'How to Save Money with an Expensive Pen'

How to Save Money with an Expensive Pen

By Brian K White at 03/20/2007 08:30

How to Save Money with an Expensive Pen

It may sound counter-intuitive right off the bat, but sometimes you get what you pay for, and in the case of a premium pen, you're not just buying a brand name or a novelty, but an investment in yourself, your work, your reputation and maybe even your own sanity.

Cheap pens aren't just cheap; they keep you from showing the status you've attained in life. You just aren't cool with a cheap pen in your pocket. To describe them as disposable does a discredit to garbage, and I don't mean it quite so seriously as all that, but I'm not far off the mark.

A premium pen serves many benefits in terms of cost savings as well as peace of mind:

• Premium pens write better than disposable pens, plain and simple
  
• Premium pens feel better in your hand, which is especially helpful if
  you do any serious amount of writing. That pain in your hand from holding a pen can be a thing of the past, if you so decide. Specifically, a premium pen can bear a shape and texture specific to your hand and writing style.
  
• Premium pens can be of the exact color and point size that you desire
  
• Premium pens last longer than disposable pens. Unlike disposables,
  where you really need a whole box just to insure you have enough, a single premium pen is invariably enough to get the job done almost indefinitely. So to cover all your bases, you'd need just one pen and a spare, rather than a whole box. Keep your mind free of clutter by not worrying about when your pen will die on you in the middle of a sentence or important meeting.
• We've all had it happen where you get half-way through a note and the pen dies, and the second half is plainly written with a different ink, and that's embarrassing. Even if your premium pen wears out, your replacement cartridge is always exactly like the one before it.
  
• Premium pens do not smudge or run the way disposable pens always do,
  so your writing and correspondence will be clearer and free from
  embarrassing and irritating smudges.
  
• Since premium pens don't smudge, run and leave dollops of ink on your
  page, you won't find the cuffs of your expensive clothes ruined by
  wayward ink.
  
• With a premium pen, you'll never again doubt which pen is yours, so
  you won't see your pens fly off your desk by the box as people wander off
  with them unaware that it was yours.
  
• Best of all, a pen that is all yours is a character point. It's not
  just that you write, because we all do, but that you have something that is
  uniquely yours. Most of your employees and clients will not notice such
  a thing, but for those who do, it's important. If you wear a premium
  watch, ask yourself why and consider that a premium pen is not so different.
  
• A premium pen can be an icebreaking conversation piece when you meet
  with clients face-to-face. It can allow you the opportunity to share a bit
  about what you like, who you are, and give the general impression that you do
  take your business seriously.
  

Replacement cartridges

for premium pens are inexpensive, long lasting and easily thrown into the top drawer of your desk where you used to keep a dozen, half-dead disposable pens, so the cost, convenience and storage
are no detriment to your work environment.

By Brian White