If the item gets damaged and needs to be repaired or replaced – the company won’t honour its end of the bargain, because you didn’t honour your end of the bargain by buying a genuine item. If it’s a fake, it won’t be covered by warranties or return-policies.Now, you might think – what does it really matter, if the fake is good quality, and didn’t break the bank? Is it really an issue? Louis Vuitton, Rolex, Montblanc and countless others, are often the victims of forgeries and fakes, and every year, hundreds of people pay massive amounts of money for something that isn’t what they were hoping it was. Unfortunately – all famous brands are faked. But there are people out there who are not so lucky. So, 30 years ago, someone bought someone else a very expensive Christmas present! So you bet I took a bloody long time to examine that pen in detail, before deciding to toss even a bent penny towards it.įortunately, the pen I bought was 100% legitimate, and 100% vintage – made in West Germany in the 1980s, and sold out of a jewelry shop in Hong Kong on the 22nd of December, 1989 – I know this, because the Montblanc Instruction Manual that came with the pen had all this information written inside it. While the pen was vintage, and secondhand…it was still a Montblanc, with everything that comes along with it – including a high price. You bet I jumped at it!īefore taking that plunge, however, I spent a lot of time examining the pen, before deciding to bid on it. I’ve wanted one for years, but was constantly put off buying one because of their massive price-tags ( $1,200AUD+, at the time of this posting).īut then, Saint Nibby, Patron Saint of Fountain Pens, decided to throw some luck my way – and I was able to buy a vintage Montblanc Meisterstuck 149 at auction – as part of a box lot of pens – at a price which was about 80% cheaper than its current retail price. Much has been said about this pen, and much has been written about this pen…and…much has been written with this pen. A pen of legendary, mythical proportions.

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