Lamy Safari Great Find Or Fake?

[Water Ouzel]

Meanwhile, my wife wanted to get another Cross Coventry fountain pen, found one on Amazon and ordered it from a dealer in Kowloon.

 

What she got was a perfect Lamy Safari in every respect, including converter.

 

Except for having no markings whatsoever anywhere on the pen nor nib.

 

Except for not wanting another Safari/Al Star, and really wanting another Coventry, things are just fine here. (Working with Amazon to get things straightened out...)

[bemon]

Meanwhile, my wife wanted to get another Cross Coventry fountain pen, found one on Amazon and ordered it from a dealer in Kowloon.

 

What she got was a perfect Lamy Safari in every respect, including converter.

 

Except for having no markings whatsoever anywhere on the pen nor nib.

 

Except for not wanting another Safari/Al Star, and really wanting another Coventry, things are just fine here. (Working with Amazon to get things straightened out...)

And this folks is why we avoid ordering anything from China.

[Jasi]

Is the screw at the top made of plastic or metal?

 

Mine has a metal screw.

[rwilsonedn]

And this folks is why we avoid ordering anything from China.

 

A bit of an over-generalization, this. Overall I've had better luck with orders shipped from China than orders shipped from Western Europe, in terms of receiving what I was promised. And there have been few problems with any of the orders.

ron

[bemon]

 

A bit of an over-generalization, this. Overall I've had better luck with orders shipped from China than orders shipped from Western Europe, in terms of receiving what I was promised. And there have been few problems with any of the orders.

ron

This certainly isnt an over generalization in my experience! Ive had far too close to zero positive experiences from South Asian vendors to endorse anything coming from that part of the world. From counterfeit merch, to misleading advertising, whatever I buy is somehow different than I expected. Ive experienced very little customer support, and any offers to fulfill a replacement order are predicated by a request for the original merchandise to be returned. Which is A), cost prohibitive to do in such a way that it can be tracked, so were left with option B, Regular mail. Then inevitably Im told my return package never reached their location and any further contact efforts disappear in to the ether.

 

I refused to be taken advantage of or scammed so now I do my best to order from Wonder Pens, Knights Writing, or Goulet Pens. All sell legit merchandise and have impeccible customer service.

Edited October 12, 2017 by bemon