I've been ordering the "Squiggle Pen", 39 cents/pen for any quantity. They look classy, contemporary, and again, I find a big quality difference between National and Amsterdam. I have found only one pen in the last batch of 300 that didn't work properly. As opposed to 5 to 10 from Amsterdam. That's just been my experience. Tom Sivak --- On Mon, 7/27/09, Aart in America Piano Services <aartinamerica at optonline.net> wrote: From: Aart in America Piano Services <aartinamerica at optonline.net> Subject: Re: [pianotech] promo pens To: pianotech at ptg.org Date: Monday, July 27, 2009, 2:33 PM We use National Pen as well, and the quality and value has been great. We are on our 3rd order of 500 pens. In addition to giving them out to all our clients, we give out several pens to our local pizza delivery, chinese food, Thai food, etc. That way, the drivers hand our pen over to their customers to sign their credit card receipt for their food delivery, and hundreds more are seeing our name every week. It's free advertising for the price of a 39 cent pen, and it works! regards Eileen Aart in America Piano Services Hoboken, N.J. 07030 201 406 2594 aartinamerica at optonline.net On Jul 27, 2009, at 8:05 AM, Tom Sivak wrote: > Gerald > > I used to buy my pens from Amsterdam Printing, but I found too many pens that would not write, or had other physical defects. Way too many. I as throwing out one or two out of every handful. (I grab 'em by the handful and toss 'em into a pocket in my tuning kit.) > > I switched to National Pen last year. I don't throw any pens out now. They all work just fine, right out of the box. Their quality control seems better and the prices are comparable. > > Tom Sivak > > --- On Mon, 7/27/09, Gerald Groot <tunerboy3 at comcast.net> wrote: >> >> From: Gerald Groot <tunerboy3 at comcast.net> >> Subject: Re: [pianotech] promo pens >> To: pianotech at ptg.org >> Date: Monday, July 27, 2009, 1:29 AM >> >> >> You're welcome Wim! As I'm just home on vacation, this may have been answered already but, I have 450 emails to sift through before I get to the end of them all. Delete, delete, delete…. :-) >> >> >> >> I figure this way, people will see my name and phone number almost every time they use my pen. When they do, they will obviously think of me. It is sort of like a refridgerator magnet but put to better use. >> >> >> >> For me, it is more of a gesture of good will and a thank you more than anything else and of course, it is a form of advertisement as well but either way, people appreciate handouts. Especially something they can use. >> >> >> >> This is where I get mine. http://www.amsterdamprinting.com/ Every now and then, they inform me of a sale on the pens I gave you for about 70 cents a piece give or take. >> >> >> >> Jer >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of wimblees at aol.com >> Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 11:37 PM >> To: Pianotech at PTG.org >> Subject: [pianotech] promo pens >> >> >> >> At the convention, Jerry Groot gave me a pen with his name, etc. on it. (Thanks Jerry, nice looking pen). Randy Potter gives them out, too. >> >> I, as I am sure others, have been approached many times by pen salesmen who want you to buy them for customers. I've always resisted. (One guy told me he "accidentally" printed 1000 pens with my name on it, and he would have to throw them out if I didn't buy them. When I told him he misspelled my name, he didn't hesitate one second and said he could change it, at no extra charge). >> >> For those of you who give them out, what is your return of investment? Do you actually get calls from people who saw your name on the pen? Or do you just do it for good will, like buying an add in the high school chorus concert program. >> >> Wim >> >> >> >> >> A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! >> >> >> >> avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. >> >> Virus Database (VPS): 090726-1, 07/26/2009 >> Tested on: 7/26/2009 9:29:48 PM >> avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software. >> >> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090727/7755304d/attachment.htm>
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