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A community member
May 20, 2015
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I would skip this one if I were you. I had only problems with it. Had to tweak nib and feed. Even two pieces of plastic split up so I had to fix that as well. Has a tendency to dry and since recently parts started rusting. Nib writes nicely if you are lucky to get one that works out of the box mine was dry and had problems starting. This pen is not worth 20$ let alone 99$ which is advertised. My honest advice is to get Pilots or something non-Italian.
May 20, 2015
JonasHeineman
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May 20, 2015
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Hey @MeanEYE -- Those sound like more serious issues than you posted about before.
I'd really like to see that pen, and I'd be happy to send you a new one from this drop if that's okay.
Stipula does provide a warranty, and requests that you register any pen on the card included inside the box, or here: http://yafa.com/warranty_new.html
However, I'd like to replace this directly. Would it be okay if we make arrangements with Customer Support to have your pen sent here and ship you one when this drop ends?
Thanks for your help on QC and making sure that we're aware of any issues affecting products that we offer.
May 20, 2015
A community member
May 20, 2015
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JonasHeinemanThanks @JonasHeineman. You guys as always have awesome customer support. I doubt warranty would cover my pen as I had to modify it myself.
Issues are not all that much more serious, only rust appeared
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since I last complained about it. Last time I didn't go into details I didn't consider important, like gluing two parts together, that was easily fixable and an easy oversight although QA should have caught that one. Due to my nib modifications gold plating had to be removed etc. So pen is modified and I doubt warranty would cover it.
There are couple of reasons I don't want my pen replaced by MD. First of it being, I love Massdrop community which helped me purchase some awesome things. Replacing my pen at your own expense wouldn't solve anything as pen is built in that way and rust will appear again in short time and would damage MD which is something I wouldn't like to happen. Another reason is sending back my pen would cost additional money which I am not willing to invest for this pen. Even receiving a replacement free of charge would cost me money as my country likes taxing everything.
I don't have only criticism for this pen. Once all the issues are solved, this pen writes really smooth. Smoother than Pilot Metropolitan pens.
Edit: Sorry for not providing additional photos. Taking shots of inner barrel is really hard and my pen is inked, so I'd have to drain it first. I would be more than happy to provide additional photos if you wish as soon as daylight comes.
May 20, 2015
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