Melbourne Pen Depot (Chadstone Vic) Closing :(

[tamiya]

I bear bad news ppls

 

Melbourne Pen Depot, that writing instrument stalwart that's been at Chadstone Shopping Centre for over three decades, will be shutting (B&M) store this Saturday.

 

MPD has been at Chadstone longer than I can remember; they used to have a giant 8 foot tall MontBlanc (or similar big fat pen, can't remember if it bore any branding) which I loved visiting.

 

I will definitely miss my occasional opportunity to go perve at shiny MontBlancs & Cartiers whilst scheming how to get last ink acquisitions past the scrutiny of la Ministress of Household (usually there'll be enough shopping bags to hide a few little boxes within). I'll have to find somewhere else to kill time whilst waiting for the lady shoppers... lord knows where, hanging around AppleStore or the Tesla showstand could prove ruinously expensive.

 

Anybuddy who's familiar with Geoff & Debbie at MPD, do suggest you pop in THIS WEEK at Chaddy to reminisce. Might find something you like too, they're doing 15% Off on all the pens I peeked at.

 

Going forwards they advise they'll be keeping their online store going.

[Newjelan]

Oh that's a real shame, I was a regular actual and window shopper there. My husband bought his first fountain pen there, starting his appreciation of fine pens.

[parnesh]

It is a shame. I was a regular window shopper and sometimes ink shopper when I was in Melbourne. Having said that, I am not surprised given how expensive it is run any kind of business in Oz.

[tamiya]

Final day, ppls!

 

Yeah Chaddy is undergoing expansion/renovations/lets-make-tenants-play-musical-chairs... 200 shops getting moved around just for the sake of getting moved around. IMHO routine real waste of resources but hey, keeps them shopfitoutters gainfully employed, huh?