Hmmmm. Maybe a fake, but a darn good one! I still have the box. Underneath,
it says "Sanford rotring GmbH - D-22510 Hamburg - Germany -
http://www.rotring.com". The box is dark gray, has the rotring logo on the
cover, at lower left. To the right is a red circle with a piece of
handwriting stuff. The inside box is in plastic, same color than the
cardboard one. It again has rotring on the lower left on the cover, and you
have to press a switch made of a red circle to open the box. Then, there is
a plastic bag to hold the pen inside the box with a little piece of paper
with various rotring pen on one side and the refills you can get on the
other side. The rotring logo is at the top on each side. Underneath the
refills list, there is a mention that says:
"For questions or comments regarding your Rotring writing instrument contact
Consumer Service: Sanford, 2711 Washington Blvd., Bellwood, IL 60104
www.sanfordcorp.com 1-800-323-0749
A Division of Newell Rubbermaid"
So, this is all fake? I've checked the Sanford web site, and it seems real
to me, not something remote in the US, but right here, in the middle of it.
They have the brand rotring on display on their home page, although they
don't provide any link.
I think that your reseller is probably right when he sells you your made in
Japan version of the Rotring Quattro. But I think that whether he doesn't
know, or he prefers you not knowing that there is also rotring pens for
sale, here in the US, that are about half what you would be paying, but
they're made in Japan.
So, you decide. Pay $60 for a German Rotring Quattro, or pay $35 for a
Japanese Rotring Quattro. They seem to have identical features, and Will
should be able to tell us if the box and the insert I described match what
he got with his German version.
-Laurent.
-- ===================================================================== Laurent Daudelin Developer, Multifamily, ESO, Fannie Mae mailto:Laurent_Daudelin_at_fanniemae.com Washington, DC, USA ********************** Usual disclaimers apply ********************** choke v.: 1. [common] To reject input, often ungracefully. "NULs make System V's lpr(1) choke." "I tried building an EMACS binary to use X, but cpp(1) choked on all those #defines." See barf, gag, vi. 2. [MIT] More generally, to fail at any endeavor, but with some flair or bravado; the popular definition is "to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory."On 19/04/02 16:35, "hal9000x" <hal9000x_at_mac.com> wrote:
> I doubt it is the same one. Although I could be wrong. Art Brown pen > shop did tell me that all 'authentic' Rotring pens are 'made in > Germany'. I know that, for example' Mont Blanc Pens has a problem with > counterfeit pens which is well known. A friend of mine just 'bought' > what he thought was a real Mont Blanc pen in the US Virgin Islands. He > paid $100 less than here in NY. He stopped into the Mont Blanc store in > NYC on my suggestion and they told him it was a fake. Way to tell real > from fake Mont Blanc; real has tiny engraved serial number on clip > ring - fakes do not. I think you get what you pay for. Another piece of > info: Sanford, which owns Rotring, told me that most on line only > retailers are not authorized dealers. Particularly WorldPen.com and > others. So be careful and shop wisely > On Thursday, April 18, 2002, at 11:00 PM, Philip Katz wrote: > >> Is this that same Quattro pen that someone got for $35 @ Costco and is >> $35 >> at Stylus Central? I like that pen, but I would never pay $60. $35 is >> acceptable though, if it has all these things.
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