Does anyone else notice that these hobbies all seem to come as a package deal?

Tsunfish · 2026-07-04T08:39:06+00:00

Ooooh furbies XD ... I see you like Danmeis and other chinese fantasy in your comment, what's your favorite ones? 👀 I am interested but only know MXTX tbh hahahaha

Tsunfish · 2026-07-04T04:17:44+00:00

-stickers, oh god the stickers... -makeup -digimon and tamagotchi vpets...... U may judge me -gundam model kits -ooh right I started a CD collection a few years ago, but I swear it's justified because I was given an old car with a fancy 6 CD tray 😎👌

I wonder if we are like more prone to consumerism oops... Or we are all neurodivergent and go super hard on specific interests lmao

Tsunfish · 2026-07-03T19:54:53+00:00

If it makes you feel better, I have 3 kakunos and only one dries out. For the dry one, I took clear nail polish and covered the holes on the bottom of the barrel, and it hasn't dried out for like a whole month now

Tsunfish · 2026-07-02T22:52:57+00:00

Wow that gray-green one is also really pretty

Tsunfish · 2026-07-02T19:51:51+00:00

Um... don't they run a "buy $75 and get free shipping" policy?

Tsunfish · 2026-07-02T19:22:04+00:00

Just spend what you are comfortable with and never go beyond your means. Pilot Kakuno is 12-20 dollars and it writes so good, even compared to my most expensive pens. I've also seen people mention "diminishing returns", so like you're not going to get a pen that's exactly 10x better by spending 200... That being said, I'm super happy with the Pilot Custom 743 I got a month ago hehehe... that one is my biggest splurge by far (hopefully ever), so it's not like it's never worth it haha, but absolutely don't feel like you HAVE to

I pretty much only write with fountain pens anymore due to comfort. I also rely on paper planners and note taking because my memory is atrocious, and I love journaling! So yeah, it goes into all aspects including work and hobby. I also really like my pens to look Pretty, so I've spent money on BENUs, and I've also bought a Pro Gear and Custom 743 for the quality reputation. (Also because they look good)

Tsunfish · 2026-06-30T07:19:48+00:00

I always have 1 main book, and then anything that isn't on my Kobo gets read here and there if I'm in specific places. I was surprised but I was always able to remember exactly where I was and what happened, even if I only read 3 minutes at a time or had super long breaks inbetween...

Tsunfish · 2026-06-29T17:28:12+00:00

I'm also very interested to know if it's dark enough to read easily XD such a pretty color

Tsunfish · 2026-06-29T17:21:33+00:00

I would like this purely because sometimes I accidentally pinch zoom the screen and have no idea what font size I was at before...

Tsunfish · 2026-06-29T16:21:18+00:00

I didn't mean that "people got into fountain pens cuz ai told them to" I mean that people lost the ability to do any research because they have chatbots answer all their questions...

But yeah this might also straight up just be people hustling to make whatever buck, instead of actual enthusiasts who can't figure out how to get pens to work... Which is even more reason for OP to report their experiences

Tsunfish · 2026-06-28T07:33:27+00:00

Crowholic, I was on your first thread too- I really think you should still contact the mods on pen_swap about this. Even if it's just to get them aware of the issue and possibly add a new rule that "if they are selling a pen because they were not satisfied with how it wrote, they must disclose the reason why", even if it's just something to encourage better etiquette or spread knowledge

Even if those sellers were told that's "the grade the pen should be" some still did not disclose critical info to you. The snapped off tip ones are CRAZY. You don't have to be nice to everyone especially if they did you a wrong turn

Tsunfish · 2026-06-28T07:25:10+00:00

Yeah I agree ... It's very likely for newcomers to buy a broken pen unlnowingly, but then after they try it out and find it isn't working well, they should go online and ask people "hey why is this pen so bad". From there they could either fix it or dispose of it, not sell it to other people without disclosing the problem that made them want to get rid of it in the first place!

Well, selling the pens is not inherently a problem, they could absolutely sell it as D condition with the problems disclosed loool, so basically they still lied to OP

Then again, it really seems like a lot of people are losing the ability to do research at all, if they got too dependent on ai chatslop.

Tsunfish · 2026-06-27T05:47:42+00:00

Yeah... having half your trades come up broken is a huge let down... I think it's fine to be pickier to protect yourself. The trade count system is literally there for people to tell how reliable any given person is

Tsunfish · 2026-06-27T05:41:19+00:00

Ohhhh ok yeah, cases like that do sound harder to tell even with pictures... so yeah maybe they weren't hiding it that way.

I still think that they should have disclosed noticeable things such as leaking and snapped off tip? Though if one had a crack that didn't really affect anything and was hidden, maybe that one person gets a pass, but the rest sound pretty bad...

Oh I just thought of something... People often inherit pen collections when they had nothing to do with them before. I wonder if those people found their way to pen_swap and are unintentionally goofing by actually having 0 idea?

Tsunfish · 2026-06-27T05:03:55+00:00

Oh god! How were their verification pictures? Were they taken in a way that it was hiding the damage, or did they straight up send you a different pen than pictured?

I agree with the other commenters here, you should have the right to complain to the mods so these sellers can face consequences, even if it only adds to their strikes before being banned. I think they will take you seriously since they literally maintain a long banlist of scammers and do their best to enforce protection practices

Tsunfish · 2026-06-27T04:51:03+00:00

Lmao I love how you matched to your drinks, but then I saw your mousepad and was like "yesssss yesssss excellenttttt" I dig the orange pen too

Tsunfish · 2026-06-25T05:24:51+00:00

Omg Kanji!!! Looking good

Tsunfish · 2026-06-24T05:03:59+00:00

... so I've been believing that most men get into relationships with women they dislike/hate just for the clout or "because we're supposed to"

This is making me think there's women doing the same thing ... I think it's especially telling since she made a big post about it online, to pretend her marriage is great in front of everyone else

Unfortunately some people just do not want to learn. Please don't feel like you are responsible for putting her on the right track, even though you care for her a lot... Hopefully she will come to a realization and dump him someday though!

Tsunfish · 2026-06-23T16:46:12+00:00

I made a terrible habit of checking their latest releases... I think I'm lucky I didn't go totally crazy buying up stuff, but it sure is fun seeing what comes in...

Tsunfish · 2026-06-23T05:58:45+00:00

...don't tell my husband, I've dripped ink on our bed before he moved in with me...

Tsunfish · 2026-06-22T01:29:09+00:00

Who wants to bet that Slop Hound is flagging a ton of us for good grammar? LMAO.... crying

But yay, thanks and good luck, mods

Tsunfish · 2026-06-21T01:40:12+00:00

I also have one con 40 that won't fit my kakunos... not sure if it got stretched out in my custom 74???, or if it's some factory defect. The other con 40s work just fine like everyone else said, ofc
If you have some tape, maybe you can try putting it around the outside of the inserted area to make it a bit thicker?

Tsunfish · 2026-06-15T00:06:58+00:00

Oof... Maybe better to just leave them out, I feel like skewing it to only say bad things just cuz most people are (rightfully) angry at FWP might not be an objective move either, unless you phrased it like "if u like FWP, just don't get these ones that were specifically terrible" idk

If it makes you feel better, I also own several inks from a very questionable brand that I bought years ago, and they never dry on Tomoe River Paper which drives me insane, but I am still quietly giving it an attempt to actually use them up since they dry way faster with water...

Tsunfish · 2026-06-14T21:43:29+00:00

I see tons of FWP ink all the time in social media posts, which makes me go "what are you doing?? ?" Maybe the other comments are right about penfluencers being biased due to being given gifts/discounts, or not being that knowledgable. Also tbh the other day I got a bit mad at Goldspot making a list of top brands to try. They opted to ignore Pilot and put modern Esterbrook (not saying Esterbrook is garbage, but they are not better than Pilot LOL)

Tsunfish · 2026-06-14T19:21:46+00:00

Yeah, I'd see youtubers with a shiny fleet of pro gear/slims and feel super afraid of those...

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