Editing The Pen Addict 132/transcript (section)

== Bag Episode ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' It's so frustrating, Brad. It really, really annoys me. Because it's like, why are you making me pay for this? I can't buy this bag in the European Union. It is not possible. So why are you making me pay? This has got nothing to do with you. Get away. But here we are. Here we are. For some reason, I have to pay our lovely government 20% plus their £8, which, for my convenience.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So if that wasn't enough griping about customs, next week's going to be our bag episode, Myke. People are clamoring for this thing. So I've given you enough time. You're going to need to do some homework. You know, most of it's on me because I have a bunch of bags I want to talk about. But we need some homework. And then we're going to, for you live listeners, next week we're going to have an early recording on Thursday. So we're going to go Monday and Thursday next week. And the Thursday won't release until the following Monday because I will be out of town the week of Christmas.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So we have two actually pretty good episodes next week that I'm excited about, Myke.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, you planned them all out already.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It came to me like a bolt of lightning because I didn't even have anything ready for today. And then all of a sudden I have three episodes ready to roll. So I'll take it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' That's how this show works.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I'm looking forward. I've been so excited. See, the other thing is I'm so excited to get this bag. So excited. Finally. Finally it's going to be here.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I did watch the Chase Reeves video that you mentioned. And we'll include that in the show notes next week. We'll talk about it. But it was pretty funny.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, definitely.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right. So we got a bunch of Twitter questions I want to get into. And then I have one kind of moderately sized topic at the end that's kind of crazy. So why don't you talk about – we got this sponsor lineup, Myke. Look, people, you know, people can sometimes get a little sketchy on advertising. But I think what our show does is gives like some of the best, most pertinent advertisers. And they're advertisers I spend money with already. So I'm excited about our advertisers today. What do you got, Myke?

'''Myke Hurley:''' This episode of the Pen Addicts was brought to you by Massdrop. Massdrop is a new sponsor of the Pen Addict and Relay FM. And they're perfect for this audience, as Brad says. And let me tell you why. Massdrop is an online community for enthusiasts of all kinds, from audio and electronics to quilting and cooking. It's a place for you to connect with people like you, to discuss your favorite products and activities, and buy them together. Massdrop represents a new type of online experience that combines community, content, and commerce. And I say all the things, and I purposely left it out. You know, I say audio and electronics to quilting and cooking. But these guys, guys, they do pens too.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And I'll talk about that in a minute. A lot of pens.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Massdrop offers its users a place where enthusiasts can meet and connect over the products they love, a forum where you can vote on and discuss the products you're passionate about, and a platform to connect directly with manufacturers and buy products together to get bulk pricing. They are not a flash sales website, a deal site, or Groupon. It's flat out. They're not Groupon, okay? The thing that is most important to the guys and girls over at Massdrop is that they want to build communities around things that people love. That's what they are passionate about. They are passionate about letting you be passionate about the things you're passionate about. Ultimately, they are here to help you by making the products you care about more affordable and accessible and providing you with a way to connect with other like-minded enthusiasts. I know that group buyers are something that's super important to the pen community. Some of the stuff that we buy is pretty expensive, and buying in bulk can help with that, because any money you can get off is a good thing. And this is where a service like Massdrop is incredible, because it helps facilitate it. It's something that is really cool for this community. I took a look at Massdrop myself, and I found they have some awesome cases on here, where they've gotten like 20% to 30% off brands like Pelican and Franken-Christophe. They have Karas Customs stuff on here. So you should be going and checking it out. Basically, they are giving you a way to try and communicate. You can basically get all the people that you know that love this stuff, and you can all go on there and buy some pens at some good prices, basically. That's what you want to do. It's totally worth checking out. If you want to find out more, go to... Okay, this is an interesting URL. D-R-O dot P-S slash The Pen Addict. That's D-R-O dot P-S slash The Pen Addict. So it's like drops, you know? Yep. D-R-O dot P-S slash The Pen Addict. Of course, it'll be in the show notes. Sign up right now. So go sign up, and you can take a look at all the great offers they have. Thank you so much to Massdrop for supporting this show and all the Real AFM. Massdrop are a new sponsor, so I would love to have them more often. So please go sign up right now so they can see that you guys are right for them, because I know that they're right for you. So thank you so much to Massdrop for supporting this week's episode of The Pen Addict.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, so this has been a change like in the past six months, maybe year, that I've started getting tweets saying, hey, did you see this on Massdrop? And at first I was like, hmm, what is this? And then all of a sudden they started bringing in all these great deals, like the Rotring 600 was one of them, and I think maybe even the 800 and a bunch of Lamy stuff. So it's like not just any old gear. It's like the good stuff. So I will definitely be checking that out.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It makes sense, right? Once people start kind of gravitating around it, you get the pen community on board, and they're going to start pushing it in the ways that they want to go. Like I assume it was probably like All Army originally, you know, like where it's kind of like bridging the divide, but then you push it. That's what I'm saying. Like I've seen like Pelican and Franklin Kristoff. Now these are pen addict brands, especially Franklin Kristoff, right?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, no doubt.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So when I saw that, I was like, ah, there's already a bunch of pen addicts here.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Anyway.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. So let's get into a few questions I wanted to knock out, and then thank you for everyone on Twitter who sent some of these my way. And I grabbed some of the most interesting ones, and Mary Calla sent me a question about what pens have you had like changing preferences on? And then I got another question from a different follower about the worst pens.