Japanese Pens Price increase in 2023

[mke]

It is mentioned in Chatterley Luxuries' newsletter that Platinum will increase the prices of their pens by 20% (US only? other countries?).

Namiki will also increase their prices. Let's guess, Pilot, Sailor and others too.

[essayfaire]

1 hour ago, mke said:

It is mentioned in Chatterley Luxuries' newsletter that Platinum will increase the prices of their pens by 20% (US only? other countries?).

Namiki will also increase their prices. Let's guess, Pilot, Sailor and others too.

I thought we went through this last year.

[SamLowry]

In his December 8, 2022 podcast, Brian Anderson said that Pilot, Platinum, Schmidt refills, and Lamy 2000s are all going up on January 1, but he didn't say by how much.

[Karmachanic]

Price of everything will increase in 2023. 

[MuddyWaters]

8 hours ago, SamLowry said:

In his December 8, 2022 podcast, Brian Anderson said that Pilot, Platinum, Schmidt refills, and Lamy 2000s are all going up on January 1, but he didn't say by how much.

 

The price of the Lamy 2000 did go up already I think. As a reference I check black Friday prices on endlesspens, and the Lamy 2000 was pretty much double than what it was last year, if I remember correctly. 

[Karmachanic]

Today's Endless Pens' Lamy 2000 price is £174.  Cult Pens' price is £146.

[jchch1950]

Inflation, yen devaluation, dollar appreciation? Whatever are the reasons pen lovers will have to pay more.😪

[A Smug Dill]

On 12/11/2022 at 4:44 PM, jchch1950 said:

Inflation, yen devaluation, dollar appreciation? Whatever are the reasons pen lovers will have to pay more.😪

 

If Platinum is not increasing the retail prices in the Japanese domestic market, then with global e-commerce being the way it is today, pen lovers — in Japan, Asia more broadly, or elsewhere including far-flung places such as Australia, Brazil, Canada, and USA — always have the option of bypassing regional distributors who may be increasing prices locally, ordering directly from Japanese sellers who are more than happy to sell to overseas customers, and thereby not paying more to acquire the pens. (The ability to make warranty claims and/or get after-sales support locally, and protection afforded by consumer law in the jurisdiction of one's place of abode, is not part and parcel of outright ownership of an object; nor is one's level of comfort with dealing with and trusting particular sellers from afar.)

 

Sailor increased its JDM prices of gold-nibbed pen models only in August 2022, and I doubt it will put up the prices a second time in under six months.

 

Edited December 14, 2022 by A Smug Dill
"Japanese domestic market" should be singular

[A Smug Dill]

On 12/11/2022 at 5:24 PM, A Smug Dill said:

If Platinum is not increasing the retail prices in the Japanese domestic market,

 

Oh, here we go. So it is!

 

https://www.platinum-pen.co.jp/en/news/detail/?pid=11534

[essayfaire]

19 hours ago, A Smug Dill said:

 

Oh, here we go. So it is!

 

https://www.platinum-pen.co.jp/en/news/detail/?pid=11534

Thank you.  

[dragondazd]

I see more amazon.jp purchases in my future.

[A Smug Dill]

I received my order of this pen from Amazon Japan (via Amazon.co.jp) a couple of days ago, and it prompted me to look the official product listing up today, to verify the published weight of the pen against what my digital scales tell me.

 

This was a bit of a shock: