Pendamonium (based in South Australia) is winding down

[A Smug Dill]

A Web search last night for which retailers still had bottles of Pilot Iroshizuku Ina-ho and/or Tsukushi — not that I really want more of the latter — somehow or other led me to Pendamonium, from which I've never ordered anything before, and in any case doesn't actually have those inks in stock.

 

… or much else, for that matter, other than assorted Noodler's Ink colours and a couple of Waterman inks in bottles, all offered at nominally 50%. It was like walking into a store that is closing down and trying to sell off the last of the stock on hand, minus any crudely posted signs to signal to all that the end is nigh.

 

The Noodler's Ink bottles, with the discount, are cheaper than I've ever seen them offered on Amazon.com.au. I put a few in the shopping cart, but encountered some weirdness for certain numbers/combinations of product that made the selection of shipping method disappear, effectively meaning that I could not complete the order at that point. It wasn't some straightforward sort of minimum set on the total order value, though; either taking one bottle off or adding another bottle made the delivery method selection available again. (Playing around with it some more just now, it appears that any combination of four items in the cart will trigger that strange condition.)

 

Anyway, after mulling over it for about 24 hours, I finally went ahead and placed an order an hour ago. Only after payment was made, and the order was confirmed, was I notified (in the order confirmation email) that Pendamonium is in the throes of a “closing down sale” and, “stock will be removed from the site as it is sold out”.

 

There are some 4.5oz bottles of X-Feather black, Heart of Darkness, and Lexington Gray at A$19.50 each. Most of the 3oz (or 90ml) bottles are $14.98 each, although Kung Te-Cheng and the series with the Russian names are priced a little higher.

 

I guess I'll find out in a day or two whether Pendamonium can actually fulfil my order. Some of the product listings contain contradictory information between listing title and body, which does not give me too much confidence that the remaining listings are well-maintained and accurate. All of the items I ordered continue to appear in the online shop's catalogue and available to be added to the cart, when I tried just now; that may or may not mean the system does not keep an up-to-date stock count for each item that is automatically decreased as new orders are received.

[Jamerelbe]

Thanks for the heads-up, I've long wanted a bottle of Noodler's Lexington Grey - and this was my opportunity to get some!  Hoping it won't prove to be out of stock! [And yes, of course, I had to order a second ink while I was at it...]

 

[A Smug Dill]

Lyn advised that Pendamonium will be closed for business as of next Saturday. So, last chance to buy what's left in stock at 60%-off.

 

There are still 4.5oz bottles of Noodler's Bulletproof Black now at A$15.60, and twenty-odd other Noodler's Ink colours in 3oz bottles at between A$10 and A$12 each, which I think are prices we won't see again. There are some 50ml bottles of Waterman Tender Purple as well, at A$7 each; I bought some from Amazon AU a couple of years ago for marginally less than that when the planets aligned, but I'm afraid that ship has sailed, and Amazon AU doesn't appear to have restocked Waterman 50ml bottles at all to sell at sub-$10 regular prices since.

[A Smug Dill]

I just received my last order with Pendamonium this morning, on its final day of trading. Everything arrived in good condition.

 

Wishing the folks behind Pendamonium all the best.

[AmandaW]

2 hours ago, A Smug Dill said:

Wishing the folks behind Pendamonium all the best.

Yes. Agreed. Best wishes from me too.

 

And thankyou Smug for keeping us posted.