Pilot Metropolitan <F> To Europe?

[69Boss302]

Have you tried gouletpens.com? They sell them in both f and m nibs. Not sure if they do shipping outside the States though. Ive sent pens to the EU without issue thus far and for fairly reasonable shipping costs too at the expense of speed. I'll be ordering a white one from Goulet.

Edited September 2, 2014 by 69Boss302

[tomkeb]

Have you tried gouletpens.com? They sell them in both f and m nibs. Not sure if they do shipping outside the States though. Ive sent pens to the EU without issue thus far and for fairly reasonable shipping costs too at the expense of speed. I'll be ordering a white one from Goulet.

Yes, Goulet pens is a possibility, yet they have a little more expensive shipping than JetPens.

[69Boss302]

I recently sent 3 pens to the UK for 4

$4usd, 10 to Denmark for $25 and 3 to Germany for $6. All sent standard post. It takes a bit longer and may be slow (2-3 week average) to leave Customs in Miami though.

Hopefully you'll find a deal.

[Drone]

I just took a quick look at ebaY. The Pilot MR from pokydady in Hong Kong is $19.99 plus $6 postage. I have purchased once before from pokydady and did not have a problem. The Pilot Metropolitan in the U.S. appears on ebaY for around the same price plus $9 international postage. I'm pretty sure the U.S. postage has no tracking. The Hong Kong seller doesn't specify whether tracking is included. I would inquire about the Hong Kong Post tracking. Tracking with Hong Kong Post is usually only a dollar or two more.

BTW, as an alternative to the now seemingly defunct Stationeryart, pokydady (ebaY) in Hong Kong sells the Pilot 78G with CON-20 converter for $13.50 plus $2.50 Hong Kong postage. The postage is probably less than the Pilot MR because the 78G doesn't have a box,

 

Pokydady's price for the 78G is almost twice that of Stationeryart's - I'm going to miss them.

Here is pokydady's ebaY Store:

http://stores.ebay.com/Pokydady-Store/_i.html?_nkw=78G&submit=Search&_sid=567248443

[KBeezie]

I just took a quick look at ebaY. The Pilot MR from pokydady in Hong Kong is $19.99 plus $6 postage. I have purchased once before from pokydady and did not have a problem. The Pilot Metropolitan in the U.S. appears on ebaY for around the same price plus $9 international postage. I'm pretty sure the U.S. postage has no tracking. The Hong Kong seller doesn't specify whether tracking is included. I would inquire about the Hong Kong Post tracking. Tracking with Hong Kong Post is usually only a dollar or two more.

 

BTW, as an alternative to the now seemingly defunct Stationeryart, pokydady (ebaY) in Hong Kong sells the Pilot 78G with CON-20 converter for $13.50 plus $2.50 Hong Kong postage. The postage is probably less than the Pilot MR because the 78G doesn't have a box,

 

Pokydady's price for the 78G is almost twice that of Stationeryart's - I'm going to miss them.

 

Here is pokydady's ebaY Store:

 

http://stores.ebay.com/Pokydady-Store/_i.html?_nkw=78G&submit=Search&_sid=567248443

 

 

Well technically that's not a con-20 but the same 'cleaning converter' that the Metropolitans come with (technically Pilot never gave it an official name, but it's not the same as the retail Con-20, same differemce I guess). And 12.99 or so seemed to be about average for the 78G (they were closer to 10 on JStationery at one time), but at least they're not $20 like I saw on some places.

 

How long ago was the 78G for around $6?

 

When that MR does arrive can you confirm that it's a Pilot based C/C ?

[Drone]

 

Well technically that's not a con-20 but the same 'cleaning converter' that the Metropolitans come with (technically Pilot never gave it an official name, but it's not the same as the retail Con-20, same differemce I guess). And 12.99 or so seemed to be about average for the 78G (they were closer to 10 on JStationery at one time), but at least they're not $20 like I saw on some places.

 

How long ago was the 78G for around $6?

 

When that MR does arrive can you confirm that it's a Pilot based C/C ?

 

Thanks for the info on the "CON-20" converter as referenced on the pokydady ebaY site (or not per your clarification).

 

I bought some 78G's from the now seemingly defunct (but good when it was alive) Stationeryart site in HK. The price (if memory serves) was a bit less than $7.50 USD each for the 78G plus a couple of bucks HK Post international postage; add a buck for EMS-type postal tracking. So it was it bit more than $6 plus shipping by simple division in my previous post.

 

It was a month or two ago that I checked the Stationeryart site (when it was still up) looking for the bigger bottles (60 or 70ml? they are different shapes) of Pilot/Namiki Blue ink. But they had only the small 30ml bottles. At the same time I checked for the 78G and they were still up for around $7.50 plus shipping. But not in all colors and nib sizes. I guess this was when Stationeryart was in the process of shutting down.

 

I will take a another look at the converter that came with my Singapore-bought MR converter and compare it with the converter that came with my 78G's. But when I first got the MR in Singapore I recognized the converter right away, it looked the same as the problematic converters that came with my 78G's. Either way, the converter that comes with the 78G or MR (both have a black sac) are a problem in my experience, especially with the 78G's broad (stub) nib, and certain inks (including Pilot/Namiki blue which is a work-horse ink for me).

 

I didn't reference Jstationery in my posts because the OP stated he/she was in the EU. AFAIK Jstationery is in the US (USPS shipping CONUS, at my post-time free for orders over $20). Given the huge increase in International USPS rates these days and lack of affordable tracking, I didn't consider them an option for a EU buyer. But JStationery does say at post-time their 78G's are available for $10.95 USD plus shipping. Not an option for me (I am in SE Asia), or likely the OP. But I don;t see the Pilot Metropolitan on the JStationery site.

 

Oh yes here the link to JStationery's site (FWIW out of respect to the OP):

 

http://www.jstationery.com/fountain-pen

 

Cheers, David

[Vinodh]

I just took a quick look at ebaY. The Pilot MR from pokydady in Hong Kong is $19.99 plus $6 postage. I have purchased once before from pokydady and did not have a problem. The Pilot Metropolitan in the U.S. appears on ebaY for around the same price plus $9 international postage. I'm pretty sure the U.S. postage has no tracking. The Hong Kong seller doesn't specify whether tracking is included. I would inquire about the Hong Kong Post tracking. Tracking with Hong Kong Post is usually only a dollar or two more.

 

BTW, as an alternative to the now seemingly defunct Stationeryart, pokydady (ebaY) in Hong Kong sells the Pilot 78G with CON-20 converter for $13.50 plus $2.50 Hong Kong postage. The postage is probably less than the Pilot MR because the 78G doesn't have a box,

 

Pokydady's price for the 78G is almost twice that of Stationeryart's - I'm going to miss them.

 

Here is pokydady's ebaY Store:

 

http://stores.ebay.com/Pokydady-Store/_i.html?_nkw=78G&submit=Search&_sid=567248443

 

 

Pilot 78G available for $9.99 plus $2.50 shipping with one box IC 50 cartridge and cleaning coverter.

 

Here is the Link:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pilot-78g-Fountain-Pen-medium-nib-Green-1-IC-50-black-ink-cartridge-/271594114082?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f3c454c22

 

Good seller, reasonable price.

Edited September 17, 2014 by Vinodh