If you want to know the "real" price for these notebooks in France (where I live)...you can buy them in any store for 3.85 euro or about $4.00 each. They DO have very nice paper that is certainly fountain pen friendly. I use them for my work all the time and really love them. When the French retail price (including 20% VAT) is around $4, 4X$4=$16. I think the listed MSRP price of $41.99 is a bit inflated, don't you think? I could buy 10 notebooks for the listed MSRP!
HarrietthespyI looked at some prices from US sellers and the 96-page clothbound version is about US$10 ea. and the wirebound version is US$5-6 ea. That doesn't include shipping. Some Massdrops are certainly better deals than others, but this one appears to be pretty good - unless you live in France and can thus get them domestically.
stuartkohThey are listing the MSRP as $12 more than it actually is. I've bought a fair bit of stuff from massdrop, but inflating the msrp is just wrong.