The Fountain Pen Lies We Tell Ourselves (And The Others)

[Old_Inkyhand]

"I will follow my Wishlist. I won't buy any pens apart the planned ones".

 

"Wow, this is a real bargain. I have to buy this pen, I will never ever have such a possibility again".

 

"Well, I can always sell a pen or two".

 

"It is a great idea to buy a fountain pen for a non-FP Person X. Person X will find it extremely useful and will be as happy as I would be".

 

" [...]$ for such a pen is not too much. I need to buy pens from time to time, I work hard and I deserve it"

 

"I will use them more often".

[katanankes]

With that new pen my life will be perfect.

[katanankes]

By using a fountain pen I will save money in the long term because I will not need to buy more disposable pens...

 

Sure!

[Inky.Fingers]

I can fix that up and sell it for profit.

 

I can fix that nib and put it back to good use.

 

I don't need the pen, just buying it for resell.

[lgbpinho]

An annoying one: "I'm never using such a hard to clean ink again"

 

I'm cleaning a converter previously filled with Diamine's Sargasso Sea >.>

[senzen]

"It's only $250, down from $750!". I had to pick my friend from the floor after she fainted hearing that.

[Calabria]

With that new pen my life will be perfect.

Haha I know that one!

[fplover01]

This pen is going to be the last one for this year....

[bbs]

This pen is going to be the last one for this year....

 

Years are getting soooo short nowadays, though, don't you find?

[penrivers]

If I write another short story I will buy me a Visconti.

[aeba]

With this new pen I would (at last) achieve better handwriting. It would also alleviate pain in my writing hand.

[rohit1974]

This pen is going to be the last one for this year....

 

Yeah sure !

[JotterAddict62]

Until the next auction. [ Below wholesale prices ]

[rwilsonedn]

This pen is so prestigious that I must be imagining the combination of baby bottom, a feed that surges and then runs nearly dry, and a scratchy nib. It just needs some more flushing and breaking in. That's it ...

ron

[pajaro]

This (blahblah) pen writes today and tomorrow too.

 

This C/C pen writes and will not dry out overnight.

 

Make sure you buy the C/C version of this pen.

[82Greg]

All of the above at least once per year.

[ScienceChick]

This <insert brand/model here> is DIFFERENT from <insert comparison here> because <insert rationalization here>.

[inkstainedruth]

This thread is hilarious!

Mine is (along with some -- guilty as charged -- that other people have already posted):

 

"I expect to max out at about 60 pens."

 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Aristosseur]

I will buy to test drive and play some, then resell - end up loving it

Setting an upper spending limit only to slowly cross it

Fountain pens are hassle free

I have enough fountain pens right now

[amberleadavis]

"I need 145 bottles of ink."

 

I need 145x bottles of ink.

I need another 15 blurples for comparisons.

 

I can stop at any time I want, (and I do for 2-3 hours at a time).

 

I need 4000 sheets of Tomoe River paper, and three different TR journals.

 

and the others that have already been said:

 

I need more X color ink because I don't have exactly THAT shade. (pick your favorite color to insert for X)

 

"I don't have a spending problem"