Editing The Pen Addict 499/transcript (section)

== Sailor Pens Saturation ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' And the thing is, I understand the question. I think the important context to remember is like just the incredible amount of sailors that there have been and are, because so many people and companies do limited editions with them in a way that Leonardo isn't currently doing. It feels like at least every Leonardo is coming from Leonardo by and large. Yeah. With the occasional, you know, smaller batch one or whatever, but, you know.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' See, like I say, I say this with Sailor, like it's almost, Sailor has turned me off of them, you know, not overall big picture, but just like today, like I'm good, like skipping, like literally every Sailor that comes out.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Less interested in monitoring all the new releases system.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' But that doesn't change my overall premise that someone's going, holy cow, look at this. And what does, and ultimately, that's going to continue to keep them going.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Do these companies, genuinely, like do they think, oh, what we need to do is sell the same 100 people 25 pens? I don't, I know if I was running a pen brand like that, I don't think that would be my goal. Right. Right. And that's not sustainable. You can keep releasing various limited editions, maybe you'll capture some fans of the brand, but you're ultimately, the more colors you make, the more people you can bring in, maybe.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So the short version of the answer to my long-winded answer is, like, saturation points for companies are not based on individuals' purchasing decisions, right? what could be saturated to me may not be saturated for Myke.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yep. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So that's why, that's why you're going to keep seeing Sailor, like every time you blink, a new Sailor show up, right? Because they know better than you and I what's going to sell. Mm-hmm. And if they can afford to keep doing this, and clearly they can.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Mm-hmm. All right. I think, I think that's it, right?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right. Woo! Good show. Good show today. $4.99, Myke. Big week next week. I'm ready. I'm excited.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's going to be a big one. Again, we ask you to send in your, your question, not questions, your answer to our question, Mm-hmm. which is basically, we want to understand what is your favorite stationary item and what makes it special to you. If you go to our show notes, you can find them at relay.fm slash penaddict slash 499, fill in the Google sheet, and your answer will be read out on next week's episode, which is going to be episode 500. It will be recorded and released on February 9th, which is also our 10-year anniversary. We'll be recording live at 2 p.m. GMT, 9 a.m. Eastern U.S. time on Wednesday if you want to come and tune in. Thank you to Squares Space for the support of this show and as again, we mentioned support over the many, many years. But of course, most of all, thank you for listening and we'll be back next time. If you want to find Brad in the meantime, go to penaddict.com, spokedesign.com. You can also find him as penaddict on Instagram, twitch.tv slash penaddict and at dowdyism, D-O-W-D-Y-I-S-M on Twitter. I am imike, I-M-Y-K-E. All right, until next week, say goodbye, Brad. Goodbye, Brad.

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