My SAILOR Fountain Pen Collection 2024 | Ginzan Snow Grey, Jellyfish, Rime on Trees

Hi Pen Friends! Enjoy my unboxing of my #Hachimonjiya x Sailor fountain pens that I've been wanting to collect for a while now! It is early in the year, but I am happy to have them to use for the rest of my 2024! I also have the second half of the video dedicated to sharing and discussing the rest of the Sailors in my collection! Please let me know what you love about Sailor pens and which ones are your favorites in the comments section!

Shop with Yumiko on IG:   / goodpenlife  

More info on my thoughts on resellers: I share this information about shopping with Yumiko over eBay or other shops like JP-select (which are places where you may find these rare limited edition Sailors or other Japanese pens) because eBay is a platform for resellers but eBay makes you pay taxes - and the seller also pays fees. It's extremely non-economical for both sides. Shopping directly through IG with Yumiko (or your other favorite reseller) avoids these taxes (at least on the buyer's end).

There is a cheaper method of acquiring these rare limited fountain pens from Japan, but you will need access to a proxy address using White Rabbit's "Blackshipping" (https://whiterabbitjapan.com/) or other sources of proxy service. Proxy is having a physical Japanese address to use during checkout when you buy from a Japanese stationery store so that the store (ex. Ancora, Hachimonjiya) will ship it to that warehouse/address, and then they will charge you a fee for shipping it out to you. This way of obtaining the pen requires you to buy the pen from the store's website on the date your pen drops into the store and you must buy it before it sells out (which happens within minutes!). I opt for working with Yumiko to avoid all that stress and hassle. She posts when pens restock and you can ask her to buy one for you and then pay her the fees of procuring and shipping it to you. This costs a bit more than the proxy method, but it's much less stressful on the buyer's part! (And still less than buying from eBay or JP-select).

On buying pens from Yumiko when the pens are not in "RE-STOCK", she may quote you for the cost of the pen depending on where it is in Japan - and the cost will not be as cheap as restocked pens. This is the example I described for buying my Amethyst Rime on Trees Sailor, which I paid $420 for, and that is still 60 dollars less than JP-Select. You are not required to buy anything from Yumiko if the cost she quotes is too much for you, but I can assure you, they are better than most other official resellers like JP-select! (Not saying JP-select is bad, it's great, but just expensive!)

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
01:24 Rime on Trees Amethyst Unboxing
05:48 Amethyst Writing Sample
08:16 Working with Goodpenlife
09:43 Jellyfish (Kurage) Unboxing
13:21 Ginzan Snow Grey Unboxing
19:10 Stationery Goodies Unboxing
24:28 Sailor Fountain Pen Collection
25:43 Plus x Sailor - First Snow
27:18 Moroccan Mint Tea - Mint & Sugar
28:14 Shikiori - Autumn Moon
30:37 Sound of Rain Collection
35:02 Yoseka Home & Refresh
38:51 Bungubox Sanctuary Blue
41:28 Moroccan Mint Tea - Kissan
43:20 Outtro


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