Re: Pen World
- From: Roger Beamon <rbeamon1@xxxxxxx>
- To: fptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 06:33:06 -0700
Good points, all, Dan.
I fear that it is not only Pen World that is targeting the
luxury market, but many others, as well. Witness the
apparent decision by Conway Stewart to gradually purge their
product line of the reasonably affordable pens. All their
recent product introductions fall well in the luxury category.
I'm sure that they all want to make money, but, obviously,
they perceive the marketplace far more pragmatically then we
do as enthusiasts. More of the decline of the handwritten
word at work!
Roger
DDobrjansk@xxxxxxx wrote:
Since I now work where I have to commute 62-miles each way my free time
has become limited. So forgive me if I have "come late to the party."
While I have not seen the new issue of Pen World yet, having heard all
the rumblings about the changes in editorial direction saddens me. This
is an example of yet another magazine I enjoyed morphing into something
that quiet frankly is not responding to the community it is supposed to
serve. This happened with another magazine I liked, CD Review; it was
purchased by a British publisher and ceased publication in the US. CD
Review was an excellent resource on CDs, equipment and was written so well.
True there are many pen aficionados (hey maybe someone could get Marv
Shanken of Cigar Aficionado to launch a pen mag with that title?) who
can afford pens in excess of $1,000, the majority of us collectors
usually have limits on our spending which are predicated by the facts of
life: kids, mortgages, home repairs (expected and not), etc. And while
such luxury pens are beautiful they are more for investment than for the
enjoyment of the hobby.
If Pen World has decided to target the demographic that purchases luxury
goods, so be it. I will not re-up my subscription. And it will be sad
that something I credit with being a formative factor in my involvement
in this hobby is no longer a resource. Thankfully we have Stylus
and Zoss, fptalk and Pentrace. Maybe I will even join the PCA.
- Dan Dobrjanskyj
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True there are many pen aficionados (hey maybe someone could get Marv Shanken of Cigar Aficionado to launch a pen mag with that title?) who can afford pens in excess of $1,000, the majority of us collectors usually have limits on our spending which are predicated by the facts of life: kids, mortgages, home repairs (expected and not), etc. And while such luxury pens are beautiful they are more for investment than for the enjoyment of the hobby.
If Pen World has decided to target the demographic that purchases luxury goods, so be it. I will not re-up my subscription. And it will be sad that something I credit with being a formative factor in my involvement in this hobby is no longer a resource. Thankfully we have Stylus and Zoss, fptalk and Pentrace. Maybe I will even join the PCA. - Dan Dobrjanskyj
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