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than the blue or red stripe, all fine nibs? The barrel color could not cost that much more to produce.

 

Just curious.

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Depends on the seller. Doubt it is supply and demand...the green ones are among the most iconic of colors for Pelikan and are in continuous production unless I'm mistaken. There shouldn't be any shortage of them.

 

If it's Amazon, you might be able to blame the algorithms -- the more a product is viewed or searched for, the more the price goes up I think.

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You're looking at the wrong website. Look elsewhere and you will find it's the same price. I would even guess that the green version is the most common one and so, by all rights should be cheaper.

 

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miss read that.................there is an idiot born every minute, one only has to wait for them to line up to give you their money.

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In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

 

 

The cheapest lessons are from those who learned expensive lessons. Ignorance is best for learning expensive lessons.

 

 

 

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I actually searched M600s and M800s on Amazon and eBay and found a myriad of prices all over the map for multiple colors. Just pick the cheapest price from a seller you trust...

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Amazon and ebay.

 

 

But how many online shops that specialise in selling fountain pens and paraphernalia and are recognised official Pelikan stockists have you checked, to confirm that the MSRP and/or market prices for the blue-striped and red-striped ones are less than that of the green-striped M600? Amazon's prices change all the time, even when an item is sold by Amazon itself, and of course third-party sellers in the Amazon Marketplace can set their prices willy-nilly, without regard to the cost of manufacture or anything like that.

 

I just had a look:

  • La Couronne du Comte, in the Netherlands, sells all three models for the same price.
  • Cult Pens, in the UK, sells all three models for the same price.
  • Pen Chalet, in the US, sells all three models for the same price.
  • Peter's of Kensington (which is not a specialist pen/stationery store), in Australia, sells the green-striped and red-striped M600 models for the same price, but does not appear to stock the blue-striped one.

     

     

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