This message is from Don at Pencil Things:
Support for the Pencil of the Monthâ„¢ Club is strong. So, we’re going to do it!
We’ve ordered mailing supplies and penciled in a workable flowchart. Of course, we’re having a lot of fun obtaining and evaluating pencils, and that’s well under way. PencilThings.com will start taking subscriptions today, and send the initial packet out the first week of May.
KUM is wishing us well by generously contributing their new-for-2006 pearl-effect Ellipse Container Pencil Sharpener (magnesium inner sharpener) to go to the first 150 subscribers. That’s a very nice gesture of support, isn’t it?
We have a few good ideas, and you have many more. It’s your involvement which will really make this venture interesting. For example, there’s a direct link between the comment by “Bill” and KUM’s contribution of sharpeners.
Thank you to all who commented on Pencil Revolution and by private email. And to Pencil Revolution go kudos for giving us all a pencil forum, and to Woodchuck go special thanks for sharing generations of pencil experience.
Please send Pencil of the Monthâ„¢ Club suggestions and comments to PencilClubATpencilthingsDOTcom.
Myriad thanks to Don for putting together what is certainly going to be an adventure of world-wide proportions! By the by, I have one of the ellipse sharpeners that KUM makes for Prismacolor, and they are really great sharpeners, even for jeans pockets.
One and all are invited to sign up officially for the most exclusive of pencil clubs here.
Leadheads everyone are drooling tonight…(and being one of them, I signed up, naturally…)
I really like this idea. But I have a question: do I need a credit card to pay for it? (I don’t have one, and it’s pretty expensive to get one) I live in Holland so I probably can’t just wire the money. Thank you for answers.
Confused here…is the fee monthly or annually?
-Joy
Annually (sweet deal!) :)
Paypal.com has a site for the Netherlands that may make it possible for you to participate in the Pencil Club without a standard credit card. Go to Paypal.com and click on “Learn more about PayPal Worldwide” in the upper right corner.
I’m on.
ah, this just made my day:)
Thank you for the idea. However, it does not work since paypal also requires a credit card.
[...] The Pencil of the Month Club is a go! The first 150 subscribers get a nice KUM sharpener, plus three nice pencils per month for one year starting in May for $24. What’s not to love? I’ve already subscribed and think you should, too. _______ [...]
Groucho Marx said: “I’ll never join a club that would have me as a member” but I’m sure he would make an exception in this case… So did I
To use PayPal, you need a bank account OR a crediti card. If you have a bank account, you should be able to use PayPal.
My wife signed me up for my birthday! Nifty idea, and I can hardly wait for that nice sharpener, hope I’m still within the first 150!
I’m in – hope I get the sharpener, too, since I’m the “Bill” who made the suggestion. Another suggestion: Tombow mono B.
Pencil of the Monthâ„¢ Club enrollments are strong, thank you! We’ll remove KUM’s Ellipse sharpener gift notice when we reach the 150 mark. Bill – you’d get one no matter what! Pauline, email salesATpencilthingsDOTcom – we’ll figure something out. EVERYONE – please keep nominating interesting pencils!
Ok, I’m in. Already signed up for the Pencil of the Monthâ„¢ Club.
Am I still within the first 150 subscriptions?
suggestions:
ergosoft B
tombow mono b,2b
mitsubishi 2B
tombow dragonfly B
tombow recycled pencil
OK, I gave in and joined today. So here are my nominations for monthly installment elements.
Pencil nominations:
Tombow Mono Pro (second humdog’s nomination)
Derwent Graphic Pencil
Faber-Castell 9000
Staedtler Mars Lumograph
Wolff’s Carbon Pencil
Eraser nominations:
Alvin Vinyl
General’s Factis Gum
Sculpey Eraser Clay (one color? More?)
Sanford Magic Rub Peel-Off Eraser Pencil
Yay! the package arrived today! Nice opening selection — my granddaughter really likes the Smencil!
Is this still going on? The link took me a an error page. I’d love to get in on it as I’m new to the whole pencil, ahem, revolution.