TWSBI and FPR part ways

[Just J]

But when there's so much indicative and accurate evidence available, one side of the story's all you really need to hear.  

[Ink Stained Wretch]

On 1/25/2023 at 11:33 AM, SCPirate said:

Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

 

Isn't this all price fixing? Perhaps it's legal in Taiwan, but price fixing is a violation of the law in the United States of America. Minimum advertised pricing is defined as price fixing in the U.S.A. Fountain Pen Revolution is located in  Plano, TX, USA. So I'm wondering if there's a bigger issue here.

 

I am not a lawyer. So I don't know, and I'm not claiming that the agreement between Fountain Pen Revolution and TWSBI is illegal but I am wondering.

[Paul-in-SF]

1 hour ago, Ink Stained Wretch said:

Minimum advertised pricing is defined as price fixing in the U.S.A.

 

Is it? When did this come about? There have been, and I believe continue to be, manufacturers who, by contract, don't allow their retailers to sell or advertise prices lower than the manufacturer's set price. Lacking a monopoly, there's no compulsion here, the retailer is not required to carry their products, nor is the customer required to buy them. But if the customers want to buy them, they have to pay the manufacturer's set price. Nor can TWSBI be considered to have a monopoly on anything but their own products. 

 

6 hours ago, Just J said:

there's so much indicative and accurate evidence available

 

Is there? I confess I'm not seeing it. 

 

On 1/26/2023 at 4:20 PM, VillersCotterets said:

His unpleasant attitude seems to be rooted in the belief that he has been treated unfairly and that everyone is out to get him. That's not normal.

 

This seems to me a considerable stretch beyond what we, the public, know about the situation. 

[SCPirate]

On 1/26/2023 at 11:03 AM, Chimera01 said:

I've purchased a handful of TWSBI Ecos as well as a Diamond 580ALR in a 1.1 stub.

 

Just out of curiosity recently I picked up the Cult Pens 'exclusive' Nahvalur Azure Sea in a stub. Comparison tested over Christmas, to my surprise the Nahvalur's smoother and more responsive nib won. 

 

Happy with my TWSBIs but not sure I'll be purchasing any more. 

 

 

Yeah, I don't love the stub nib in my 580AL, however, I do love my medium in my 700r. IIRC TWSBI uses JoWo nibs, and Nahvalur uses in house nibs

[Ink Stained Wretch]

2 hours ago, Paul-in-SF said:

 

Is it? When did this come about? There have been, and I believe continue to be, manufacturers who, by contract, don't allow their retailers to sell or advertise prices lower than the manufacturer's set price. Lacking a monopoly, there's no compulsion here, the retailer is not required to carry their products, nor is the customer required to buy them. But if the customers want to buy them, they have to pay the manufacturer's set price. Nor can TWSBI be considered to have a monopoly on anything but their own products.

 

Okay, thanks for clarifying that.