Noodler's Ink

Noodler's Ink will continue to strive to provide this value to our customers through the 4.5 oz bottle and free pens included with such bottles whenever we can manage the razor thin margin to do so - in fact, we intend to expand this program to include a greater variety of such pens as soon as possible. Thank you for your continued support - as we would not survive without it. Noodler's Ink, LLC "The smallest ink company in the world with the largest color selection. (c) Why does the Noodler's Ink Company insist on bottled ink, when virtually all other ink companies issue disposable ink cartridges? We actually believe that disposable ink cartridges are incompatible with our goals of providing our customers with the "fairest deal possible per dollar given our resources and abilities". A 4.5 oz. bottle of our ink has the equivalent of $72.94 in the LEAST COSTLY retail cartridges in the world (for comparable ink - though not "bulletproof" - and we exclude free promotional cartridges at shows) - and $36.09 in the least costly retail ink of any quality in North America (lowest cost non permanent inks imported from central Asia). Ink cartridges from European, Japanese, and the North American companies that issue them routinely amount to well over $148 per 4.5 oz. and in several instances average well over $315! (Quotes obtained as of 1/16/09) We find this to be outrageously excessive (particularly in instances where the ink has inferior properties!!) and will continue to issue only bottled ink (and some free pens) until industry/technology is capable of equal costs at the retail level for both bottled and cartridge ink per given weight and/or volume of ink. As to the environmental costs of disposable cartridges - we believe frugality tends to be a natural ally of a cleaner environment (which is not the same as "environmentalists"). Why waste cartridges when a refillable fountain pen holds more ink and for far less overall costs? As to writing quality - you have the free pen in this box.you can see for yourself how it writes. We are confident that it will serve you well - otherwise it would not have been issued in the first place.