Selling out 90-95% of my pens

[mke]

As I have found the pens I need, I can sell the rest. I have created therefore a website where I show the available pens.

Sales pages

90-95% of the pens have to go. Don't pity me, I still have (more than) enough, as you can see here: my keepers. The 2nd-level-keepers on that page can also be sold if your offering price is good.

[OCArt]

Just a note to say thank you for the exceptionally good photographs and the herculean task of organizing and identifying so many pens.

[mke]

4 hours ago, OCArt said:

exceptionally good photographs

Google Pixel 4a has a very good camera 😁

[amberleadavis]

My apologies, I hit the post before I realized that it was in the correct forum.

 

The pens you have listed, are beautiful.

[MidSouthern-Dad]

I purchased 5 of Michael's pens in one fell swoop, and I must say that I am very pleased.  He checks the tracking more frequently than I do!

They look as good in real life as they do in pictures, and it is evident that they are all meticulously cared for and / or restored.

It' s also very pleasant to exchange pen interests with Michael.  Anyone who purchases these pens will be happy with their purchase.

[mke]

On 4/4/2022 at 9:36 PM, amberleadavis said:

The pens you have listed, are beautiful.

Thank you. Yes, I had and have some nice pens but I decided to keep only a few (still many) and focus on pens that I regularly use.

At the moment, I am eyeing a Namiki Emperor. If I really buy that pen, then I will sell even more nice pens because the Namiki would replace a number of big pens (Pelikan, YOL, Sailor, Montblanc, Lotus).

I will take my time with selling. It took me years to buy so I accept that it might take me years to sell.

I will plan to put together some sets of pens, Chinese - with a good price reduction. So people could try a number of different ones. Especially interesting for people who might want to disassemble/reassemble pens without risking expensive pens.

[mke]

9 hours ago, MidSouthern-Dad said:

they are all meticulously cared for and / or restored

Thank you, I appreciate your comment.

Some pens are not restored nor well enough cared for. But I will be honest describing their condition. 

[essayfaire]

I was looking over your lovely collection.  Is the rest of this on hold 'til 2023?  Second thoughts?

[mke]

12 hours ago, essayfaire said:

Second thoughts

Yahoo Auctions, Mercari and Paypal all report to the tax office. Second-hand shops too if you sell to them a lot.

 

If you cross a threshold, the tax office charges 10% consumption tax plus income tax.

 

 

 

 

[essayfaire]

9 hours ago, mke said:

Yahoo Auctions, Mercari and Paypal all report to the tax office. Second-hand shops too if you sell to them a lot.

 

If you cross a threshold, the tax office charges 10% consumption tax plus income tax.

 

 

 

 

Ah, quite reasonable  on your part to stop then; but it may take you a number of years to slim down such a lovely collection with those rules!

[mke]

I restarted selling.

[Gloucesterman]

Is the "sales page" link currently accurate regarding availability?

thank you.

[mke]

9 hours ago, Gloucesterman said:

Is the "sales page" link currently accurate regarding availability?

thank you.

Thank for your interest. Everything on the website is accurate. As soon as someone is saying, he/she is interested in a pen, this pen is then put on hold and it is reflected on the website.

http://www.mkengel.de/pensales/pensales.html

You might want to reload the page to see if something has changed. Web browsers tend not to update a page too often.

[Gloucesterman]

Thank you for your response.

I will definitely go back and review the available pens.

[PeregrineFalcon]

Hello, was just browsing through your sales page; how long does a pen stay on hold?

[mke]

7 hours ago, PeregrineFalcon said:

how long does a pen stay on hold?

Not for long, most are nearly sold. I give two days time after sending them an invoice. If they don't pay in that time, I will remove the on hold. If they pay, I delete the pen information (picture and text).

[mke]

Just got a mail from someone interested in a pen:

"If you wish to sell me this pen please forward the paypal invoice.  Today. "

Nice, isn't it.

 

I declined to serve him.

 

[Karmachanic]

1 hour ago, mke said:

I declined to serve him

 

That would be me. I asked you two days ago to forward the invoice, and did not receive a reply. Which is why I asked again.

 

For the sake of fullness here's the part you left out:

If you choose not to, me being the way I am, will conclude that you have no serious  interest in selling the pen and I’ll move on.  Nothing personal.

 

The two day thing is your standard, no?

 

[mke]

You forgot that you said, you would be more interested in the silver one. So, I waited to know if the person asked to put it on hold would actually buy it or not.

 

 

 

[Karmachanic]

Thank you.  I would have appreciated knowing this earlier in our email converdation.