contact info for Hero Pen company

[Titivillus]

I'm going to be in Shanghai this summer and was wondering if anyone has experience contacting the Hero pen company? I'd love to get a factory visit.

 

 

Kurt

[pathologyliu]

Hi, (bleep)

 

Here is the main page of Hero company ,sadly only in Chinese . http://www.herogift.com/page11.htm

 

 

If any questions ,probably you could contact with :web@herogift.com

 

Hopefully, they could answer you in English and meet your wish with certain flexibility.

 

No affiliation, simply a FP lover in Beijing.

 

Greetings !

 

pathologyliu

 

 

 

[michael_s]

Here's a different site, in English, for Hero:

http://www.hero.com.cn/heroen/index.asp

That site has contact information.

 

I have no idea which site is the "official" Hero website, though this URL sounds official. Also, according to whois, the admin contact for herogift.com has an email address in the hero.com.cn domain, so probably the former is one of Hero's retail sites, and the latter their corporate site. This is just speculation, though.

 

-Mike

Edited May 14, 2008 by michael_s

[JDlugosz]

I beleive that FPN member bobliangan lives in Shanghai, and knows the factory. He only posts on the weekend.

 

--John

 

Here's a different site, in English, for Hero:

http://www.hero.com.cn/heroen/index.asp

That site has contact information.

 

I have no idea which site is the "official" Hero website, though this URL sounds official. Also, according to whois, the admin contact for herogift.com has an email address in the hero.com.cn domain, so probably the former is one of Hero's retail sites, and the latter their corporate site. This is just speculation, though.

 

-Mike

 

[mompus]

Hi I've been to the hero factory; dreary and remote. Their wholesale showroom isn't too hard to find though. If you can make your way to the corner of Wuning road and Changshou road, look for a tall, 4 lobed, green glass tower (southeast corner). at least that's where they were 3 years ago..... Duke might be worth a visit too. They're in southern SH, in the Minhang district (near Beiqiao) Remember, Chinese manufacturers are happy to talk to you as long as you're talking about container loads.....

Have fun and good luck

[baazjg]

Hi Kurt. I visited the Hero factory showroom back in March. I'm not sure if this is actually a factory store or just a store that specializes in Hero pens. Either way, the prices there seem a little bit cheaper than other places in Shanghai. I posted some pictures, including one of the store's address, here. I don't know how good your Mandarin is but I doubt you'll find anyone who can speak English working there. The lady working the day I was there was very helpful and patient and allowed me to dip as many pens as I wanted. Communication was difficult but we worked it out. I don't think they get too many westerners in this store. People were coming in off the street to watch the foreigner buy some pens.

 

I found an email link on Duke's website so I asked if they have a showroom. I haven't received a response yet.

 

Also if you have time while you're in Shanghai, check out Fu Zhou Lu. It's a small street just east of People's Square that has a lot of little stationery shops. Most of them have a selection of pens from all the Chinese manufacturers. Pens in these shops will have prices marked on them but you should be able to 25-40% off that price, depending on your bargaining skills and how badly they want to sell stuff that day.

 

 

[Titivillus]

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Also if you have time while you're in Shanghai, check out Fu Zhou Lu. It's a small street just east of People's Square that has a lot of little stationery shops. Most of them have a selection of pens from all the Chinese manufacturers. Pens in these shops will have prices marked on them but you should be able to 25-40% off that price, depending on your bargaining skills and how badly they want to sell stuff that day.

 

Fu Zhou Lu street was incredible- I spent 4 hours up and down the different stores buying pens, ink, paper and other things. Amazingly tiny stores with very helpful people. I did purchase some interesting ink that I might share with people at the Central PA pen meeting.

 

 

Kurt