AIBU to think I will never get a refill for my (£620) pen?

I mean this in a less snarky way than I think it will sound, but if it takes the same refills as a £10 Parker pen, what is it about the Chopard that makes it £600 better to write with? Is it to do with the ergonomics of the pen body?

https://www.dealdoodle.co.uk/shop/chopard-writing-supplies

This any help @MelanieD29

Like most luxury items, the money will have gone in elegant design, high quality, expensive materials, a high level of craftsmanship in the construction (or at least a high quality of manufacture) and of course lots of money spent on advertising and sponsorship to ‘build the brand’.

But at the end of the day it’s worth £600 because that’s what enough people are prepared to pay for it. Same as anything.

Or, to quote from the Chopard website: “The sensual feel of a smooth carbon fiber barrel with sleek palladium-plated trims, combined with its reassuring weight, make writing with this rollerball pen an unadulterated pleasure.”

I mean, who wouldn’t pay £600 for a sensual feel?😉

How do you know that the OP paid for it?

Could well have been a gift. My sister gave my BIL a similarly priced pen for their 25th anniversary because she knew he would love it, and he did.

it would be tone deaf if AIBU or indeed Mumsnet as a whole is aimed only at those financially struggling. It isn’t.

Here's hoping your 15 year old has better manners than you too.

It makes a difference if you buy a pen from the pound shop, you won't get refills for that and they stop working after a few uses.
People could Google anything and not "ask MN", but this is what MN AIBU is for.

Ohh I love the look of that Cross Townsend pen! I feel like I can feel it just by looking at it.

Could I please see a handwriting sample with that pen? 😍

I think even if I was a millionaire, things can only be worth so much. I would draw the line at £300 for a pen

Then there's the tone deafness of it posting about it on a forum where a good chunk of people are struggling financially.

There are also plenty of threads implying affluence, about inheritance, boarding school, house-buying and so on. There are people from all sorts of backgrounds here, which is a good thing.

And we can call it out for the tone deafness that it is.

The bragging is pathetic.
(even if I was a billionaire I wouldn't spend £620 on a pen that will have cost them a fraction of that to produce)

I would go over everything again that wasn't perfect to the extent it interfered with my writing. I think it was compulsive, anyway

Who can presumably choose not to click on the thread. It’s not like what it’s about isn’t clear from the title.

She bought what she likes and can afford. Not unbelievable at all.

@ncforcatquestion I'm not sure that's how OCD works ........I think it might annoy you a little.

Spending that much money on a PEN, is beyond absurd. Unbelievable.

Then there's the tone deafness of it posting about it on a forum where a good chunk of people are struggling financially.

It doesn't matter whether you've spent £1 or £1,000 on a pen; find it bewildering that you'd rather start a MN pen with the price in the title and samples of handwriting rather than simply googling "chopard pen refills" and get at least two or three hits on the first page.

Feels a bit performative. And no I am not being judgeful - is there even such a word? But I am being judgemental.

Yeah, I hate biros. I end up getting OCD where the ink doesn't print on the paper properly

I used to write books with an ink pen when I was a teen and in early 20’s and it felt so much nicer than writing with a biro. I understand the appeal of a good pen!

I write mostly on my laptop now - and I write with my phone on mumsnet hence my really bad spelling at times as this phone auto corrects my correct words without me noticing until I’ve posted!

Ha ha £620? They saw you coming...

Why the need to put the price of the pen in the title in the first place?

I love how people wade in with the old - OP should have thought to call the pen company first (likely closed on the weekend), and good old resourceful MNs come along with the answer.

MN remains undefeated in every way possible ☺️.

Not to detrail the thread. I once worked in a very posh area and there was a row of shops and I fell I love with a coat I saw in one of the boutiques. I spent my first month's wages on that coat and i felt amazing. I can still picture how it looked in the window of the shop.
To get back to the thread, I'd say I've spent hundreds on crap pens in pound shops over the years.

Edited for wine reason's.

Some people spend £5,000 + on a handbag and if handbags are your thing you would say "Oh wow, thats fabulous" If watches were your thing and your friend spent £50k on a watch, you would say the same.

Just because its not your thing, doesnt mean that it shouldnt be the OP's.

As I said above, Irregular Choice shoes are my thing. They are the Marmite of the shoe world. I will happily spend £200 on a pair that I will (maybe) wear a couple of times, because I think that they are art as much as footwear. I love owning them. I sometimes wear them of an evening just to see them looking beautiful on my feet. I am sure the Op would look at them and say "How much did they pay you to wear those?!"

At least the OP gets regular use out of her collection!