Best Place To Buy Pens

[The Royal Pen]

The website that I use to buy pens, well, their prices are getting so high I needs a ladder to pay for them. Are there any other websites --besides John Neal-- with low prices where I could buy Parker, Pilot, and other pens?

Edited July 8, 2010 by The Royal Pen

[pkoko]

I will contact Pam at Oscar Braun & Avalon Jewelers. These are the 2 main stores; I purchase my pens from.

[SarahS]

I will contact Pam at Oscar Braun & Avalon Jewelers. These are the 2 main stores; I purchase my pens from.

 

I've dealt with Pam - great prices and very fast service.

[gely]

The website that I use to buy pens, well, their prices are getting so high I needs a ladder to pay for them. Are there any other websites --besides John Neal-- with low prices where I could buy Parker, Pilot, and other pens?

 

I recomend to you http://www.cruzaltpens.com/ to buy Mont Blanc they have not competitors. They are based in Spain.

[Pen Is Mightier]

I have never purchased anything from melpens.com but I have asked others in different post and they have all sworn by her, I have cruised the site frequently drooling over the Lamy 2000 price. Her other prices seem pretty good too. No affiliation and all that jazz.

[jkrewalk]

I like The Ink Flow, Fountain Pen Hospital and Swisher Pens myself.

[HelzBelz]

I'll give a recommendation to Melpens. Their prices are great, and the delivery is really fast, too. I'm a repeat customer.

[sotto2]

;-) I love these kinds of posts. Everybody lists their favorite store, over and over and over again. ;-)

 

OK, I buy a lot from Jetpens.com. Free shipping over $25 and fast shipping to my town in SoCal. Pretty good deals, too.

[The Royal Pen]

I am looking at Melpens....

and the Ink Flow

 

Please, keep the suggestions coming!

[xuan87]

pengallery is another one that you can consider. normally for japanese pens, i will get them from ebay, there are a couple of very reliable sellers there.

[RNHC]

I will vouch for ipenstore.com. They carry some brands not normally carried by other stores: Ohto and Worther.

 

Excellent communication and very responsive customer service.

[bogiesan]

The website that I use to buy pens, well, their prices are getting so high I needs a ladder to pay for them. Are there any other websites --besides John Neal-- with low prices where I could buy Parker, Pilot, and other pens?

 

 

If you want NOS Sheaffers, not on your list, then Teri at Peyton.

 

But I'm puzzled by the post. After visiting several of the sites mentioned here (and from http://db.uwaterloo.ca/~tozsu/Pens/penlistings.html) and looking through my my 2010 catalogs from 6 different major shops, the prices on mid- to high-end fountain pens do not vary more than a few percent. The markups seem to be exactly the same everywhere for a certain tier of merchandise. Many of these posts are recommendations based on customer service and the total experience of dealing with a retailer. Those are not intangible attributes, they are worth something.

 

david boise ID

[InkyCarl]

I buy a lot of stuff from iPenstore.com, the same person as "streetfair" on ebay. Good prices and cheap shipping on a lot of nice stuff. They seem to mainly buy lots of stuff they get good deals on, and are not a source for all major models of all major brands. But they have things like Ohto brand rollerball pens and refills, which are pretty good low-cost pens and not easy to find elsewhere. I also got a Parker Vector with a Batman logo, a good deal on Schmidt Superbowl refills, and a Parker Jotter fountain pen (same thing as the "15" I think). They also have a couple Parker 45s.

[eric47]

I think often the "best place to buy pens" depends on where you are. Shipping, taxes, customs, etc. sometimes those negate the savings of buying internationally and can even lead to your paying more than buying locally. Consider as well the possibility of problems which require your sending the pen back to reseller, which can be much more costly when buying internationally (or outside of the EU if you're in the EU for instance). Lastly, if there happens to be a local distributor of the pen, then warranty service may require your sending the pen to the manufacturer rather than your local distributor.

 

So providing your location can help.

Edited July 9, 2010 by eric47

[Nordic Pen Imports]

You are welcome to www.stylos.se

We aim to be the best, best at taking care of our customers, if you don't like our prices give us a bid and maybe we can work something out.

 

Kind regards

Niklas Dahl

Edited July 9, 2010 by Nordic Pen Imports

[amble63]

for Parkers, Penseller from France on ebay is excellent. He also has excellent prices on Watermans. I just picked up an Expert and a Hemisphere and the two together (saved on shipping by buying them together) cost me a grand total of $88 Cdn. Since the MSRP on an Expert seems to be in the $145-$160 US range, I figure I did okay.

[bdk]

Andy Evans. Website: http://www.andys-pens.co.uk

Edited July 9, 2010 by bdk

[hecya]

Pensgallery is an excellent option on ebay. I like their prices on Pelikan pens. I bought from them a Pelikan M215 and it arrived very quick by a major courier ( I don´t remeber if FedEx, DHL or UPS).

[voop]

for Parkers, Penseller from France on ebay is excellent. He also has excellent prices on Watermans. I just picked up an Expert and a Hemisphere and the two together (saved on shipping by buying them together) cost me a grand total of $88 Cdn. Since the MSRP on an Expert seems to be in the $145-$160 US range, I figure I did okay.

 

+1 for Penseller from France (J. M. Lewertowski).

[Maruk]

I've had good experiences with Jetpens, Amazon (limited stock though), StationeryArt and the FPN Marketplace. I'll probably be purchasing from Pam Braun, Engika, mr. Binder and Mr. Mottishaw before the year is out though.