Editing The Pen Addict 259/transcript (section)

== Business Decisions ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' I'm, okay. I, I guess. I mean, as a business, you got to make those decisions. It's just weird to me. Like, I don't know. I would think they would be able to fix their production, pull from something else to make the extra fine nibs happen because that's a pretty common nib. Yeah, steel extra fine nibs. I should clarify. Not the gold, not the gold nibs, but the common extra fine nibs. In the end, I don't think it's going to be a big deal.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's probably more overstated than actual effect that it'll have. You know, people have lots of extra fine nibs. You know, they've been common for years. You can swap them in and out. It's probably not going to be a big deal, but Lamy just keeps doing weird things and it's just a weird company right now. I just don't get them sometimes.

'''Myke Hurley:''' You know. Let me play devil's advocate

'''Brad Dowdy:''' on this one, right? Sure, sure. I'm not that opposed to it. I mean, it is what it is.

'''Myke Hurley:''' They, you know, they're obviously having production constraints, right? Like, which happens. I mean, it doesn't, you know, it doesn't matter how big a company is, you can have production constraints, right? Like, you know, you have them, Apple has them, right? Like, this stuff can happen and like, ideally, they would like to be able to offer their entire product line everywhere, but they can't.

'''Myke Hurley:''' They know their sales numbers, right? If the US was their, one of their biggest, if not their biggest market for extra fine, they would continue offering it here, right? Like, they are clearly prioritizing on customer taste.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. I agree 100%. Like, I can't really knock the decision from a business perspective. I just, it's just, it's another thing in a long line of things recently with Lamy. That's all.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, it's just, yeah, I see what you mean. I think if this was in a vacuum, it maybe wouldn't rub, grind your gears so much. Yeah, and it doesn't even do that, but yeah. But, you know, like, to the point where, like, we would even maybe bring it up, right? But it's because they've been doing some really weird, like, unexplainable things, like, when they cut that supplier off recently and, you know, just, like, strange stuff, like, their marketing and product development has been weird in places, right? Like, when they repackaged that ink and called it something else, when they, you know, like, the 2000 limited edition was just an absolute disappointment and nobody could discount them, so people were having to give away pens just to get rid of their stock, right? Like, it was a bit of a nightmare. So, like, coupled with all of that, this is a weird thing, but I think, on its own, to me, like, this just seems like a company repositioning their offerings based on customer demand. And, frankly, like, if you're super interested in getting extra fine nibs, like, everybody already knows at least one retailer they would be able to continue getting them from. It's just not going to be one based in the US, right? Right. You'd have to get them maybe from JetPens or something like that if they would even get hold of them, I don't know, but, you know, like, there is a, you know, everyone's going to have a company. I mean, get them from Colt Pens, right? They're in the UK, they will ship to the US, like, there are other options, but it is just an added frustration.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, I don't think anyone's going to not be able to get an extra fine nib if they want it. And, you know, they said they'll eventually come back when they can fix their capacity, but, like I said, it's, on a business, on a business level, it makes complete sense on just a perception level in the grand scheme of all the goofy stuff they've done recently. It's just another mark on, that makes you question what's going on over there.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, it's a trend for them right now, right? In the end. What are they up to?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, in the end, no big deal. You'll, I mean, everyone will be able to get extra fine nibs pretty much. If you're in this, if you're listening to this podcast, you know how to get a lot of extra fine nibs. So, no worries, but just another oddity, weird thing. So, just wanted to bring that up because that was a, that was a new, new thing that happened last week. So, for us,