Pelikan M605 Stresemann At Amazon--A Warning

[sketchstack]

happy to have helped/informed someone. that was the intent of the post.

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You have helped me. I’ve been eyeballing a non-US exclusive rhodium plated Pilot Justus 95 that is available from the Amazon UK site, just like the Pelikan you purchased.

 

Now I am hesitant and may well defer my purchase plan entirely just to avoid any shenanigans (poor packaging is my biggest fear, even on regular domestic Amazon orders).

 

One thing this situation illustrates is that there are sometimes gray areas when it comes to accuracy and legitimacy. It’s based on our own perception of the market from the vantage of our own market.

 

Example: In some markets there’s a mayonnaise called “Hellmann’s”. The exact same product is also called “Best Foods” in other markets. You may order one and receive the other, which would be wrong or “inaccurate” ...but that’s relative to where you are and where the product originated. (Yes, this analogy is not 1:1 the current situation and I do apologize in advance for bringing mayonnaise into a discussion of fountain pens :-)

[Olya]

 

You have helped me. I’ve been eyeballing a non-US exclusive rhodium plated Pilot Justus 95 that is available from the Amazon UK site, just like the Pelikan you purchased.

 

Now I am hesitant and may well defer my purchase plan entirely just to avoid any shenanigans (poor packaging is my biggest fear, even on regular domestic Amazon orders).

 

One thing this situation illustrates is that there are sometimes gray areas when it comes to accuracy and legitimacy. It’s based on our own perception of the market from the vantage of our own market.

 

Example: In some markets there’s a mayonnaise called “Hellmann’s”. The exact same product is also called “Best Foods” in other markets. You may order one and receive the other, which would be wrong or “inaccurate” ...but that’s relative to where you are and where the product originated. (Yes, this analogy is not 1:1 the current situation and I do apologize in advance for bringing mayonnaise into a discussion of fountain pens :-)

Japanese pens are different from German pens.

 

Buy a Pelikan or Lamy and chances are you'll get them in cardboard sleeves (which is not always the case and a gamble you take when purchasing).

 

Japanese pens have in my experience always come in boxes, regardless where I bought them (independent European retailers, European eBay/Amazon sellers or from Japan via eBay/Amazon/Rakuten).

 

Same for Parker, Waterman and Sheaffer (always in box or cardboard packaging, but the sealed in plastic then put in cardboard kind which is hung on racks).

 

The Pelikans I bought off Amazon often came in cardboard sleeves, which is also often noted in the reviews.

However, no pen has arrived damaged so far.

 

The very few Japanese pens that Amazon sells directly came always in the same packaging as from Japanese sellers (i.e. always in a box).