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Single Pen Case with Large Pocket has been added for $2.50 ea
This is supposed to be the same pouch as the single or double pen case but the pocket will hold a pen up to 20mm (3/4") in Diameter. this is large enough to hold the cap end of the Havana even if you make it bulge a little. Statesman's, Gents and all the others of that breed should have no trouble fitting nicely in these cases.
I will work my way back up the list and add these for those that mentioned they wanted them. it will take a while and for those that payed it will require sending another payment. this complicates things for me just a bit so bear with me. IT now requires that I be able to tell when just a portion of an order has been payed for or not. I gotta figure out how to do that.


1 pen case $2.00 ea.
2 pen case $3.75 ea.
24 pen case $14.00ea.

PRICES DO NOT INCLUDE POSTAGE

Payments will be accepted by pay pal only.
Please no exceptions, money passing through my personal bank account can
no longer happen. Thank you.

PLEASE READ IF YOU ARE PLACING AN ORDER.
There are several issues I am concerned about in this buy.

1. This is a new, untested supplier from India. So far response from this
supplier has been slow but has gotten done.

2. I am concerned that delivery of this order will be slow. I have been
told to expect 30 days for an order of 500 cases. A larger order will take
even longer.

3. Measures are being taken to insure that payment will pass through a
third party to help guard against being completely ripped off. Final
payment will not be made until proof that goods have been shipped. 50%
payment will be made up front. In short both sides are a little leery
about how the money passes hands.

4. All quotes have been made to me in Rupees which fluctuate often. Real
final cost cannot be known until the moment payment is actually made.

5. Quality of the final product is a bit of a question and I make no
guarantees concerning it. This is a first time (trial) buy please keep
this in mind when deciding just how large an order you want to make.

6, It is known that at least one other member of this group has
successfully placed an order for these cases. We are not certain that it
is the same company and there where issues with quality. This member is
also getting involved in this buy. Just some F.Y.I. use it to make your
own decisions.

Although I have gotten samples and posted photos of them. I make no
guarantee concerning the final product.

At this time I am discussing the larger pocket pen case with the supplier.
If the details do get worked out I will be adding that item to the list.
At this time the above are the only cases I am prepared to offer in this
buy.

Above prices include:

Actual cost of case
Estimated shipping per case
All pay pal fees (total of 7%) 3% when you pay me 4% when I pay supplier.

Not included in above prices

Actual postage (will be figured per order)
Any postage related costs such as printing labels or envelopes
Pay pal fee on cost of postage and pay pal's $0.31 transaction fee per order.

At this time nothing is added for any costs such as customs, duties or
higher than expected shipping costs. I am estimating shipping costs based
on $10.00 per kg or about $5.00 per lb. this would be consistent with.
other purchases I have made from overseas from two different suppliers.

PLEASE BE WARNED THAT IF THE ACTUAL FINAL COST DOES CHANGE FOR ANY REASON
I WILL NOTIFY THE GROUP AND YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO PAY ANY DIFFERENCE.


This should only apply to any large changes as I do have the group buy set
up now to handle small problems.

Final note: basically this is a give it a try and see how it goes
situation. I have done all I can to gather as much info as I can. This is
still no guarantee. I urge caution, and remember if we are satisfied with
the final outcome, other buys can be done at another time.

Post orders here or you can e-mail me through my profile info. Due to the
huge response to the feeler I will not be trying to keep a running list
here on this thread.

If you make an order and do not get a total with payment info in return.
It means I did not see your order. I am very good about keeping up with
the orders so expect a reply in no more than 24 hours. Otherwise start
pestering me until you do get one.

Thank You all

The list just so people can confirm i either got their roder or their payment.

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If Jrs. will fit I'll take 40 singles, if you do get the larger single I'll add 50 larger ones to this.
 
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I'll take 25 of the singles and 2 of the 24 pen cases. I will also be interested in single cases that will hold the big pens like emperor, etc, when you have them available.

Thanks.
 
Daniel...

I'll go for 20 of the singles, 5 of the 2-pen cases, and 1 of the 24-pen cases.

I, too, will be interested in the larger single cases when/if they become available.
 
Just a note, I will be running late on sending order verifications. I am having to rethink postage costs a bit as most of the orders will not fit in the boxes I am used to using. gotta get some rates together for larger boxes.
 
Dennis, I do not have an exact date set. I will take orders until there are not enough new ones to justify delaying the buy any further. I then usually spend a week trying to round up all the payments etc. For now I will say that there is at least two weeks to get an order in from now.
 
Everyone up to this point should have gotten a PM with the total for your order. Sorry it tool so long I had to go do some box shopping. It caused any order that has a 24 pen case to take a hit in the postage department of about $2.00 just for a box. sorry it was the best I could do. Most of the orders also are being bumped out of the flat rate anything price range. this means that straight priority rates where applied. the 24 pen cases will not fit in any of the flat rate boxes. I spent two days trying to figure a way to get these packages into the lower priced flat rate but it simply is not going to happen.
In a nut shell the smaller orders are being pounded on shipping due to some hard set extra costs. mainly the cost of a box to mail the larger cases in and the fact they will not qualify for flat rate postage.
 
22 orders so far 10 have been payed and I have been able to figure out what payment goes to what order so far.
Although orders are slow right now I am not ready to even think about closing this buy.
there are still 42 people on my Feeler thread list that I have not gotten a final confirmed order from. I am aware that changing threads and new info is not always seen by many. rather than try and send out 42 PM's right now I am just letting it set for a bit. I will make sure that everyone that posted in the feeler thread is told about the buy being on though.
I also suspect that some are waiting to hear more about the larger cases. I will plan accordingly and give plenty of notice concerning them before closing this buy.
 
Daniel I I didn't receive a PM for the total. I would like 10 single and if you can get the larger singles I would like 10 of those as well. Thanks,
Joe

Daniel said:
Everyone up to this point should have gotten a PM with the total for your order. Sorry it tool so long I had to go do some box shopping. It caused any order that has a 24 pen case to take a hit in the postage department of about $2.00 just for a box. sorry it was the best I could do. Most of the orders also are being bumped out of the flat rate anything price range. this means that straight priority rates where applied. the 24 pen cases will not fit in any of the flat rate boxes. I spent two days trying to figure a way to get these packages into the lower priced flat rate but it simply is not going to happen.
In a nut shell the smaller orders are being pounded on shipping due to some hard set extra costs. mainly the cost of a box to mail the larger cases in and the fact they will not qualify for flat rate postage.
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I'd like to get:
15 of the singles
10 of the larger singles (if they get added)
4 of the 24 pen cases

Thanks- you've put a lot of work in on this one.
 
Joe, sent you another PM. Thanks for having your head up on the buy. it really helps when others are watching for the mistakes as well.
 
Here is my worst suspicion concerning the larger cases. It took me a couple of months to get the samples. My spider sense is telling me that the cart has not gotten a faster horse. So I will give everyone my word that I will conduct a separate group buy for the other cases when and if they become available. This is not a perfect solution but it is the best I can think of. I really think that the answer on the larger cases will come sometime well after this buy is done and over.
 
Daniel, thanks for taking this one! It doesn't sound like you've had alot of fun! :rolleyes:

I'd like 10 singles, 5 doubles and 1 of the 24 pen cases please.

Thx, Lee
 
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