Stone Garden For $460 On Massdrop

[katerchen]

Free US shipping, no sales tax for most states.

 

It's a bit over the limit for me, but I know there's a lot of interest for the pen and this is the lowest price I've seen so far.

 

-k

[mke]

Nice price!!

 

Here is the link:

https://www.massdrop.com/pelikan/s

 

Usually $620 in US and $970 in Japan.

 

Unfortunately (for me), I prefer the M1000 series. And not that I don't have enough pens.

[PAKMAN]

Wow this pen went to massdrop awfully fast!

[1nkulus]

$60 cheaper than Cult pens.

Great for those who don't need it in a hurry.

[bbs]

British buyers will be able to find it cheaper, taking Customs charges into account.

[1nkulus]

British buyers will be able to find it cheaper, taking Customs charges into account.

 

How and where?

 

Cult with their ongoing 10% discount, the delivered price is £428 (same price for EF nib too).

[Gloucesterman]

Massdrop is charging $50.00 more for the EF nib, I believe. I wonder why they do that?

 

How and where?

 

Cult with their ongoing 10% discount, the delivered price is £428 (same price for EF nib too).

[1nkulus]

Massdrop is charging $50.00 more for the EF nib, I believe. I wonder why they do that?

 

A lot of retailers do, EF tax.

 

With Cult offering 10% off, Massdrop is no longer a deal worth bothering.

The delivered cost with Cult is $465 and that is applicable to the EF nib too. Fast delivery and tested prior to dispatch.

[Gloucesterman]

I have purchased from Cult Pens several times and have had wonderful experiences, great pricing and excellent shipping from the U.K. to Massachusetts location. even if it were a few dollars (pounds) more, I would go with them before Massdrop.

 

Just a GREAT experience!!

 

No affiliation of course!

 

A lot of retailers do, EF tax.

 

With Cult offering 10% off, Massdrop is no longer a deal worth bothering.

The delivered cost with Cult is $465 and that is applicable to the EF nib too. Fast delivery and tested prior to dispatch.

[1nkulus]

I have purchased from Cult Pens several times and have had wonderful experiences, great pricing and excellent shipping from the U.K. to Massachusetts location. even if it were a few dollars (pounds) more, I would go with them before Massdrop.

 

Just a GREAT experience!!

 

No affiliation of course!

 

 

Massdrop does have great deals but, unfortunately, not in this case.

Cult is the only UK retailer NOT charging an EF tax, AFAIK.

[bbs]

How and where?

 

Cult with their ongoing 10% discount, the delivered price is £428 (same price for EF nib too).

Fritz Schimpf is selling for 416 (about £364) and there was no postage charge on my order (although I was also ordering another pen too, so not 100% sure of if this would apply for just the Stone Garden but I would imagine so). Edited November 10, 2018 by bbs

[1nkulus]

Fritz Schimpf is selling for 416 (about £364) and there was no postage charge on my order (although I was also ordering another pen too, so not 100% sure of if this would apply for just the Stone Garden but I would imagine so).

 

Great for UK buyers.

As for US buyers, I am unsure if German retailers deduct VAT like UK retailers?

If yes, US buyers get it for $397 (unsure if Intl. shipping is free).

[A Smug Dill]

As for US buyers, I am unsure if German retailers deduct VAT like UK retailers?

Stefanie Kahl of Fountainfeder told me, in answer to that same question, 

yes there will still be 19% MwSt charged to it. In Germany we have to charge it to every order , unless it is a Business to Business Transaction. Since our shop is only Business to customer the MwSt is Always included.

The delivered cost with Cult is $465 and that is applicable to the EF nib too. Fast delivery and tested prior to dispatch.

I'm sure £357 ≈ $640^† delivered is an awesome price for that pen, especially with an EF nib, but I don't think I can bring myself to spend that much (or even half of that^‡) on a piston-fill model.^† Of course I'm talking in AUD, as that is my local/default context, just as Canadians would be talking in CAD and Americans in USD when just using the unqualified dollar sign as the currency symbol.^‡ I did spend over $300, once, on a piston-fill of a brand with which I'm familiar: Sailor. The pen is still sealed inside the plastic sleeve in the same state as when it left the factory, several months after I've received the product. That shows me just how much I like and how much use I have for an expensive piston-fill pen. Edited November 11, 2018 by A Smug Dill

[A Smug Dill]

Hmmm, now that I've seen the Vibrant Orange M600, I am tempted... but thank heavens it is somewhat see-through (which I don't like), and more importantly, from what I've read the Pelikan EF nibs aren't even necessarily finer than Lamy F nibs (which are too already broad for my liking). More money saved towards future purchases of Platinum and Sailor pens!

[1nkulus]

Hmmm, now that I've seen the Vibrant Orange M600, I am tempted... but thank heavens it is somewhat see-through (which I don't like), and more importantly, from what I've read the Pelikan EF nibs aren't even necessarily finer than Lamy F nibs (which are too already broad for my liking). More money saved towards future purchases of Platinum and Sailor pens!

 

You can't beat Japanese pens for fine nibs, the European brands just don't cut it.

My experience is similar to yours.

 

Hence, as stated earlier, Japanese for 'Fine' and European for 'Broad'.

[1nkulus]

Stefanie Kahl of Fountainfeder told me, in answer to that same question,

 

yes there will still be 19% MwSt charged to it. In Germany we have to charge it to every order , unless it is a Business to Business Transaction. Since our shop is only Business to customer the MwSt is Always included.

 

I had feeling that might be the case, hence my reservation.

[1nkulus]

As German retailers do not deduct VAT, the price for US buyers is similar (provided Intl. shipping is free from Fritz).

$465 from Cult and $472 (excl. EF nib) from Fritz Schimpf.

Since Fritz levies EF tax, Cult will be the cheapest.

 

For UK buyers, Fritz is the cheapest even with EF tax (the diff. will be negligible if you do not get free shipping from Fritz).

[Mulrich]

There's also a seller on FPGeeks that is selling the Stone Garden for $450 (shipped).

[katerchen]

There's also a seller on FPGeeks that is selling the Stone Garden for $450 (shipped).

 

Ah that would be Denis. I think he has it up here as well. Fine fellow. Bought a Stresemann and some inks from him at very good prices.

[A Smug Dill]

I see La Couronne du Comte has put the Pelikan Souverän 800 Stone Garden fountain pen onto its list of current specials overnight. For buyers outside the EU, that's €347.11 ex VAT with free international shipping (but only for F and M nibs; there is a hefty EF nib 'surcharge'). Some of you will know where to find a standing 10% site-side discount code associated with a well-known reviewer of pens and inks; that brings the effective total price to €312.40, which just creeps in under A$500 for Australian buyers with today's currency exchange rate.

 

Not my cup of tea as far as pens go, but some of you might be interested.

 

(That said, I now have four 'expensive' piston-fill pens either at home or on its way to me in the post, including a Pelikan M600 Vibrant Orange. The Aurora EF nibs write beautifully, if pushing the edge of what I consider too broad; I wish Aurora made more top-end models with cartridge/converter as the filling mechanism! As for the Pelikan, I ended ordering one from Dan Smith on the basis that he'll grind the nib to my exacting and possibly quirky specification, so it'll no longer have the 'characteristics' or the uncertainty of Pelikan EF nibs.)