Editing The Pen Addict 353/transcript (section)

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'''Anna Reinhardt:''' We haven't found a picture with a clip, and we've worked at it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, it does not look like there is one. So I pre-ordered it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I was, this was one situation where time zones were helpful for me. Wancher had a selection of them, and I woke up, and I had an email from them, because I signed up to their newsletter, and I was able to get one of them. They have like a very limited amount. But the company that's making it, which name escapes me right now, they, if you remember, I said I emailed them. They also emailed me. I only bought one of them, though. Good for you. It should be coming in a couple of weeks, and obviously I'm very excited about it.

'''Anna Reinhardt:''' So here's the issue I'm beginning to have with your sailor habit. Okay. I'm getting direct messages from the companies when these pins go on order saying, hey, we got one. Would you like one for Myke? I'm like...

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Why can't they talk to me? Yeah. No. Actually, I prefer to have a gatekeeper between me and these purchases. Yeah.

'''Anna Reinhardt:''' These are not like, for some reason, I'm like your go-between to all these companies, because I guess they have access to me. They don't know how to get to you. It's like companies I've worked with, like our good friends at Wancher. You know, I've worked with them plenty of times in the past. They're like, by the way, we have these pins. Do you want one?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, this is kind of funny. No. It's like I got the email, and I ordered one through the regular channels. But then I got another email from the other company. Then you told me, and then Wancher DM'd me. So I could have had like... I think I could have ended up buying about half of the available inventory of this band. There's probably only like 20 of these pins or 50 of these pins. And I could have got like a good quarter of them just for me. But I didn't. I've only got one of them. And I just wanted to say, like, I bought it through like the regular channels. Didn't have to use my Brad Dowdy hookup for that one. It was just because sometimes with some of this stuff in Japan, the time zones work out for me, which is great. Because it did not work for the US. So this is becoming an issue. It's kind of fun. I'm not going to lie. You told me you wanted to talk about the Pilot 101st Anniversary Inc. Yeah.

'''Anna Reinhardt:''' So this Inc. that has arrived within the past week for Pilot's 100th anniversary. All of our good friends and vendors, we love you all. Thank you all for bringing this Inc. in for Pilot's very special 101st anniversary, apparently. It's well known that I've had taken great issue with Pilot's handling of their 100th anniversary. But I'm glad I finally got to participate. And I did pick up the beautiful yellow ink. Anna, I know at Vanes Pens, y'all are selling the ink. Is there a hot color of the 101st anniversary ink? I'm not going to call it anything but that. But just out of spite, I believe it's well-deserved flack for Pilot this year. So is there a hot color?

'''Myke Hurley:''' A lot of people seem to like the green-black. Please don't make me say them in Japanese. The names are like a foot and a half long.

'''Anna Reinhardt:''' We do get enough emails about pronunciation.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. A lot of people really like the green-black. I like the red color.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's got a bit of a golden sheen to it, which is really pretty. Those are my favorite.

'''Anna Reinhardt:''' So they're pretty cool. And I'm not going to lie. So I did break down and get one, like I said. And some of the pens have started to arrive. They're kind of cool. Like they're way out of my price range. They're way out of most people in here's price range. But if you want to see them, I'm pretty sure the Dromgools have at least one of the mid-range ones. So you can go check them out. They did a really good job. So props to Pilot on the workmanship and the craftsmanship. But negative points for dragging this out for like two years.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. I saw both the Pilot 100 and Platinum 100 anniversary pens. The Platinum 100th anniversary pen looks cool. The box is madness. It's like the size of an aircraft carrier. It's wild.

'''Anna Reinhardt:''' But they came out on time. So good job by them. They sure did. They came out in the beginning of the year of their anniversary. That's shocking.