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I bid on some Parker 45 pens that Jean-Michel had for sale on eBay...

They arrived today. He shipped them on Monday 11/28... you can't ask for better service than that...

Exactly as advertised.... a flat of 10 Parker 45 FPs and a pack of 5 Parker Black Cartidges as a bonus.

Cost $13/pen including the shipping....

I found out that Parker still has solid gold nibs for these pens in stock and ordered two for myself...

The rest I will probably sell to recoup my cost of the pens and nibs and have some more eBay money... :P :P

 

I only have one complaint... and that is the fact that you guys have created a monster.... I am looking at more pens.... this is not a good thing for a person who already makes pens...... I am going to need someone to explain this to my wife... who already is convinced I am crazy...

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Tom, thanks for the info on how quickly your shipment arrived. There are some pens I want to bid on.

 

I asked Jean-Michel in an e-mail about combining postage. He said to add 1.20GBP per pen to the cost of one with the most expensive postage. Would you happen to know how that translates into dollars and cents?

 

TIA,

Ann

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JML is a pleasure to deal with. A real eBay pro. I have a p45 set (FP+RB) winging its way to me now...

 

For the currency conversion, I use http://www.xe.com/ucc to get an idea for the aproximate exchage rate. They quote commercial spot rates, but with the amounts I deal in, the difference between that and the retail rate charged by PayPal or CC's is negligible...

 

The current mid-market spot rate for GBP-USD:

 

1.20 GBP = 2.08034 USD

 

so figure 2.09 maybe 2.10

 

Hope this helps...

Tom

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Hi Tom,

 

Thanks for this very good feedback on this very important website!!!

 

Every day now some buyers send mails like this one:

 

 

 

Jean-Michel,

 

 

 

I’ve now paid. By the way, you’re getting more great feedback here:

 

 

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/in...wtopic=5609&hl=

 

 

 

Ray

 

 

Thanks for all, best regards, J.M.Lewertowski

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I also got a beautiful red marble Parker Frontier set from Jean-Michel.

Excellent service. Buy yourself a little treat if you don't want to make a big purchase.

:)

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I bid on some Parker 45 pens that Jean-Michel had for sale on eBay...

They arrived today. He shipped them on Monday 11/28... you can't ask for better service than that...

Exactly as advertised.... a flat of 10 Parker 45 FPs and a pack of 5 Parker Black Cartidges as a bonus.

Cost $13/pen including the shipping....

I found out that Parker still has solid gold nibs for these pens in stock and ordered two for myself...

I've been meaning to figure out how to contact Parker about getting one of those gold nibs for my Parker 45. Did you buy the nibs outright or have them do a swap? How did you contact them?

 

Dave

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Hi,

 

If you do a swap for a gold nib, you have to pay $20. I did that, and now I have a gold EF.

 

Dillon

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I bid on some Parker 45 pens that Jean-Michel had for sale on eBay...

They arrived today. He shipped them on Monday 11/28... you can't ask for better service than that...

Exactly as advertised.... a flat of 10 Parker 45 FPs and a pack of 5 Parker Black Cartidges as a bonus.

Cost $13/pen including the shipping....

I found out that Parker still has solid gold nibs for these pens in stock and ordered two for myself...

I've been meaning to figure out how to contact Parker about getting one of those gold nibs for my Parker 45. Did you buy the nibs outright or have them do a swap? How did you contact them?

 

Dave

I just called Parker Customer Service... (1-800-237-8736)

The gold nibs were $20/ea and did not have to exchange the old nib....

I bought a fine and a medium... and the medium seemed to write about the same as the steel fine... GO FIGGA!! :rolleyes:

So my buddy bought the Parker 45 with a gold fine nib....

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My nibs are on the way. Here's the story. For $10 they have 14k gold plated nibs. For $20 they have 10k solid gold nibs. In each case there's an additional $5 shipping & handling.

 

At first the woman said I'd have to send the pen in for a swap. Then she checked with a technician & was told they could send me the nibs. However, they could not send the "bear grease" they use to prevent leaks. The woman didn't know if this was silicone grease.

 

BTW, the woman was very friendly. I liked the service!

 

I ordered both a fine & extra fine. This way if I don't like one, hopefully I'll like the other ... and "worst case", if I like them both, I'll have to buy a second P45! :D When the nibs arrive, I'm going to have to figure out how to do the nib swap. Any suggestions?

 

Dave

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My nibs are on the way.  Here's the story.  For $10 they have 14k gold plated nibs.  For $20 they have 10k solid gold nibs.  In each case there's an additional $5 shipping & handling. 

 

At first the woman said I'd have to send the pen in for a swap.  Then she checked with a technician & was told they could send me the nibs.  However, they could not send the "bear grease" they use to prevent leaks.  The woman didn't know if this was silicone grease. 

 

BTW, the woman was very friendly.  I liked the service!

 

I ordered both a fine & extra fine.  This way if I don't like one, hopefully I'll like the other ... and "worst case", if I like them both, I'll have to buy a second P45!  :D  When the nibs arrive, I'm going to have to figure out how to do the nib swap.  Any suggestions?

 

Dave

Real simple, you just unscrew the old one and screw in the new one... could not be easier..

I don't know about grease, but I did not use anything on the two I did and neither leak...

One is loaded with black Quink and the other PR DC Blue..

I have a fine in one and a medium in the other... I found these nibs do not write as broad as the steel nibs..

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