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Where do you buy ink?  

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  1. 1. Where do buy ink?

    • Online Stores - Which one?
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    • Retail Stores(s) - In person - Where?
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    • Retail Stores - by Phone - Which ones?
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    • Pen Shows
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    • Group Buys
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    • Specialty Brokers - Tell us more about this, please.
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    • Classifieds
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    • Friends, Family, Gifts and PIFs
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    • Antique Stores, Thrift Shops etal
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    • Other Places - where?
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Goulets and Amazon on occasion (if the price is good)

 

I'll probably be picking up some Akkerman from Vaness soon and I really NEED to give Dromgoole's a whirl.

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I forgot to mention one other place I buy ink: Williams' Stationery in Grass Valley, CA. I buy my bottled Sheaffer Red there (the store carries Sheaffer exclusively), and in fact I bought a bottle of it there this morning.

I love the smell of fountain pen ink in the morning.

 

 

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Exclusively Goulet Pen Co. so far, as I get to try before I buy via the Ink Drop program. So many inks look so very different on paper than they do on screen.

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Goulet. Amazon. The KWZI group buy. Would do cool-japan on ebay if I could make up my mind which Kobe green I want.

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I purchase my ink from online retailers. Living in the UK, there aren't many shops offering fountain pens and inks, but there are many online shops and we are home to Diamine. I make a conscientious effort to read as many ink reviews as possible, before buying online, so I am not disappointed. As of yet, I have been fairly happy with most of my ink purchases.

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Goulet exclusively. Unless it's an ink line they don't carry.

 

Really, I order everything pen, paper, and ink related from them unless it's something they don't carry. They get 90% of my orders. Love their shop!

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Living in the EU, I use to buy ink from www.thewritingdesk.co.uk. They have a huge selection, their prices are competitive, they don't overcharge for shipping, they ship fast and they pack very well. Despite those virtues, it's cheaper to buy from them than from internet shops in my own country.

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On eBay from Japanese sellers (primarily pisuke2005). Great service, low shipping cost, arrives in 3-5 days.

For dip pens http://paperandinksupply.com. Also great! Arrives in 2 weeks.

http://www.diamineinks.co.uk/. No problems there.

Our local shop www.getpen.ru. Does the name ring the bell? :) Unlike many products inks are satisfactory priced there.

It's quite sad that cost of shipment to our country from jetpens is enormous. Will save money and make a giant order from them one day.

Unfortunately the Goulet Pens "discontinued shipping services to Russia. We have run into many issues with orders being shipped to Russia, and these are issues we do not want our customers to face."

Well, at least its good others haven't run into many issues yet.

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Almost all my ink comes from Goulet. They have raised customer service to a new level. Like many others here, I miss Swisher Pens.

Rationalizing pen and ink purchases since 1967.

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I like to buy ink from my local B&M, Stylus Fine Pens. They're awesome in general and have an amazing wall of ink. Huge selection helped my the fact that they're the Canadian distributor for Diamine! I'll only buy ink not from them if they don't carry it, basically. It's nice not having to get things shipped, mostly.

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On eBay from Japanese sellers (primarily pisuke2005). Great service, low shipping cost, arrives in 3-5 days.

For dip pens http://paperandinksupply.com. Also great! Arrives in 2 weeks.

http://www.diamineinks.co.uk/. No problems there.

Our local shop www.getpen.ru. Does the name ring the bell? :) Unlike many products inks are satisfactory priced there.

It's quite sad that cost of shipment to our country from jetpens is enormous. Will save money and make a giant order from them one day.

Unfortunately the Goulet Pens "discontinued shipping services to Russia. We have run into many issues with orders being shipped to Russia, and these are issues we do not want our customers to face."

Well, at least its good others haven't run into many issues yet.

 

 

Welcome aboard!

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exclusively online - I have no other option here. Goulets - when I am visiting US, otherwise Amazon, CultPens, TheWritingDesk and eBay. Bought some stuff from thePenShop and PenHeaven recently.

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Goulets and Amazon on occasion (if the price is good)

 

I'll probably be picking up some Akkerman from Vaness soon and I really NEED to give Dromgoole's a whirl.

 

 

The Goulet's are wonderful...Larry Dromgoole is my supplier....not that I have an INKDiction. I quit for hours at a time.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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