The Writing Desk (uk)

[Angeldust]

Hi,

 

Does anyone know why The Writing Desk no longer seems to stock Aurora ink? Or why there seems to be a much less diverse selection of Rhodia and Clairfontaine notebooks? It's such a shame! As far as I know there are no other suppliers of such products in the UK...

 

Thanks!

[Trom]

Maybe you didn't buy enough

[ImolaS3]

I thought they were stocking more Rhodia and Clairefontaine these days.

 

They are very responsive and when I requested a Clairefontaine A5 French ruled, they got 12 in and I purchased 2 within a few weeks. Tell them what you want.

 

I tend to buy all my paper and ink form them these days and should have a deli eery tomorrow

[anderl]

As for Aurora ink: at Battersea pen home they at least carry the blue.

[atypical]

A fair amount of ink seems to be temporarily out of stock as well.

I assume that stocks will eventually be replenished.

In the meantime, I ordered some missing ink from missing pen in Germany.

[encremental]

Aurora's distribution in the UK is, shall we say, flaky. Never mind about the ink - just try and buy a pen!

 

John

[twdpens]

Dear Angeldust,

 

We announced in our March e-newsletter that we would be cutting back on our paper and notebook ranges. There were a few reasons for this but the main one is warehouse space that we need for our bottled ink ranges. However, as ImolaS3 wrote above (and, BTW, thank you for your repeat custom), we are happy to order in any Clairefontaine or Rhodia product for a customer but there will usually be minimum order requirements. If there is anything in particular that you would like, please e-mail with your requirements (please don't use the PM system).

 

Please note that we have introduced new Clairefontaine and Rhodia products this year, for example the Clairefontaine Roadbook and Rhodia WebNoteBook with 90gsm paper.

 

As for Aurora, encremental has hit the nail on the head. There is currently no official distribution for Aurora products in the UK. The supply had been flaky for the past couple of years and we could never keep enough Aurora ink in stock to satisfy demand. When we did receive a delivery it was as if the whole fountain pen using world was watching our web site so we would sell out in a matter of days. We have, of course, been in discussion with Aurora directly but it is early days yet. Therefore, reluctantly, we took the decision to remove Aurora blue and black bottled ink from our website as we simply don't know when we will next have any.

 

If Simon Gray at the Battersea Pen Home has some then grab it while you can.

 

Best regards,

 

Martin and Anna