Cross Pens

mr_edge_to_you · 01-01-2021 11:44am #1

I have an unhealthy obsession (fetish I suppose) with nice and fancy pens. Anyway, got an email this morning from Cross, that they have an additional 55% of some of their already reduced OUTLET stock. Just use coupon NEWYEAR.

Some odd looking pens in there but a few nice plain ones too. Been out of work for 5 months and starting a new job on Monday so I treated myself to a new pen for €25 inc shipping.

https://www.cross.com/cr_en_ie/

logically · 01-01-2021 12:03pm

mr_edge_to_you wrote: »

I have an unhealthy obsession (fetish I suppose) with nice and fancy pens. Anyway, got an email this morning from Cross, that they have an additional 55% of some of their already reduced OUTLET stock. Just use coupon NEWYEAR.

Some odd looking pens in there but a few nice plain ones too. Been out of work for 5 months and starting a new job on Monday so I treated myself to a new pen for €25 inc shipping.

https://www.cross.com/cr_en_ie/

Nice!

Best of luck in the new job - great start to the year

mr_edge_to_you · 01-01-2021 4:26pm

logically wrote: »

Nice!

Best of luck in the new job - great start to the year

Cheers, its been a long few months.

Wolftown · 01-01-2021 5:58pm

mr_edge_to_you wrote: »

I have an unhealthy obsession (fetish I suppose) with nice and fancy pens. Anyway, got an email this morning from Cross, that they have an additional 55% of some of their already reduced OUTLET stock. Just use coupon NEWYEAR.

Some odd looking pens in there but a few nice plain ones too. Been out of work for 5 months and starting a new job on Monday so I treated myself to a new pen for €25 inc shipping.

https://www.cross.com/cr_en_ie/

Thanks for the heads up, I've also just ordered a new pen for under €25 delivered

SheroP · 01-01-2021 6:15pm

Looks like a great deal , thank you, two pens ordered for less than €36
Thanks for heads up

Dante7 · 01-01-2021 6:22pm

You can also get a further, stackable 15% discount code if you sign up for their newsletter.

Atlantic Dawn · 01-01-2021 6:40pm

Thanks OP, woke up this morning with zero intention of buying a fancy pen but glad now I did, lol. Had a couple of these over the years, quality is great, would recommend buying spare refills.

On a side not, couldn't get the discount code to work on mobile browser, worked fine on laptop.

SouthWesterly · 01-01-2021 8:04pm

Damn this forum.

Bought myself a pen and a fountain pen for my son. Hope it helps improve his writing

clevtrev · 01-01-2021 9:52pm

AT Cross seem to be shipping from the UK? Do we assume they are handling the VAT element or will you get stung for customs charges?

clevtrev · 01-01-2021 10:14pm

another stackable code for 20% off Xexec20 leaves these about the same price as a bic!

Nigel Fairservice · 02-01-2021 12:16am

Thanks, got myself a nice engraved writer and 6 refills for €35.

mr_edge_to_you · 02-01-2021 12:18am

SouthWesterly wrote: »

Damn this forum.

Bought myself a pen and a fountain pen for my son. Hope it helps improve his writing

Fountain pens are lovely for writing with.

mr_edge_to_you · 02-01-2021 12:18am

SouthWesterly wrote: »

Damn this forum.

Bought myself a pen and a fountain pen for my son. Hope it helps improve his writing

Fountain pens are lovely for writing with.

eclipsechaser · 02-01-2021 12:31am

clevtrev wrote: »

another stackable code for 20% off Xexec20 leaves these about the same price as a bic!

Just so people don't miss out on the full value:

55% off with NEWYEAR
a further 15% off when you sign up to the newsletter
And a further 20% off with Xexec20

If you do all that, it's 71.2% off already discounted items. Thanks OP and everyone in between.

lawred2 · 02-01-2021 12:46am

Nice.. just got myself a nice pen delivered for €17

Gas

GalwayGaillimh · 02-01-2021 6:07am

So codes I used were
NEWYEAR 55%
SAVE5 5%
Xexec20 20%
Plus the Newsletter sign up of 15% off

Lucifer · 02-01-2021 6:54am

Got 3 pens and refill pack for 33 delivered. Thanks

If you go over a certain value delivery is free, so second pen added was cheaper again as it knocked the 5 delivery off. Seems to be above 50 but that is the before discount price.

Paul Weller · 02-01-2021 11:21am

Just trying now, NEWYEAR doesn't seem to work anymore

lau1247 · 02-01-2021 11:28am

Paul Weller wrote: »

Just trying now, NEWYEAR doesn't seem to work anymore

Still works but only on the selected ones. If you click on the main page banner that says 55% off. You will get the list of the pens that is within the promotion

lau1247 · 02-01-2021 11:33am

clevtrev wrote: »

AT Cross seem to be shipping from the UK? Do we assume they are handling the VAT element or will you get stung for customs charges?

Hmmm I'm kinda concerned about this too.

It doesn't say where they ship from but the return address is UK.

I can't find anything on their T&C either about taxes etc.

Doesn't seem to have option to allow cancellation of order either. Probably will need to call them on Monday to ask.

hhmmm? · 02-01-2021 11:41am

None of the above codes working and got no mail with newsletter discount code despite signing up!

Hococop · 02-01-2021 11:51am

With the refills if I select ballpoint will any of the refills work with any of the ball points or is there different sizes,

Also with people mentioning the uk what kind of vat hit would it be ? My total is around 40

Lucifer · 02-01-2021 12:15pm

With Gmail the newsletter email went into promotions, not main inbox. Also check spam folder.

Vat would be around €8 and if delivered by An Post a €10 fee

hhmmm? · 02-01-2021 12:42pm

hhmmm? wrote: »

None of the above codes working and got no mail with newsletter discount code despite signing up!

Just an FYI, all codes worked on a laptop
Discount code went to spam.

Thanks OP, just got 2 lovely pens for next to nothing.

beardybrewer · 02-01-2021 12:43pm

Does it take a while for the email sign up discount to arrive in your inbox? Been over an hour.

VG31 · 02-01-2021 12:46pm

beardybrewer wrote: »

Does it take a while for the email sign up discount to arrive in your inbox? Been over an hour.

Did you click the link in the email to confirm your subscription? I received the code a minute or two afterwards.

lawred2 · 02-01-2021 1:01pm

hhmmm? wrote: »

None of the above codes working and got no mail with newsletter discount code despite signing up!

are you on outlet items?

lawred2 · 02-01-2021 1:02pm

Lucifer wrote: »

With Gmail the newsletter email went into promotions, not main inbox. Also check spam folder.

Vat would be around €8 and if delivered by An Post a €10 fee

really?

ah crap

Is that €10 a flat fee for An Post?

beardybrewer · 02-01-2021 1:05pm

VG31 wrote: »

Did you click the link in the email to confirm your subscription? I received the code a minute or two afterwards.

No, strangely I got an email saying I was successfully subscribed. I created an account and got an email about that too. But no discount code for signing up. Tried a different email too and still didn't manage it for some reason. Ah well. Would have only made a €3 difference so ordered anyway.

lawred2 · 02-01-2021 1:05pm

lau1247 wrote: »

Hmmm I'm kinda concerned about this too.

It doesn't say where they ship from but the return address is UK.

I can't find anything on their T&C either about taxes etc.

Doesn't seem to have option to allow cancellation of order either. Probably will need to call them on Monday to ask.

it does say Cross Ireland but there's probably going to be a load of companies who have always treated Ireland as an extension of Britain that haven't really done anything to prep for Brexit

lawred2 · 02-01-2021 1:13pm

Revenue seem to be saying that anything under €22 will not be subject to anything. Mine was only €17 so should be ok.

mik_da_man · 02-01-2021 2:02pm

It will be interesting, I bought pens for all the family so was well over the 22 quid.
However you are buying on an .ie website, in Euros
It would be reasonable to assume no extra charges are expected

If extra charges happen then Cross will be getting a lot of complaints...

Atlantic Dawn · 02-01-2021 2:10pm

mik_da_man wrote: »

It will be interesting, I bought pens for all the family so was well over the 22 quid.
However you are buying on an .ie website, in Euros
It would be reasonable to assume no extra charges are expected

If extra charges happen then Cross will be getting a lot of complaints...

Yes I went to nearly €40, I got the impression from the site that it was coming from an Irish or European distribution centre, no mention of it coming from the UK and liable to import duty during the ordering process. I did see a Bedfordshire address in the footer of the email received though but order already placed then. They shouldn't be using a .ie with no mention of duty if it's coming from the UK (I know they are under no obligation to).

Dante7 · 02-01-2021 2:13pm

Cross are historically an Irish company, so it would be fairly embarrassing for them if they messed on Brexit and Irish people had to pay import duty and VAT to buy their pens.

lawred2 · 02-01-2021 2:22pm

Dante7 wrote: »

Cross are historically an Irish company, so it would be fairly embarrassing for them if they messed on Brexit and Irish people had to pay import duty and VAT to buy their pens.

Historically an Irish company?

As in founded here?

Didn't know that. Interesting.

Paul Weller · 02-01-2021 2:27pm

lawred2 wrote: »

Historically an Irish company?

As in founded here?

Didn't know that. Interesting.

No such thing, an American company through and through....they had a manufacturing plant here that was set up in the '70s ... but nothing Irish about it overall

Sheep Shagger · 02-01-2021 2:30pm

An Post say they have an agreement with 95% of their GB 'partners' so that no additional fees are payable at the doorstep.

lawred2 · 02-01-2021 2:37pm

Paul Weller wrote: »

No such thing, an American company through and through....they had a manufacturing plant here that was set up in the '70s ... but nothing Irish about it overall

I was kinda thinking that would be more likely

Irishder · 02-01-2021 3:18pm

Thanks OP, first bargain alert of the year for me

lau1247 · 02-01-2021 3:34pm

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Yes I went to nearly €40, I got the impression from the site that it was coming from an Irish or European distribution centre, no mention of it coming from the UK and liable to import duty during the ordering process. I did see a Bedfordshire address in the footer of the email received though but order already placed then. They shouldn't be using a .ie with no mention of duty if it's coming from the UK (I know they are under no obligation to).

That's the thing though, it is cross.com with sub region in the address. So not explicitly a .ie address.

It is anyone's guess as it is at the moment.

tea and coffee · 02-01-2021 3:40pm

Does it matter which way you apply the discounts?
If you buy something for €100 with a 55% discount, then 20%,15% and 5% would that not make it 95% off so €5?
Or is there a best way to apply the discounts to make it cheapest?

Libera · 02-01-2021 3:44pm

tea and coffee wrote: »

Does it matter which way you apply the discounts?
If you buy something for €100 with a 55% discount, then 20%,15% and 5% would that not make it 95% off so €5?
Or is there a best way to apply the discounts to make it cheapest?

It makes no difference, as based on a reducing percentage balance whichever way you order it.

Paul Weller · 02-01-2021 3:48pm

W3LC0M32X

15% off code that came to me too late if anyone wants to use it.. just comment when used please

gerard2210 · 02-01-2021 4:01pm

Paul Weller wrote: »

W3LC0M32X

15% off code that came to me too late if anyone wants to use it.. just comment when used please

I got the same code, probably same code for everyone.

SouthWesterly · 02-01-2021 4:03pm

lawred2 wrote: »

Historically an Irish company?

As in founded here?

Didn't know that. Interesting.

A friend of mine worked on the design of their ink flow system.

Del2005 · 02-01-2021 4:14pm

lawred2 wrote: »

it does say Cross Ireland but there's probably going to be a load of companies who have always treated Ireland as an extension of Britain that haven't really done anything to prep for Brexit

The contact address for Ireland is their UK headquarters address.

eclipsechaser · 02-01-2021 5:04pm

Sheep Shagger wrote: »

An Post say they have an agreement with 95% of their GB 'partners' so that no additional fees are payable at the doorstep.

I'm obviously wrong but I thought the deal that went through means there are no import charges when buying from the UK.

shnaek · 02-01-2021 5:44pm

Cheers OP - didn't need one, bought 2 - the sign of a great BA!

SouthWesterly · 02-01-2021 6:17pm

Bought another couple of pens seperately for under 20 to save any hassle.

03-01-2021 10:57pm

Dante7 wrote: »

Cross are historically an Irish company, so it would be fairly embarrassing for them if they messed on Brexit and Irish people had to pay import duty and VAT to buy their pens.

They used to give out pens on RTE game-shows as prizes (sponsored I suppose) and had a plant in Ireland years ago but long gone

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ballinasloe-angry-over-60-job-losses-1.1122872

American company

Tbh I find that cheap (1 or 2 euro) gel rollerball pens with a comfortable grip write better than expensive pens and as for fountain pens the ink smudges, they tend to leak and the novelty wears off very quickly

Paranoid Mandroid · 03-01-2021 11:09pm

mr_edge_to_you wrote: »

Been out of work for 5 months and starting a new job on Monday so I treated myself to a new pen for €25 inc shipping.

https://www.cross.com/cr_en_ie/

Best if luck in the new job tomorrow

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