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GonzoTGreat
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Aug 22, 2015
Wow. This seems to be a very impressive offer, especially for the larger, fancier designs. The Massdrop offer seems to be well worth it for those looking for a very well respected wrap. After a bit of hunting online (boutique sellers, ebay and amazon), here are some "real world" prices and shipping times for comparison. Hopefully, this will help those still considering whether to hop on board (note: all prices are CONUS AFAIK):
Boutique sellers: Nibs.com has 'em. They have a larger range of products. The smallest they carry is a "one pen" pen wrap selling for $20. They have quite a few more styles/options available but, of the models offered in this drop, their prices seem significantly higher. For example, the 8-pen Blessed Charms is $140 compared to about $100 from this drop.
On eBay, I found the Nishijin 5-pen wrap for about $48, shipping included. I have no idea what the exterior fabric is. The description doesn't indicate either.
On Amazon, the single pen wrap equivalent to that sold on nibs.com is available for $16, ppd. The Nishijin seems to run about $50-$60 on Amazon, as well.
Shipping times range from a few days to a few weeks according to the sellers' descriptions.
In this case, as based on my brief research, the Massdrop price (on all models being offered here) is an excellent deal and the shipping date estimate is within the windows offered by some other sellers.
If this is something you're interested in, this seems to be a no-brainer in terms of price, etc. Of course, you can do you own comparisons, but I thought this might be handy information for those interested.
As usual, I hope this helps.
Cheers.
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