Chartpak Or Pen Repairer?

[gerigo]

So I did a terrible newbie thing. Long story short, the piston in my M101n Lizard unscrewed itself and in my attempt to screw it back, I assembled it with the piston fully extended. IE the piston is now completely seized and cannot move.

 

I contacted both a pen repairer and Chartpak. Pen repair guy will charge me $60 to reset the piston, while Chartpak will charge $100 to "look at the pen". If there are more charges incurred, they will charge accordingly. While I'd love to be able to send the pen back to Pelikan, the charge seems very high.

 

Thoughts or advice? Should I directly contact Germany? Should I just get my pen repaired by a pen repair guy? Chartpak does not seem sympathetic at all.

[BillH]

I don't see an advantage to you to use Chartpak...

[Driften]

I would agree about going with the repair guy...

[Ron Z]

There's often more to resetting a piston than just putting it back in, and these do break if one isn't careful. The $60 is less than a replacement barrel, assuming one is available.

[gerigo]

There's often more to resetting a piston than just putting it back in, and these do break if one isn't careful. The $60 is less than a replacement barrel, assuming one is available.

 

Thanks Ron!

[Ron Z]

Ask Abi who she recommends for more difficult repairs.