Difficulties At Omas In Bologna ?

[bruhuhuhu]

Yeah, that's is what I have been telling myself as well. However, my pen came with a poorly fitted nib and feed. I'm not comfortable with fixing it myself...

 

I think I'm getting side tracked here, but I think the letter summed up the status of Omas pretty well.

Edited April 5, 2016 by bruhuhuhu

[aardvarkbark]

What a disappointment, but how noble of them to ship them back to you. Some companies in bankruptcy don't, and you have to make a claim, with no assurances you will get either them or anything close to their value.

[Ghost Plane]

+1 Honorable to return.

[mongrelnomad]

After two years, I just found my old T2 Milord - the one that I bought second hand which for some unfathomable reason arrived without a piston mechanism.

 

Any ideas for repair much appreciated...

[jar]

After two years, I just found my old T2 Milord - the one that I bought second hand which for some unfathomable reason arrived without a piston mechanism.

 

Any ideas for repair much appreciated...

Contact nibs.com and ask for an estimate.

[Ceelo]

Lucky you got the pen back, I would definitely have some of the well known repairers to take a look at your pen to fix it.

[EclecticCollector]

After two years, I just found my old T2 Milord - the one that I bought second hand which for some unfathomable reason arrived without a piston mechanism.

 

Any ideas for repair much appreciated...

That sounds like a prototype model, those sometimes weren't completely finished and were not intended for sale to end users.

[katanankes]

After two years, I just found my old T2 Milord - the one that I bought second hand which for some unfathomable reason arrived without a piston mechanism.

 

Any ideas for repair much appreciated...

 

Believe it or not, I came across the same situation (with a Titanium 360). Was the seller based in France like mine? :-)

 

Now, this might be a stupid question, but did you try to see whether it works as an eyedropper? The titanium should be resistant to ink corrosion.

[Trom]

another fp-maker bankrupt, too bad I will love the ogiva more.

[mongrelnomad]

 

Believe it or not, I came across the same situation (with a Titanium 360). Was the seller based in France like mine? :-)

 

Now, this might be a stupid question, but did you try to see whether it works as an eyedropper? The titanium should be resistant to ink corrosion.

 

Based in Italy. No intention of using it as an eyedropper; I'd prefer to find a way of fixing it properly!

[whichwatch]

After two years, I just found my old T2 Milord - the one that I bought second hand which for some unfathomable reason arrived without a piston mechanism.

 

Any ideas for repair much appreciated...

 

That sounds like a prototype model, those sometimes weren't completely finished and were not intended for sale to end users.

 

The U.S. Distributor (Kenro) once told me that many of the pens they receive for display at pen shows come without the filling mechanism and are not for sale in that condition.

[lbrlux]

Could not be used as an eyedropper?

Cheers.

Luciano.

 

After two years, I just found my old T2 Milord - the one that I bought second hand which for some unfathomable reason arrived without a piston mechanism.

 

Any ideas for repair much appreciated...

[freeboy]

Could not be used as an eyedropper?

Cheers.

Luciano.

 

i was thinking this as well. if u try it remember to grease threads

[intrepidcva11]

100% in agreement with that.

 

I don't think that is fair. If the company isn't profitable then it's the owners right to sell or shut down the operation..........................

 

 

Rubbish! The owners bought the Company from its founders when it had a long history - 60 to 70 years - of being profitable, then proceeded to 'mass-produce' cheaper facsimiles of the original pens and increase their prices, thus destroying their own market. Then they decide to shut it down. And that's ok? not in my business manual.

[FriendAmos]

 

Rubbish! The owners bought the Company from its founders when it had a long history - 60 to 70 years - of being profitable, then proceeded to 'mass-produce' cheaper facsimiles of the original pens and increase their prices, thus destroying their own market. Then they decide to shut it down. And that's ok? not in my business manual.

 

Actually the "rubbish" is in the notion that the company was doing well, but the owner decided to sell for no apparent reason. Please do your homework on the finances of the company; it will save you what appears to be a great deal of unnecessary agitation.

 

Also, "OK" means that people are free to run their businesses as they see fit, even if that includes "'mass-produce' cheaper facsimiles of the original pens and increase their prices, thus destroying their own market", as alleged. What is in your business manual is completely irrelevant in that regard.

Edited September 19, 2016 by FriendAmos

[fabri00]

Rubbish! The owners bought the Company from its founders when it had a long history - 60 to 70 years - of being profitable, then proceeded to 'mass-produce' cheaper facsimiles of the original pens and increase their prices, thus destroying their own market. Then they decide to shut it down. And that's ok? not in my business manual.

It is not as you say.

The owner bought the company from the family of the founder when the company was already having serious problems, ad far as I know.

 

And it never started to "mass produce cheaper facsimiles of the original pens".

[jar]

 

Rubbish! The owners bought the Company from its founders when it had a long history - 60 to 70 years - of being profitable, then proceeded to 'mass-produce' cheaper facsimiles of the original pens and increase their prices, thus destroying their own market. Then they decide to shut it down. And that's ok? not in my business manual.

Your business manual might make interesting reading and a fun session in an economics class.

 

Did Omas make mistakes over the last decade or two? In my opinion, "Yes" but certainly not the errors you mention. I think their supersizing of the Milord and Paragon was a mistake and I was never a fan of the Omas Celluloid but the biggest issue in the success of the company seemed to be inherited debt and the collapse of the Asian and Russian market.

[sciumbasci]

IMHO Omas should have made some less expensive pens to stay afloat

[fabri00]

IMHO Omas should have made some less expensive pens to stay afloat

I do not think we should take conclusions about how to manage a company after few posts in a forum .....

[mongrelnomad]

I think the problem was that they didn't have the name recognition or distribution network outside the FP community. They were one of the few marques that could compete with Montblanc in every way.

 

Except in those above...