Awww crap...

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DurocShark

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My boss's boss has a Pelikan rollerball he's been carrying around for years.

Today he brought it to me and asked if I could repair it. The finial on the cap had cracked, and the clip was loose. I said sure.

Shoulda kept my mouth shut.

I took it home and thought a plug of thick CA would seal that end. So I dripped some in the cap. I was careful and kept the glue off the threads. Well, I *was* doing well until my cell rang and I twitched. CA in the threads.

:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

I gave them a quick wipe. I *think* I got it all, but I won't know until it cures and I can test.

Sigh...
 
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May be time for a sales pitch?

I had a jewelry store give me a custom mother-of-pearl pen to fix.... Had to take it back and admit I couldn't even find a way to take it apart.:redface:
 
Well, it's a blue marble R200.

The threaded insert FLOATS somehow. I pulled it out of the clamp today and the threaded insert was halfway up the barrel. I tried to tap it with a punch to get it back down and cracked the flimsy plastic cap.

CRAP!!!

This thing is a piece of JUNK. SOOOO not worth $100. I sent a query to Pelikan to see how much a cap will cost me (ugh), but I'm pretty disappointed with this quality.

In the meantime, I think I need to make a rollerball pen for him pretty quick. Eeek!
 
Sorry to hear of your sad tale. I won't fix pens from manufacturers. I also recommend that they contact the manufacturer and have if they can have it fixed. I do the same for my own Cross, Parker or other pens. There manufacturing is very different from ours. I buy old pens just to take them apart and most of the time I find some piece that is resistant and breaks very easily.
 
I repair vacuums and other equipment for a University. We have 700 people in our department alone. Most of them also know I make pens. I have a constant flow of people that bring their vacuums from home to see if I will fix them. First thing I usually tell them is I charge a $50 min and that is just to find out what is wrong. fixing it is extra. They sort of look at me funny like they expected me to do it for free. Usually this person will be a carpenter or electrician or something like that. I look at them and say something like I need a wall framed at my house or some wiring replaced etc. They usually get the message. They also tend to bring every piece of junk pen they bought from someone else to see if I can fix it. I have two answers ready for them. First return it to the people that made it. I am not capable of doing such substandard work. and second they would not have a broken pen in the first place if they had bought it form me. They also tend to get my attitude on that issue as well. Don't bring me my competitions work asking me to make it better. I am more likely to reveal in grand style just how cheap it is. You in fact have just that opportunity here and you didn't even try. I would take that pile of crap back to my boss and simply tell him there isn;t enough quality in that thing to do anything with. sorry he got hosed for $100 but that is exactly what happened. Then offer him a discount price on a good pen. the discount is what you are paying for getting yourself out of this mess.
And never ever forget that any pen without your name on it is your enemy. they are the "Other Guy". Never use your talent to make them look better.
 
Dang Daniel... I'm gonna print that and post it on my wall...hooyah..that's what i'm talking 'bout..!!!...


Daniel said:
I repair vacuums and other equipment for a University. We have 700 people in our department alone. Most of them also know I make pens. I have a constant flow of people that bring their vacuums from home to see if I will fix them. First thing I usually tell them is I charge a $50 min and that is just to find out what is wrong. fixing it is extra. They sort of look at me funny like they expected me to do it for free. Usually this person will be a carpenter or electrician or something like that. I look at them and say something like I need a wall framed at my house or some wiring replaced etc. They usually get the message. They also tend to bring every piece of junk pen they bought from someone else to see if I can fix it. I have two answers ready for them. First return it to the people that made it. I am not capable of doing such substandard work. and second they would not have a broken pen in the first place if they had bought it form me. They also tend to get my attitude on that issue as well. Don't bring me my competitions work asking me to make it better. I am more likely to reveal in grand style just how cheap it is. You in fact have just that opportunity here and you didn't even try. I would take that pile of crap back to my boss and simply tell him there isn;t enough quality in that thing to do anything with. sorry he got hosed for $100 but that is exactly what happened. Then offer him a discount price on a good pen. the discount is what you are paying for getting yourself out of this mess.
And never ever forget that any pen without your name on it is your enemy. they are the "Other Guy". Never use your talent to make them look better.
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