Van Dieman's Ink big sale

[Particular_Song3539]

Van Dieman's is doing a big sale up to 35% off.
Their newly released (early Dec 2023) ink fusion kits are 30% off.  

 

I love Van Dieman's inks, and having lots of sales through the year is one of the reasons I purchase from them directly very often.

However, this shocked me to no end. 
I purchased one of the kit at JPY9000 plus shipping JPY3000 at the first few days it was first released, now within a month, look at the price drop !
In theory, no customers hate sales, but it kind of told me that I shouldn't order right away and instead, wait for a few months and it would be a lot more cheaper.

_{(also, as a customer now I could assume their product value can be lowered 1/3 within a short period of time)}

I know this sounds more like a rant than sharing a good deal , but I do want to hear others ' take.

 

[mke]

11 hours ago, Particular_Song3539 said:

I shouldn't order right away and instead, wait for a few months

Not always true. There are some places where you need to buy as soon as their products are out or they are all snagged by their fans.

Just think of PenBBS or look at the Maruzen penshow (March) pens. Many of these pens are sold out a few days after the first announcement in November?/December.

[Particular_Song3539]

@mke

I am not familiar with PenBBS but there's no doubt in Japan, sellers are usually very wise and skilled at keeping their prices controlled. Though I wish we had more access to inks from other countries instead of FWP flooding every single pen stores. 

 

[I-am-not-really-here]

I used to order direct from them, in the early days before U.S. distributors, but the shipping became too onerous.  Of late VD seems to be on the shimmer and sheen bandwagon so my interest has faded away.

[Particular_Song3539]

@I-am-not-really-here 
Yeah, I am mostly there for their shimmer ink because they are so much better than the shimmer inks available in Japan and way cheaper even with the shipping.
I do like their non-shimmer inks , Beetroot Relish, Peanut Brittle, Devil's Kitchen, Aurora Australia etc are those I would keep buying once they ran out.

[lascosas]

Particular_Song3539-

Thanks so much!  Just ordered tons.  Shipping wasn't bad to California and by joining their mailing list got another 10% off.

[Particular_Song3539]

@lascosas yes ! they have a lots of sales and quite a few ways to earn "credit", plus you can redeem the credits even within their sale times.