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Ummm, in your dreams maybe... (piefed-media.feddit.online)

submitted 3 months ago by Unattributed@feddit.online to c/fountainpens@lemmy.world

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Amazon has a whole new group of scammers that have shown up... I mean, blurring out the writing on the cap and nib? $385 for a steel nib? #2 Pencil?

Not in the picture: they recommend alcohol based ink.

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[–] notso@feddit.org 20 points 3 months ago

You just know you have a high-quality product when PSJVUR, FHUZTIAP or GNARFFJO are involved...

[–] 0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

@Unattributed @penfount did they blur the branding on the pen? definitely something very legitimate going on here

[–] Unattributed@feddit.online 5 points 3 months ago

Exactly - both the cap and nib are blurred... And it's not just this pen, there were others I looked at where they did the same thing.... 😆

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Scam or money laundering?

[–] Unattributed@feddit.online 4 points 3 months ago

Could be both? 😆

[+] atropa@piefed.social -6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

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[–] Unattributed@feddit.online 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Um, no, this is a cheap Chinese knock off - not something reputable like a Visconti, Waterman, Kaweco, etc. on the site you reference.

[–] rajano@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I just recently got into fountain pens a few years ago and some of my first fountain pens were cheap Chinese knock offs. I wanted to see what it was all about without investing a lot of money in a hobby I might not like. I fell in love with fountain pens and have since graduated to TWISBI, Pelikan, and Lamy.

If a vendor is deliberately misrepresenting a product or committing outright fraud, that is a different issue and should be dealt with. However, the existence of cheap Chinese knock offs, so long as the vendor is transparent and honest, does have a place.

[–] Unattributed@feddit.online 4 points 2 months ago

Oh certainly, there are plenty of reputable affordable Chinese fountain pen companies (Asvine, Hongdian, Majohn and Jinhao to name a few). But this isn't one of them - it's clearly a scam given the pricing, the selective blurring in the photo, and the weird details in the listing.