We have just received our first shipment of 2014 refills available in all the assorted sizes and varieties needed for your organization needs. Choose from week on two pages, week per page, day per page, month on two pages and so on and so forth. We have mini, pocket, personal and A5 size Filofax refills.
As you can see in the photo below, Filofax has re designed their cover packaging of their calendar refills for 2014.
Holy smokes that's a lot of paper. Our inventory and shipping manager took a day off today and we're just going to leave this little present for him to organize on Monday. :0) Just kidding, Bob.
Please note that all Filofax organizers being sold from our company are hand checked for quality assurance and are included with 2013 and 2014 calendar refills with our compliments. If you are ordering a new organizer, do not worry about ordering the 2014 refill separately, unless you want another format besides week on two pages.
Fans of Lamy Pens know that their beloved ballpoint pens are only filled using the Lamy M16 (or M22 in cases of the mini-sized Pico and other mini- or multi- style pens) refill. These types of refills have been traditionally made proprietary by Lamy, Germany, meaning that a common Schmidt or Parker-style refill would not fit inside of a Lamy Safari. That means Lamy fans are at the mercy of the manufacturer when it comes to the available choices of colors, point sizes and *gasp* the prices they set. In comes Monteverde to help by providing an alternative at a lesser cost and more variety.
Based out of California, Monteverde is the largest manufacturer of third-party refills that are made to fit pens like Lamy, Parker, Waterman, Mont Blanc, Pelikan and Sheaffer, to name a few brands. Their Lamy M16 ballpoint refill is engineered with Soft-Roll ballpoint technology, Swiss-made writing tip and low viscosity ink that produces excellent flow and smoothness.
Besides the usual Black and Blue ink colors that Lamy offers, Monteverde opens up the color palette with 8 additional hues, including turquoise, orange and blue-black.
The reputation of the Monteverde M16 refills grows with every piece of feedback we receive from our customers. The consensus has been overwhelmingly positive. Talk of the Monteverde M16 refill outperforming it's OEM competitor is apparent even on Fountain Pen Network. Have you made the switch? Please comment below. We'd love to hear your thoughts.
Over at our sister site, RefillFinder.com, we pride ourselves in being able to offer compatible refills for all the most popular fine pens, including proprietary makers like Lamy, Parker, and Caran d'Ache, etc. Since the site was launched in 2010, we have offered Monteverde for MontBlanc refills that are compatible with the standard-size MontbBlanc ballpoint and rollerball. With a combination of volume discounting and a lower price point, MontBlanc pen owners could get a refill for their pen at about 40% less than buying a MontBlanc-brand refill.
But a lower price isn't enough for some MontBlanc owners.
One reason why is the MontBlanc LeGrand sized pen. The standard size rollerball does not fit the LeGrand. Our thoughts were, if you're going to have a website where people can find refills for their pens, you should probably have all of the popular favorites. We would get e-mails every week from customers looking for the LeGrand or ordering the standard size rollerballs, hoping it would fit. Since Monteverde has yet to produce a LeGrand version of the rollerball refill, we opted to expand our selection with the genuine article.
But it doesn't stop with the LeGrand, RefillFinder also carries MontBlanc bottled inks, fountain pen ink cartridges, document marker, fineliner and pencil leads. All refills are made in Germany and have the indicated "Sell By" dates to guarantee ink freshness. And who doesn't love fresh ink?
We're making finding refills as pain-free and economic as possible with our new sister website RefillFinder.com. Offering an expansive selection of popular refills for all your favorite fountain pens, rollerball pens and ballpoint pens, we aim to have a compatible refill for all your writing needs. Ever have a mystery pen (or refill) that you can't seem to find the replacement cartridge for? RefillFinder.com helps take the guesswork out of finding the correct refill with the RefillFinder App and the Refill Size Guide.
With the RefillFinder App, the website takes you step-by-step to ask you all the questions that one of our customer service representatives would typically ask over the phone to find your correct refill. After a few quick clicks, you are well on your way to finding the compatible cartridge to fit your pen.
Sometimes you may just have the refill as a reference. The Size Guide allows you to compare exactly the size and shape of the refill against the refill types we carry.
RefillFinder also helps keep your wallet full while filling your pens. We have the full catalog of Monteverde compatible refills, which are specifically made to fit Mont Blanc, Sheaffer, Pelikan, Parker and other brands that may be overcharging for their own "branded" refills. For example, a Pelikan brand rollerball refill is sold for $8.00 a refill, while the Monteverde equivalent is only $4.50. Also, RefillFinder.com offers quantity discounts on as little as three refills and free economy shipping (USA only) for orders of $50 or more.
Creating an account and placing an order with RefillFinder.com allows you to save your order for future reference and to re-order at your own convenience. That way, if you had a hard time finding the refill for your pen and wanted to re-order more, you can log-in with your RefillFinder.com and look up your previous order and place a new one with a few clicks.
As a reader and follower of our Goldspot Pens Blog, we are offering our network of fans a special opportunity to become Beta Testers for the RefillFinder site. Get 10% OFF your First Order with RefillFinder by using the promo code FILLMEUP during checkout (no minimum order). After you are finished visiting the site (and possibly placing an order) we would ask for 5 minutes of your time to fill out a short survey to share your experience with our development team so we can make RefillFinder the best refill shopping website on the internet.
Happy New Year Pen Lovers,
If you've purchased from us during the Holidays, or have in the past, you have probably received our latest 2010 Annual catalog with the handsome Parker Premier on the front cover. For those who haven't, we have an online version of the catalog that is now up on our website.
To get an idea of how crazy our December was, we are already sold-out of half the clearance items that are on pages 46 & 47. Don't worry, we've put more clearance pens up on our site from Parker and Waterman to compensate.
For those who are shopping refills, our catalog provides a helpful refill finder guide for 90% of the pens that are in production today.
Besides featuring the newest releases from the biggest brands like Parker, Waterman, Cross and Pelikan, our catalog also features a gift-giving guide. Pouches, pen sets, organizers, desk accessories and limited editions are conveniently grouped together for easy browsing.
If you live in the US and would still prefer a printed copy of the catalog be mailed to you, please request a catalog on our contact us page and send us a message with your mailing address.
