Ebay Seller Mpcac?

[Djehuty]

Greetings,

 

I'm considering buying a pen from eBay seller mpcac. Excellent feedback, so I'm not worried about being cheated or anything. My question is: Might anyone here know whether he is a competent restorer / adjuster? He's offering to replace the sac and adjust the nib for $15.00, which seems a tad low. Should I take him up on the offer, or expect to try to do this myself? (Note: my pen-restoration expertise level is: one Estie. )

 

Thanks!

 

[inkstainedruth]

Sorry, not a clue. I saw one of his listings for doing just repairs for $25 a couple of years ago, but he kinda copped an attitude and that put my back up a bit. I decided not to send him any of my pens, and tend to ignore his listings for pens for sale.

If you don't trust his competence (or yours, depending on what you're looking at buying), I can recommend Danny Fudge, who (last I looked) was only charging $5 more -- he replaced the sacs on a 51 Aerometric and the diaphragm on a 51 Vac at a pen show for $20 apiece, and replaced the gaskets on a Sheaffer Snorkel at no extra charge.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Djehuty]

Hm, thanks. I think I'll go with my first instinct, then -- just buy the pen, no alterations needed. I'll send it somewhere else for a tune-up.

 

I'm somewhat torn on the pen, to tell the truth. It's an Eversharp Skyline, which I've lusted after for ages. But it has a largeish ding in the clip. I actually like that, think it adds character, but I'm less than overjoyed at the price.

[checkrail]

As is often the case, a search for mpcac on the site will reveal there is already a very informative thread on this subject. It saves a lot of time.