No Joke - Platinum and Visconti Prices Going Up April 1st!

[Nibs.com]

Both Platinum and Visconti have announced price adjustments taking effect on April 1st, but you can order now to lock in our current pricing. You can find all the Platinum pens we offer by clicking here, and Visconti by clicking here.

 

We will also honor current pricing on back ordered items as long as your order is placed with us no later than March 31st. We are an authorized dealer for both Platinum and Visconti.

[sketchstack]

Can you provide insight into just how much each brand is increasing? Thanks. 

[Paul-in-SF]

And has either company provided any reasons or rationales for these increases? 

[Nibs.com]

Thanks for the questions! In both cases, neither company has had significant price changes in at least the last three years, so as we understand it they are just trying to keep up with costs. Price changes vary a lot from company to company and between specific models - if you have a question about a specific pen you're interested in, please e-mail us at sales@nibs.com and we'll be happy to provide you with the exact numbers...

[Karmachanic]

16 hours ago, Paul-in-SF said:

And has either company provided any reasons or rationales for these increases? 

 

Because inflation's inflating. Stay tuned - more to come.

[mke]

> so as we understand it they are just trying to keep up with costs

Wonder which costs are increasing in Japan (view of someone living since 1993 in Japan)

 

* Japan is actually in a depression or very near.

* Salaries of Japanese typically do not increase during their time with a company, apart from a bigger increase when they change from normal employee to manager.

 

Some of their starting materials for the production might have increased.

 

I doubt that explanation.

[Honeybadgers]

Keeping up with costs and keeping up with profit margins are different. 

 

Shipping and logistics costs are also growing at a crazy rate. Import taxes go up.

 

Visconti just do things how they want, but as for platinum, I don't know, they don't have the same level of giggling contempt for the customer that Sailor's demonstrated year after year.