<div class="HtmlCode"><div class="msgheader">QUOTE:</div><div class="msgborder"><div class="HtmlCode">I noticed that Chinese pens get a lot of attention here as of lately. <br/>Although I understand that they are cheap and apparently good for the price you pay, I have to speak out against them. <br/><br/>Most of these Chinese pens are just very ordinary copies of already existing pens. <br/><br/>Nobody really seems to notice that this is just illegal in most cases. By buying Chinese pens we weaken the European/American pen companies that we so dearly love. I am not some sort of jingoist who thinks that one should only buy goods from one's own country. That is not the point. The point is that these Chinese makers take design ideas and steal them by copying them. The patent regulations in China are ridiculous to say the least. I know about many German and American companies (not pen companies!) that try to sue Chinese companies because they recklessly stole their ideas. <br/><br/>I have no problems, if Chinese pen makers come up with own, truly Chinese designs. I would welcome such pens at any time! <br/>Just think about the money a Chinese laborer gets paid for making a Parker 51 copy: <br/>It therefore comes as no surprise that places like the Sheaffer factory close for good. Because nobody wants to pay for their work anymore. Work that is highly qualified has its price. <br/><br/>I also despise the marketing practices of these CHinese sellers on ebay that try to peg their pens as originals: This is dishonest. Our little fountain pen enthusiasts world depends on honesty and I have always been treated very honestly by all people from FPN. But can I expect the same from these sellers? Of course, when we buy such pens, we normally do know that they are spin-offs and not the real deal. But only by accepting such an offer one furthers the racketeering of said dealers. By commmitting to such purchases we'll cut off our noses to spite our faces. <br/><br/>These Chinese pens may be good writers but nobody can tell me that they are like the originals. There is a difference, even if it doesn't show so obviously at first. It will, however, in the course of years of use. You get what you pay for!<br/>lus, do these companies offer any after-purchase service? Any customer service? I have never heard of that! So if such a pen breaks, we might as well just throw it away and buy a new one. But then, what's the difference between a BIC ballpoint and the "new" generation of fountain pens? </div></div><a href="http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=22737&hl">http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=22737&hl</a>=</div><div class="postcolor">。。。。。。。</div><div class="postcolor"></div><div class="postcolor"><br/></div><!--Element not supported - Type: 8 Name: #comment-->
<p>Don't worry about it..... nothing to special... no flames or anything, just some frustrations from some dumb members. where are you dawei? PM me.</p><p> </p>
I own 2 Hero 100's and 2 Parker "51"s. The Heros are not as smooth a writer as the "51"s are, but considering the Hero has a western extra fine nib, they are plenty smooth. Do they hold as much ink as the "51"...no. Do they have the same feel of quality, does the Hero feel like it will last 50 or more years...no, but only time will tell if it will. </div><div class="postcolor">IMHO, there are a lot of quality Chinese pens. Are there 'dogs' too...definitely.</div><div class="postcolor">Again, my opinion, but in<font color="#ff0000">
</font><font color="#000000"><strong>5-10 years China will be a much more respected origin for fountain pens.</strong></font></div><div class="postcolor">French
Chinese invented lacquering that are used by Dupont and other pen companies. Japanese urushi is a form of lacquering just that it is much more refined and higher quality. Also, just because a pen is made in Italy or some other countries, often include material sourced in China. Do you know many modnern day acrylics and （赛璐珞）celluloids no longer sourced in Italy, but China? of course now with a name brand attached to it, they now charge you much more for that pen.</div><div class="postcolor">Kevin
I have two Hero pens, a jumbo 616 and an older version 329. I do not have a problem with buying these pens, because as others have said Parker let the patent expire and no longer makes the pens after which these are modelled.</div><div class="postcolor">The 616 was a gift last year from a friend whose parents still live in Hong Kong and encouraged her early use of fountain pens by giving her a Hero when she was 11.</div><div class="postcolor">I bought the 329 for $8 a few weeks after receiving the 616, because I enjoyed writing with the 616 so much. Most of my pens are of the inexpensive sort. To paraphrase Duke Ellington, I guess I'm just a cheapo so and so.</div><div class="postcolor">If you take what I paid for the 15 pens I have and divide it evenly among them it comes out to just over $37 per pen. I like pens that do not cost a fortune but write like they could have. I have paid nearly 25 times what I did for this 329, and promptly returned the pen because it wrote so poorly. </div><div class="postcolor">I would not buy something that is a direct violation of another company's patent, but I don't think that is an issue with these Hero pens I own and enjoy.
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lus, do these companies offer any after-purchase service? Any customer service? I have never heard of that! So if such a pen breaks, we might as well just throw it away and buy a new one. But then, what's the difference between a BIC ballpoint and the "new" generation of fountain pens? </div></div><a href="http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=22737&hl">http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=22737&hl</a>=</div><div class="postcolor">。。。。。。。</div><div class="postcolor"></div><div class="postcolor"><br/></div><!--Element not supported - Type: 8 Name: #comment-->
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