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My wife and I absolutely love Monte Blanc, for their Fountain pens, Inks, leather and luxury goods. They are wonderful products and add a great deal to both ou
by iancmceachern 3y ago
My wife and I absolutely love Monte Blanc, for their Fountain pens, Inks, leather and luxury goods. They are wonderful products and add a great deal to both our lives.
That being said, I would never, ever, buy electronics from them. They simply aren't an electronics company. You wouldn't buy a fountain pen or leather bag from Sony and expect it to be a premium product would you?
- mft_ 3y agoThat’s not really the point though, is it? Irrespective of whether a company is expert or not in a particular domain, they can choose (independently) whether their policy is to engage in customer-unfriendly business practices.
- handsclean 3y agoI’d expect it to be mediocre quality, not an outright scam. Legitimate businesses don’t randomly decide to run a scam, so the fact that Mont Blanc did it here makes me strongly suspect we’re just not seeing how they do it elsewhere. Maybe you like their products, but are you familiar enough with the competition to know that you shouldn’t be getting more or paying less?
- iancmceachern 3y agoAbsolutely do. My wife and I regularly attend pen shows, own many different brands of pens not just monte blanc pens, in fact monte blanc are the minority in our collection. In the fountain pen world Monte Blanc is like Rolex or Tag is to the watch world. One od the foundational brands of the genre.
- toadi 3y agoMy personal favorites are waterman just because during highschool this was my favorite tool to write. The one I had at that time was expensive for me at that time ;)
- iancmceachern 3y agoThey make very nice pens, a few others to check out besides Waterman and Monte Blanc would be Sailor, Pilot, Carolina pen company, Kweco, I'm sure I'm missing lots...
- iancmceachern 3y agoReplied to my own comment to share what people do with these pens: https://www.artistandmasterpenman.com/ https://www.artistandmasterpenman.com/
- pyuser583 3y agoIn the watch world Rolex has a bit of a “poser” quality to it. It’s what watch people who are trying hard to show off get. Unlike Patek Phillipe which is for true sophisticates.
- culanuchachamim 3y ago>and add a great deal to both our lives I never thought that someone will consider that fountain pens and luxury leather goods add a great deal in his life.
- iancmceachern 3y agoMy wife is a calligrapher. To a calligrapher or artist is like a baton is to a conductor, a Stradivarius to a violin player, a classic Gibson to a guitar player. So yes, to many people an expensive guitar is just a status symbol, to a true artist it's something that adds a great deal to their lives. It's the same here, my wife and I aren't lawyers, doctors or politicians, these pens aren't status symbols. These pens are used for creative pursuits, to design, art. Many of them are vintage classic pens that have deep history, family value, etc. Just because you value certain things in your life, doesn't mean that others don't value other things.
- MaxPengwing 3y agoif you ever write a lot with pens then using a Fountain pen is a dream to write with on good paper. I always used to get a cramped hand from using rollerball pens, gels were a bit better but not much. Tried a Lamy Safari, a "cheap" for fountain pens at least (23 euros), and I have never looked back. I love writing by hand now, and take every opportunity to do so. It's just so much more fun writing when your thoughs can just slide out from your hand on to paper. Daily drivers are my Lamy Aion (a 80Euro pen)with my Safari as a backup.
- toadi 3y agoSame here. Have a nice Chopin Mont Blanc fountain pen. 2 starwalkers a rollerbal and pencil. I have some leather good stuff too. I would never ever buy electronics from them. Heck I won't even buy anything else besides pens and leather goods from them...