Recently, Taylor Swift set the fountain pen world on fire by releasing her own fountain pen... only one, for the low-low price of only $15 USD as a part of her Tortured Poet Department Tour. It promptly sold out, and speculators are relisting them on eBay and other places for 3-10x the original price.
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| Screenshot of Taylor Swift Pen Listing on Her Own website |
Keep in mind that At $15, this is cheaper than "cheaper mainstream" fountain pens such as Pilot Metropolitan or Lamy Safari, which usually retail in the $25-35 USD range. Only the beginner fountain pens like Pilot Kakuno or Platinum Preppy, the disposable fountain pens like Pilot Varsity or the Chinese branded Xpen or Aretza disposable fountain pens, and a good majority of Chinese fountain pens, are cheaper.
The question is, are Swifties (Taylor Swift fans) actually going to learn how to use fountain pens and write poems? Or are these pens just going to sit in a shelf, or worse, in a storage box until X years later? When you think about it, the Swifties will probably pay $150 instead of $15. And I applaud TS for pricing it at $15, but she really should have cut the max per order qty to 2 instead of 4 to discourage flipping.
Of course, you're really just buying a logo, since it's pretty obvious the pen's made in China for about $5 or less.
I mean, I wouldn't mind getting one for my own collection, but I am NOT paying 2x-5x retail.
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