Don at Pencil Things has a great idea that he would love to get some feedback on. We’ll let Don explain it:
Isn’t it interesting to try out new pencils?! I actually most enjoy browsing for new brands, models, hardnesses, and colors at local stores, rather than online. You get to touch them and write with some of them. But I’ve exhausted the selection in Santa Fe. And I usually don’t want to risk buying a 6-pack online of the same pencil to try and/or pay the disproportionate shipping charge for a few pencils.
What about you? Do you think it would be fun to have a “Pencil of the Month” club? I’ve researched it, and it appears we at PencilThings.com can gather together enough pencil variations to have a monthly mailing for at least a year. We’d send out 3 to 4 high-quality different and interesting pencils each month — graphite and colored. About $24/year subscription should cover the cost of the pencils, protective envelopes, labels and postage.
What do you think of the idea?
If any Comrades have suggestions or would be interested, please leave a comment or two or three! Many thanks in advance! This is not necessarily a sign up list per se, but a way to get a good idea of the interest, since I imagine there will be considerable effort required for this project from Pencil Things.
UPDATE:
Comrades can sign up for the Pencil of the Month Club at Pencil Things (follow link).Â
This is a great idea in so many ways; a veritable cure for all my pencil ills. I’d definitely subscribe.
I’d be all about a Pencil of the Month Club:) Such a great idea!
Go for it! I would love to get a few pencils every month rather than be forced to amass dozens of dozens just in order to try out a new brand or add a type of pencil to my collection.
I am all for it! Sounds like a great idea!
That would be great. I’d subscribe.
I’d subscribe if I could have the pencils shipped to Europe once I move there. It would be like receiving a monthly care package!
Who do I make the check out to? And where do I send it?
I’ve never made a “me too” blog comment before. But since you do want to know — yes, I’d subscribe.
Definitely. Where do I sign up?
oh yes
yes i would
yes yes yes
Put me down for a yes.
Oh yes. A sampler of new cedar sticks every so often would be wonderful.
Sounds Great, where do I sign up?
a nice idea, my willingness to sign up depends on how many pencils one could count on as a minimum for the suscription. make the price right, attach an offer like if you purchase a pencil out of the pencil of the month club you receive a small discount or gift as incentive. fun idea though, keep me informed! ps- thanks for a wonderful website.
I’m in and can likely help Don with aquiring some of the pencils from our customers around the world for items that are difficult to get locally.
Sign me up please.
Definitely interested.
Blackwings. Sign me up.
What a GREAT idea! I’m there in a heartbeat.
Let’s be reasonable. Nobody’s going to ship you Blackwings for $24/year. And, International Revolutionaries, we love you, but I’m willing to bet you might have to pay more to cover international shipping. (The way our currency’s devalued, it still will probably be a good deal for you.)
All of that out of the way, the currently in production items that could show up (Golden Bear, Triconderoga, etc.) might be a lot of fun.
The more restrictions we put on what subscribers expect/want, the harder this beast would be to run… That said, I think being able to register a general preference for harder or softer leads in the samples (where applicable — let’s face it, some pencils just come as they come and that’s it) would, for me, greatly increase the appeal of such a club.
In short, I’m in favor, but with a kindly eye towards the poor bastard running the show. Let’s not make him regret it!
I’m in.
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Alright, even without the Blackwings it would be great to get little packages in the mail. Sign me up.
I’d be all over this!
Chalk up (or should I say, “pencil in”?) another yes from me… sounds like a fantastic idea!
Sounds like a great idea. Maybe the occasional sharpener, too.
Do it, please! I’ll sign up.
i am in!
I love pencils. SIGN ME UP!!!!