Gold Plated Baoer 3035

[mke]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/273626091443

 

a bit strange - adding a Montblanc pen case with a Baoer

 

searching for the name of the seller (see the certificate) makes me think, this offer is fishy - a dormant company gives out a certificate (of what)

[Lomi]

fishy for sure, he have this printed certificates for like every item in his shop, and everything "colored" in gold, i'm not even sure it's plated, looks like this seller just created a business model by buying stuff from china and coloring it gold, then sell x10 price, i'm not gonna bother looking if some of his stuff is really genuine but most emblems he sell definitely can be bought at aliexpress. for example this lot https://www.ebay.com/itm/24K-Gold-Plated-Cohiba-Metal-2-Tube-Cigar-Holder-Case-and-Hip-Flask-Gift-Idea/273626091553?hash=item3fb562d021:g:e-YAAOSw~OdVXiUO is literally just "Hip Flask Mirror Polished with two Cigar Tube 2 OZ" from ali but colored in gold, i doubt cohiba even make such cigar holders (google search only shows me listings from ali and ebay). also there jinhao x750 in gold with mirror finish, if jinhao would made one i'm pretty sure we would know about it but i never seen one.

Edited January 10, 2019 by Lomarion

[jekostas]

Adding a few microns of real gold plate is relatively cheap, especially if done in bulk. There's so little actual gold I wouldn't be surprised if it was mostly gone in a couple of weeks.

[mke]

He even gold-plated or gold-lacquered the nib.

 

I guess this "gold" business works well. I remember a Yahoo auction for one of the many gold-plated Parker 75. I had the same pen bought before for about $30. The auction then was announced with the words GOLD everywhere and with photo-shopped images of a glittering luxury pen. Finally, some stupid bought it for $550.