens has pictured an ordinary 159. What's going on here? If you order the pen, just what will be received, a 159 or X530?

Edited April 20, 2016 by k3eax

[richardandtracy]

Why called 530?

Well, I'm sure that's how much it weighs in grams.

 

Or the original solid prototype.

 

Regards,

 

Richard.

[Sailor Kenshin]

http://www.xfountainpens.com/collections/jinhao/products/jinhao-530-black

 

The person submitting the correct answer will be eligible to proceed to the next quiz-plateau whose question is open to submission.

 

Cannot be 159. 159 cap not post.

 

It is a clever ruse to get you to think 'they' (xfountainpens...even the name is a giveaway! and their confederates) are calling a 159 a 530.

 

I have not been here. You did not read this.