Fountain vs Rollerball

[bjbear76]

I personally like the looks and class that a custom fountain pen has. But many people don't care writing with a fountain pen. If I am making a pen for an individual, I ask them which they would prefer. But what do you do when you make pens for your inventory? Do you make a mix of fountain and rollerball? Do you find one generally outsells the other? Are there advantages of making more of one type than the other?

 

[Dan Masshardt]

The nice thing is that many kits are Interchangeable. Say you have 10 rollerball barons / navigators and you don't sell many fountain pens but want to offer one. Just have one of them as a fountain pen and any one of them can become a fountain pen as the customer wants.

 

[ashaw]

It depends on your venue. The pen show that I do it's fountain pens over all other types. In one of my stores it's ball points. I finally after 3 three in one store was able to track the buy pattern.

Alan