Anybody consider Trustone?

[angboy]

Has anybody ever done or considered doing a group buy for Trustone blanks? It seems like people like them when they use them and they do make attractive pens, but they sure are pricey!

 

[JimGo]

I looked into it a while ago Angela. CSUSA has a multi-pack that's about as cheap as you can get. I went direct to the MFG as well, and they said that we'd have to buy a very large quantity of each color that we wanted, and (as you'd expect) it was difficult to get people to agree on what color was best.

 

[huntersilver]

Jim, what volume was the mfg quoting?

thanks.

 

[Geo in Winnipeg]

Yes Jim, what was the volume from the mfg? Inquiring minds want to know []

 

[angboy]

The sampler pack is also gone from CSUSA now. I did remember having seen that after Jim mentioned it, but couldn't find it on the site. I e-mailed Nils and he said it wasn't available anymore.

 

[JimGo]

I wish I could remember now guys. Unfortuately my server died, and I don't have the E-mails any more. Let me do a search and see what I can find here.

 

[JimGo]

Nope the group buy forum was purged, and my notes about the costs are gone. If I recall correctly, and that's a BIG if, we had to purchase either 50 or 100 lbs of "stone", and it had to be all the same color. They would send us a big blank that would need to be cut up and it would make a LOT of blanks, and they'd wind up something like $3 or $4 a piece. The prices may have changed since then (it's probably been about a year).