What is up with FPN?

[Chemyst]

Did the official blessing of Montblanc ever yield any dividends to the members?

I haven’t noticed any myself, but I am hardly the expert on all things Montblanc.

Wim spent all that energy a few years back banning folks for posting pictures of upcoming MB releases, seemingly confusing “high street embargo” with The Official Secrets Act. The justification for the purges was always that we’d get a nice little something from Montblanc if we comported ourselves like an authorised retailer.

Myself, I was hoping that their blessing might translate into a striated MB146 as the next official FPN pen, but that doesn’t seem to have happened...

[Chrissy]

Did the official blessing of Montblanc ever yield any dividends to the members?

I haven’t noticed any myself, but I am hardly the expert on all things Montblanc.

Wim spent all that energy a few years back banning folks for posting pictures of upcoming MB releases, seemingly confusing “high street embargo” with The Official Secrets Act. The justification for the purges was always that we’d get a nice little something from Montblanc if we comported ourselves like an authorised retailer.

Myself, I was hoping that their blessing might translate into a striated MB146 as the next official FPN pen, but that doesn’t seem to have happened...

Wim got himself a trip to the Montblanc Hamburg factory, and some goodies out of it. Knowing a little about him, maybe that was always the plan?

[kazoolaw]

Always surprising to me that folks just can't stop picking at FPN. It does nothing to enhance FPG or its members.

[SIR]

seemingly confusing “high street embargo” with The Official Secrets Act.

Typical playground bullshit one routinely encounters in the so-called 'real world' post graduation as an adult...

Always surprising to me that folks just can't stop picking at FPN. It does nothing to enhance FPG or its members.

FPN is great for shopping in the classifieds, other than that... best avoided.

[kazoolaw]

Typical playground bullshit one routinely encounters in the so-called 'real world' post graduation as an adult...



FPN is great for shopping in the classifieds, other than that... best avoided.

Right on cue...

[Farmboy]

Typical playground bullshit one routinely encounters in the so-called 'real world' post graduation as an adult...



FPN is great for shopping in the classifieds, other than that... best avoided.

Right on cue...

Even I am lost on this string.

[Frank]

The ironic thing is.. I have done the exact opposite of what a pen retailer should do-
I do very little posting/surfing over at FPN..

I spent more time there when I was just "Frankiex"..
I was Frank on most forums, and my college nickname there..

I sold in the "For Sale" section back when it was friendly, and accessible.
In fact- the greed and fees there (and the bay) convinced me to become a retailer!

Lucky for you guys- most of my forum posting is done here!

Frank

[SIR]

Typical playground bullshit one routinely encounters in the so-called 'real world' post graduation as an adult...



FPN is great for shopping in the classifieds, other than that... best avoided.

Right on cue...

Can't imagine why...

https://fpgeeks.com/forum/showthread...anned-From-FPN

[Chemyst]

Happened to be browsing this evening while not logged in and noticed the cheery new banner. Sounds like a lot of work. Maybe just telling us the whitelisted domains would be easier and save both new registrants and the FPN internal security organs some time.

[Chrissy]

I thought that had been around for a while. It's a shame he can't spell "disposable."

Didn't he try an automated system that effectively meant that no-one was ever approved to join, and weeks passed between the last new member and the next one?

[Chemyst]

It's a shame he can't spell "disposable."

Careful.

Any more talk like that and you’ll be assigned a score below five on the arbitrary tool scale.

Only unmutual members get five or below.

[ilikenails]

Wim spent all that energy a few years back banning folks for posting pictures of upcoming MB releases, seemingly confusing “high street embargo” with The Official Secrets Act.

It's strange to hear an American(?) using that term. Is the Act really that notorious???

[SIR]

Happened to be browsing this evening while not logged in and noticed the cheery new banner. Sounds like a lot of work. Maybe just telling us the whitelisted domains would be easier and save both new registrants and the FPN internal security organs some time.

WOW!! Any wagers how long before they change to a wholly subscription based membership?!

[Pterodactylus]

This is so ridiculous, I wonder why some still bother about that crappy site.

Instead put your energy into FPGeeks and make it better by filling it with a lot of content and life.

[junglejim]

This is so ridiculous, I wonder why some still bother about that crappy site.

I think it has to do with the sheer volume of data compiled in one place over the span of years. FPN is sort of like the "Memory Alpha" of Star Trek. For example, I recently needed some information on J. Herbin Perle Noire for an ink mixing experiment. Thanks to our wonderful Chrissy setting up an easy to use ink index (THANKS Chrissy!), one finds there are no ink reviews of Perle Noire here at fpgeeks. Jumping over to FPN, there are 5 reviews, 4 of which still have their intact photos. The data there saved me from buying a bottle of ink that I didn't need. And as soon as someone has another great sale on ink samples, I'll be out on a buying spree of 20+ samples, thanks to some prescreening here at fpgeeks and that "other" place. And I'm not restricted to just these 2 websites for ink or pen information; there are FPN-Phillipines, Laura's Fountain Pen Follies, Hand-Over-That-Pen, Leigh Reyes, and any other site my search engine (NOT Google) can dig-up.

I do thank Pterodactylus for his contributions here at fpgeeks, especially his sketches and quotes of the day with different inks. That gives us (me?) a much better idea of what a particular ink can do and how it behaves in different nibs.

All the Best.

[ilikenails]

This is so ridiculous, I wonder why some still bother about that crappy site.

Sandy1's ink reviews.

[Empty_of_Clouds]

Sandy1's ink reviews.

One of the reasons not to go there quite frankly. Unless you want an ink review to turn you off an ink. Dreadfully overanalysed.

However, if you must look at reviews over there I can heartily recommend the reviewer called Crahptacular.

[christof]

Of course I understand that everyone has their favorite forum but I don't understand what's the meaning of talking badly about one forum at another one.
I am member of FPN, fountainpenboard.com, penexchange.de, stylo-plume.org and fountainpengeeks of course. For me each forum has its own merits.

(Unfortunately, I don't feel a greater interest for vintage fountain pens and history of FP in general in none of them at the moment, but times will changes again....)

Wish you all the best for 2019!
C.

[Pterodactylus]

Of course I understand that everyone has their favorite forum but I don't understand what's the meaning of talking badly about one forum at another one.
I am member of FPN, fountainpenboard.com, penexchange.de, stylo-plume.org and fountainpengeeks of course. For me each forum has its own merits.

(Unfortunately, I don't feel a greater interest for vintage fountain pens and history of FP in general in none of them at the moment, but times will changes again....)

Wish you all the best for 2019!
C.

Itˋs not the forum and the members of the forum, in this case itˋs all about the admin/moderators/censors.
You might not remember, but I was a really active member there in the past and enjoyed it quite a time.

I also follow the threads on Penexchange (and recognize some of the people which posts here and there), I like that forum but Iˋm only a reader there as I never created an account.

Euch allen ein gutes neues Jahr

[christof]

Itˋs not the forum and the members of the forum, in this case itˋs all about the admin/moderators/censors.
You might not remember, but I was a really active member there in the past and enjoyed it quite a time.

Euch allen ein gutes neues Jahr

Danke!

In fact, I never made bad experiences with the admins or moderators on FPN...

(...although I have to admit, that I am not that happy how the subforum of the classifieds have developped. It's been a long time since I have bought something interesting there.).

Well, I guess we are all just guests....and as already said, times will change again hopefully.

C.