Akkerman ink in small bottles

[gwgtaylor]

I for one applaud this marketing change provided they can ship batches to retailers for resale. The ink with shipping was a bit expensive so a large quantity made it more affordable on a per ml calculation. I need some of the brown 😄 and may need to see if Messr Taylor has too much and wants to sell me 5-10 ml or I will be ordering some soon. The smaller size would expedite more repeat purchasing by cautious Nellies like me who plunge in for 1 bottle on a group buy and are still chugging through the ink supply. I suppose if I can buy more variety in ink for the same price I will be more likely to snatch up 3-4 bottles of the ink.

Thanks for posting the information on the change to the bottle size.

Never mind sell--would happily give you a 15 or 30 ml Nalgene bottle full of the stuff next time I see you. Easy

[Mags]

Thanks sir.

[migo984]

I just posted this over on FPN. I think the smaller bottles are a rip-off


"I'm in UK, and I think the increase in cost of ink sold in the smaller bottles is disgraceful.

Last month I bought 3 of the larger bottles:

3 x 150 ml at 16.50 euros incl VAT

plus 14.50 euros shipping to UK = 450ml at 64 euros

0.14 per ml


For the smaller bottles:
5 x 60ml at 15.00 euros incl VAT

plus 20.0 (?) euros shipping to UK = 300ml at 95 euros

0.32 per ml


And people think this is a good idea and can't wait to buy the smaller bottle? Well not me! Their inks aren't that special or different. I can live without them".

[Miss Thundercat]

I actually agree with you migo984, it is odd the price is only 1.50€ less for almost 1/2 the size. 10€ or even 12.50€ would be a much more reasonable price for the 60ml bottles. However you do get to try more variety in inks and I think shipping would be 14.50€ as well with 5 bottles. It really depends what would want, a bigger bottle or more variety.

[purplepencils]

hm I don't see why shipping would be 20€ instead of 14.50 but of course either way you are definitely paying more for less. that said, I have never purchased their inks because 150ml is a lot of ink. the bottles also would not fit into my ink drawer. I'm rather pleased with this change! I get to try more inks this way

[erpe]

I just posted this over on FPN. I think the smaller bottles are a rip-off
Last month I bought 3 of the larger bottles:
3 x 150 ml at 16.50 euros incl VAT
plus 14.50 euros shipping to UK = 450ml at 64 euros
0.14 per ml
For the smaller bottles:
5 x 60ml at 15.00 euros incl VAT
plus 20.0 (?) euros shipping to UK = 300ml at 95 euros
0.32 per ml
And people think this is a good idea and can't wait to buy the smaller bottle? Well not me! Their inks aren't that special or different. I can live without them".

Actually, I don't think this is the right way to calculate. This type of bottle is rather expensive compared to the standard Pelikan, Parker or Waterman miniflasks. If you want to calculate for the price per ml, you need to subtract the bottles first, where the small version might be as much as 75% of the big one. There will still be a difference of course but not quite so big. As for the shipping cost, this is beyond Akkerman.

On the other hand, I hope they will sell the small bottles empty so I can fill them up with other inks

[Mags]

I agree the price increase is proportionately too high. The bottles are unique and likely a little more expensive. The new size way more reasonable a quantity to try out...and as to price the ink has a price point similar to limited edition inks like MB I think I paid $20 or $30 for a 30 ml bottle of ink last time. So in euros that means Akkermans is priced well enough. Their real Achilles heal is distribution being so exclusive they need domestic retailers in Europe and North America and Asia/Australia to bring shipping prices way way way down.