Well, well. MB sure knows how to create bad publicity for itself. It's possible that it doesn't matter too much to them, though. I suspect that FP diehards are a relatively small percentage of their customer base, and FP diehards are the only ones who care about this. It would be different for a brand such as (say) Nakaya or Danitrio. I would guess that those sell a large majority of their pens to the diehards, and so if they p!ssed us (the diehards) off, it could seriously hurt them and maybe even put them out business. But for MB, we probably don't matter all that much.