Fake?

[Dvenosa]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Brand-New-MONT-BLANC...1QQcmdZViewItem

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Brand-New-stylo-MONT...1QQcmdZViewItem

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Brand-New-stylo-MONT...1QQcmdZViewItem

 

what do you think?

Edited March 13, 2006 by Dvenosa

[KCat]

not an expert but my gut reaction is "ick" so... yes, I'd think so. The gold rings on the barrel don't look right at all. Nor does the section.

[chrisb]

The third pic *could* be a starwalker, but I doubt it.

 

I'd say they're fakes.

 

Try asking the seller for better pics of the pens.

[Kaweco]

Black star: fake

[Betty]

If anyone wants fakes, I can get them some fakes here in Chinatown...he he he...They're pretty darn good knockoffs

[memphislawyer]

If anyone wants fakes, I can get them some fakes here in Chinatown...he he he...They're pretty darn good knockoffs

what do they go for? are they better than the fountain pens, which sucked, cause i gave 3 of those away and they broke. id love a few fatboys, lol, but seriously, id love the bigger ones

 

sam, who better not tell his wife about the knockoffs as she wants fake kate spade purses and daughter wants fake chanel sunglasses. lol

[Vintage Pens Fan]

These are definitely fakes. I have never seen a MB Certificate printed in Chinese. (Located in Shanghai) Even the cert says the pen is gold plated w/ alloy nib!!

 

I am surprised any legal business is so brazen in "stealing" others' property right. It is a shame.

 

David

[Betty]

If anyone wants fakes, I can get them some fakes here in Chinatown...he he he...They're pretty darn good knockoffs

what do they go for? are they better than the fountain pens, which sucked, cause i gave 3 of those away and they broke. id love a few fatboys, lol, but seriously, id love the bigger ones

 

sam, who better not tell his wife about the knockoffs as she wants fake kate spade purses and daughter wants fake chanel sunglasses. lol

I have no idea what they go for. I should go ask about the price this week. They only have the size 149 in fountain pen (iridium nib made in germany ). The rest are ballpoints and rollerballs. I never brought any, but they look pretty well done...For ballpoints and rollerballs, I'm sure you can refill them with better ink should the original ones suck.

[Betty]

Several people have asked me the price of the fakes. I took a stroll yesterday night and got the prices.

 

Fountain pen is $15, Regular pen is $8 and I think rollerball is also $8, but I just asked for the regular pen and fountain pen.

 

They're pretty expensive if you're talking about a normal pen's price, but for a $300-$500 knockoff, the price seems about right I guess. I also noticed some variation based on different vendors. Some of the snow caps look like the real thing, while some other vendor snow caps look like pointy stars.