redfishsc
Member
These new "lines" of pens by PSI ("funline) and "Artisan" (CSA) bother me.
Mind you, I have never bought a single one and never will. I do not, and refuse to, sell anything 24K plated or something a company is not willing to back with a guarantee (such as the PSI funlines, they do not back the platings).
So now why does CSA offer a cheaper grade of pen and claim it to be the same quality as the other pens? If the price is HALF of it's more costly counterpart (ie, the non-"artisan" 24K slimlines and euros), I can assure you it's NOT as good a quality pen. Something was sacrificed. Perhaps the plating is the same with CSA pens (still 24K trash) but **something** somewhere went down the drain, just simple economics.
But I think what worries me more is the number of people who sell lousy grade 24K pens just because they can get the pens cheaper. I have had several people look at the slimlines I offer and say something about one they bought a few years ago from someone else and all the plating rotted off of it. I have to assure them that Ti gold won't (though it can be scratched, it won't rub off).
So maybe this is a rant, but I would prefer these companies understand that it is in THEIR best interest to sell only top-notch pen kits, because the more pen makers selling dumpster-grade pens for $30+ is going really tarnish the image of kit pen makers, as I have seen already.
Just to lay all my cards on the table, I simply do not and will not sell pens that are plated with 24K or 10K or any "upgrade gold"--- I ONLY and I mean ONLY sell Ti gold if they want "gold". I do also use black ti, chrome, rhodium/platinum, and even jet black and satin nickel, but the latter two come with an exhortation to take care of them since they can be scratched, but still nothing compared to the way the 24K pens deteriorate. This policy has really bolstered my product image and give me peace of mind that a customer won't be calling me back about how decrepid his pen plating looks, and peace of mind that all those gift pens I gave away last year at Christmas still look good a year later.
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Ah.... I feel much better now!!!
Mind you, I have never bought a single one and never will. I do not, and refuse to, sell anything 24K plated or something a company is not willing to back with a guarantee (such as the PSI funlines, they do not back the platings).
So now why does CSA offer a cheaper grade of pen and claim it to be the same quality as the other pens? If the price is HALF of it's more costly counterpart (ie, the non-"artisan" 24K slimlines and euros), I can assure you it's NOT as good a quality pen. Something was sacrificed. Perhaps the plating is the same with CSA pens (still 24K trash) but **something** somewhere went down the drain, just simple economics.
But I think what worries me more is the number of people who sell lousy grade 24K pens just because they can get the pens cheaper. I have had several people look at the slimlines I offer and say something about one they bought a few years ago from someone else and all the plating rotted off of it. I have to assure them that Ti gold won't (though it can be scratched, it won't rub off).
So maybe this is a rant, but I would prefer these companies understand that it is in THEIR best interest to sell only top-notch pen kits, because the more pen makers selling dumpster-grade pens for $30+ is going really tarnish the image of kit pen makers, as I have seen already.
Just to lay all my cards on the table, I simply do not and will not sell pens that are plated with 24K or 10K or any "upgrade gold"--- I ONLY and I mean ONLY sell Ti gold if they want "gold". I do also use black ti, chrome, rhodium/platinum, and even jet black and satin nickel, but the latter two come with an exhortation to take care of them since they can be scratched, but still nothing compared to the way the 24K pens deteriorate. This policy has really bolstered my product image and give me peace of mind that a customer won't be calling me back about how decrepid his pen plating looks, and peace of mind that all those gift pens I gave away last year at Christmas still look good a year later.
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Ah.... I feel much better now!!!