[Costco] Montblanc Starwalker Midnight Black Ballpoint Pen - $199.99

DrunkCPU wrote: ↑ I just don't see RFDers jumping on this deal no matter how sweet it looks....lol.... I can't justify the price vs. functionality......

There are a lot of ballers here on RFD.

wengosuck wrote: ↑ Don't understand why people keep downvoting such sort of posts as this one or zojirushi cooker and etc. Yes, they are expensive but that does not make them either bad products or bad deals. If you don't like or need them, just move on. No need to discourage the OP.

Exactly. It is however perfectly fine and preferable to spend $350 on a pair of $500 wireless headphones that will age out or outright die when the batteries can no longer hold a charge. Odds are that it will never get to that point though because the same consumer will have purchased the next version the following year when it inevitably goes on sale.

wengosuck wrote: ↑Don't understand why people keep downvoting such sort of posts as this one or zojirushi cooker and etc. Yes, they are expensive but that does not make them either bad products or bad deals. If you don't like or need them, just move on. No need to discourage the OP.

It happens with nearly all luxury items on RFD. Simplehuman is another good example. There are many users here who believe everything must be done as cheap as possible. There are many of us though that do enjoy the finer things in life and it's great to get them discounted.

I purchased one of these from Costco about 5 years ago as one my first Mont Blanc pens. I must say I have been pretty happy with it. Now i'm up to about a dozen Mont Blanc pens

Come on? Don't you take your phone out with you? A smart phone would cost 3 to 4 times this pen.

benzylique wrote: ↑ I would be scared to take this out of the house. I loose pens like you wouldn't believe.

Imagine having so much disposable income you can drop $200 on a pen. Lol

Dangaa wrote: ↑ This pen has been offered for a long time now at Costco both online and in-store. Considered grey market and not covered under warranty but frankly I'm not quite sure how MB would determine this wasn't purchased in a boutique (either retail or DF). I've had a few pens serviced and not once have they asked me for proof of purchase.

Excuse my ignorance, but why would it need to be serviced?

kwscott wrote: ↑Come on? Don't you take your phone out with you? A smart phone would cost 3 to 4 times this pen.

A smart phone is also 10x bigger than a pen and isn't likely to drop out of your pocket without you noticing...

A smartphone would also cost 2 to 3 times of the pen to repair if you crack a screen.

sooksook wrote: ↑ A smart phone is also 10x bigger than a pen and isn't likely to drop out of your pocket without you noticing...

bhogala wrote: ↑ I purchased one of these from Costco about 5 years ago as one my first Mont Blanc pens. I must say I have been pretty happy with it. Now i'm up to about a dozen Mont Blanc pens

nice flex. lol

Sym000 wrote: ↑ Excuse my ignorance, but why would it need to be serviced?

Warranty and service are two different things.

Warranty typically isn't covered for grey market product but covers defect in materials and fabrication.

Service covers things such as feed adjustment (in fountain pens), clip tightening and even pen barrel/component replacement/repair in the event you drop it. Theoretically you could have the whole pen replaced other than the nib on a fountain pen at a lower cost than to replace (nib swaps at time of purchase is something different altogether).

It's nice to be able to use your pricey pen (as a tool the way it was intended) and not worry about abusing it.

benzylique wrote: ↑ I have yet to loose a cell phone but routinely lose 1 pen a week at work. I work in healthcare and for-whatever reason there are shortages of pens. When you're at the nursing station, it's not uncommon for another nurse/doctor/health care worker to "borrow" your pen and then walk off with it accidentally. If I was in another line of work, I'd maybe consider this. But most people in the hospitals just use sub 5 dollar pens for this reason.

Assuming you are losing a $5 pen a week that means you are losing $260 in pens a year (at least). Who approves and pays for these pens? I'd like to meet your Procurement officer

When you have a nice pen, you generally carry a cheap one in my briefcase in case someone needs to borrow it.

Thank you for sharing OP!

Ordered one as a gift!

Sicklyslick wrote: ↑ Thought executive orders are signed with sharpies

Executive orders are tweeted nowadays

add a $50.01+ item to the order and use the $50 off $250 coupon with GOM... or, pick up the fineliner/rollerball version of this pen

sooksook wrote: ↑ Imagine having so much disposable income you can drop $200 on a pen. Lol

If you want to do more than imagine what these pens actually write like, you can probably get really close for under $20. That was how I started, and I still have a couple of these in rotation.

https://unsharpen.com/pilot-g2-montblan ... pen-for-7/