Lwes 2013

[oldstoat]

A few of us who were at the last London Pen Botherers meeting were planning to meet up in the coffee bar just before going into the show. Looking forward to seeing DavidDecorator aand View from the Loft there but all are welcome.

[Colourfingers]

I bought one of these tickets a couple of days ago on ebay. There seems to be quite a few for sale from a chap or chapess in Liverpool by the looks of things. Has anyone else got one?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LONDON-WRITING-EQUIPMENT-SHOW-SUNDAY-6-OCTOBER-EARLY-ENTRY-TICKET-/130994860771?pt=UK_Home_Garden_PensPencils_WritingEquipment_SM&hash=item1e7fe6f2e3

 

I might as well let the cat out of the bag as to what pen I really want as opposed to my usual spottees. What I really want is a Sheaffer Pen For Men with the snorkel filler all in working order.

Well a bloke can dream can't he?

[da vinci]

I will be there. Looking forward to drooling over Sarj's table as usual.

[olden days Jo]

This might be a silly question but do you need to be a member of the society to go in or is it entirely open to the public for an entry fee?

[da vinci]

Entirely open(for a fee )

[eckiethump]

At the moment my attendance is looking to be in doubt, resuming a former career in retail fit out a week today, but my agreed role is to be less demanding than the Project Manager roles I filled previously, to allow me to maintain pen repair work.

 

As they say, it was an offer I couldn't refuse, pen repair work will be secondary for a while though.

 

Eric

[Inkysloth]

Entirely open(for a fee )

 

Does anyone know what that fee is? I'm looking on their website, and I can see rates to have tables, but not the entry fee! Am I being completely dense?

(This is the site I'm looking at: http://lwes.wesonline.org.uk/ )

[da vinci]

The only prices i can see are for last year. So you are not being dense (or if you are I am too )

[murraypaul]

A couple of questions:

 

Is there an exhibitor list available?

I've emailed david at parker51, but figured someone here might know.

 

How likely is it that people will be accepting credit cards?

Not sure I want to wander around central London with too much cash in my pockets.

Do people still accept cheques?

 

Will there be any problem taking bags inside?

[grandmia]

A couple of questions:

 

Is there an exhibitor list available?

I've emailed david at parker51, but figured someone here might know.

 

How likely is it that people will be accepting credit cards?

Not sure I want to wander around central London with too much cash in my pockets.

Do people still accept cheques?

 

Will there be any problem taking bags inside?

Im sure most of the dealers would prefer cash on the day, however I don't think they would refuse other methods of payments. I have had no problems taking a shoulder bag with my trade pens inside.

[northlodge]

A couple of questions:

 

Is there an exhibitor list available?

I've emailed david at parker51, but figured someone here might know.

 

How likely is it that people will be accepting credit cards?

Not sure I want to wander around central London with too much cash in my pockets.

Do people still accept cheques?

 

Will there be any problem taking bags inside?

 

You may find that Ian W the OP will have a exhibitor list, why not pop him a message (in my experience he is helpful and pretty quick in his responses).

 

Credit cards seem to be the exception rather than the rule, but I have not had any difficulty in using cheques in the past. Truth is the pen community is not very big, so most of those in attendance are known to a good percentage of traders - and after the kind words above I would expect Ian W to vouch for my honesty ;-)

 

Never noticed a problem with taking bags in, although it does get quite crowded, so bags can be a nuisance.

[eckiethump]

Just booked flights down from Edinburgh for next Sunday, so I'll see you all there.

Eric

[Colourfingers]

Just booked flights down from Edinburgh for next Sunday, so I'll see you all there.

Eric

I'll bring a couple of pens for you to look at if that's ok, perhaps give me an estimate on repair or something.

[eckiethump]

I'll bring a couple of pens for you to look at if that's ok, perhaps give me an estimate on repair or something.

No a problem at all.

Eric

[grandmia]

Just booked flights down from Edinburgh for next Sunday, so I'll see you all there.

Eric

See you there Eric, I thought I would be having a tab outside on my own.

[RMehta248]

Is Sorowka coming? I will be there. Rajesh

[Colourfingers]

See you there Eric, I thought I would be having a tab outside on my own.

Crikey there's Lsd available as well. Don't touch the stuff myself, mad enough already, but this will be one helluva show.

[Colourfingers]

Hmmm I won't actually have any money. Oh dear.

[eckiethump]

Crikey there's Lsd available as well. Don't touch the stuff myself, mad enough already, but this will be one helluva show.

People who repair pens have to think "outside the box" on occasions

ERic

[pavoni]

Just booked my train tickets for Sunday. Looking forward to bumping into you all there

 

Pavoni