My new pen

Bubo · 20 Jul 2009 at 14:28

I nick all my pens from Argos anyway. Some of them actually work.

Helios1234 · 20 Jul 2009 at 14:30

I thought £5 parker pens were expensive...

Skidder · 20 Jul 2009 at 14:32

I cashed in my Eurosar frequent traveller points for a complete Mont Blanc set and it is nice to have good pens - I actually use the pencil and roller ball a lot, the ink pen less so. They feel nice and look smart in meetings etc. Granted mine were free but the way some people here bang on about watches and now pens is very boring. Some people enjoy them, some don't: get over it.

Cosimo · 20 Jul 2009 at 14:39

Skidder said:
Some people enjoy them, some don't: get over it.

Exactly and some people blow hundreds of pounds on graphics cards so what, each to their own.

V4NT0M · 20 Jul 2009 at 14:41

emailiscrap said:
It's is no different to spending money on a watch for the design. Amazing how the masses cream themselves over a £5k watch here, but £125 for a pen get's nothing but ridicule.

It's same with watches.

PiKe · 20 Jul 2009 at 14:46

simulatorman said:
Exactly and some people blow hundreds of pounds on graphics cards so what, each to their own.

Yeah but there's actually a benefit over cheaper ones that they can redraw the screen faster, can more expensive pens write faster? No, it's a waste of money plain and simple.

OzyOly · 20 Jul 2009 at 14:48

shifty_uk said:
Does it pierce cans?

What ever happened to that JML pen? You could throw it at a dart board too in the advert and it 'still wrote smoothly'

Col_M · 20 Jul 2009 at 14:52

Skyfall said:
=/

Bic Pen = 5p
Expensive Pen = £125

£125 / 0.05
= 2500 Bic Pens

But price is different to perceived value, if someone wants to spend hundreds on a pen there's nothing wrong with that.

£125 isn't much anyway, I'm on a Czech wage and probably earn less than most people here but still have enough disposable income to get a handful of £125 pens a month.

jakeke · 20 Jul 2009 at 15:02

Strange how so many people are questioning £125 on a pen when watches worth thousands are posted here quite regularly. I personally don't care what other people spend their money on so wouldn't be critical at all, just seems hypocritical that people complain about this and not the watch threads when the two situations are almost identical.

willhub · 20 Jul 2009 at 15:08

OzyOly said:
What ever happened to that JML pen? You could throw it at a dart board too in the advert and it 'still wrote smoothly'

I broke my JML pen, it did not survive being rammed into the desk.

BigT said:
What does that make the Mont Blanc Mystery Masterpiece?

http://www.luxury-insider.com/blog/MontblancAndVanCleefArpelsMysteryMasterpiece.aspx

$730,000

That is, your out of your mind expensive.

Skidder · 20 Jul 2009 at 15:08

jakeke said:
Strange how so many people are questioning £125 on a pen when watches worth thousands are posted here quite regularly. I personally don't care what other people spend their money on so wouldn't be critical at all, just seems hypocritical that people complain about this and not the watch threads when the two situations are almost identical.

have you actually read the watch threads because it is the same baseless whining in them without fail

jakeke · 20 Jul 2009 at 15:09

Skidder said:
have you actually read the watch threads because it is the same baseless whining in them without fail

I only usually see 1 or 2 posts, there's loads in here. For the record I can't see why people get worked up about other posters spending, it's really odd.

V4NT0M · 20 Jul 2009 at 15:10

jakeke said:
seems hypocritical that people complain about this and not the watch threads when the two situations are almost identical.

You'll probably find that:
A) Most of the people deriding it are not watch lovers.
B) Most watch threads get hounded for the same reasons.
C) A lot of the watch hounding has been stamped out by mods who like expensive watches.

SideWinder · 20 Jul 2009 at 15:10

SERVICING?!

V4NT0M · 20 Jul 2009 at 15:11

jakeke said:
I only usually see 1 or 2 posts, there's loads in here. For the record I can't see why people get worked up about other posters spending, it's really odd.

I don't think anyone is getting worked up, the OP finds it acceptable to post his taste so why are others not allowed to post their taste in response?

Dreadi · 20 Jul 2009 at 15:15

OzyOly said:
What ever happened to that JML pen? You could throw it at a dart board too in the advert and it 'still wrote smoothly'

Had the set when i was in school, a friend broke mine after trying to ram it through a panda pop bottle after he borrowed it

Doctor_Zhivago · 20 Jul 2009 at 15:27

Fountain pen > Ball point pen

diverse180 · 20 Jul 2009 at 15:51

Sorry to jump in, but I got a new pen today too.

My girlfriend just gave me one of these as she got a couple free from work.

...it's pretty cool

Makunouchi · 20 Jul 2009 at 16:09

Skyfall said:
so why are others not allowed to post their taste in response?

Because it's abrasive and wearying, and it's just another forum of trolling, overall it lessens the friendliness of the forum.

D D Danneh · 20 Jul 2009 at 16:35

I can appreciate spending a bit of money (<£30) on a comfortable, well designed pen, but I would never pay for the styling. With a watch, it's on your wrist all the time, so people are going to notice it. With a pen, unless someone is actually watching you write, no-one is going to notice it unless you show it off. And no-one likes a showoff.