Great news! Pen Venture is a very dependable, professional seller and experienced in handling shipping! Ben’s a top engineer and this will enable him to concentrate what he is great at …👍💪👍
:D thank you for the feedback - for the past 6 years we strived to perfect our craft at doing exactly what Ben has been calling is weak link so this is why we opted to come with our team and system in order to offer exactly what was missing from the Gravitas experience - the condition was that after this Ben has to make sure the industry will get more new things that he now has time to focus on designing and making
I reached out and used the form (located under "We're here to help! Contact our team") to report an order that was not received in 2022. I love the Gravitas pens and own 8 pens. Ben has worked his butt off to design and manufacture a pen with a point of difference. I received a response within the hour acknowledging the error. And an option was provided for replacement. I was totally surprised and happy, since I thought that an order placed 2 years ago would not be accepted. I supplied as much information as possible (order #, date of order etc). A big THANK YOU to Ben and Emy. Your customer service is exemplary. :D
Thank you for your trust Phoebe - we ask the Gravitas customers for a little patience because we are still recuperating from a huge influx of emails hundreds - that we did our best to help people with since the old system was "so good" they simply had to scrap it and start over with ours - we are getting to everyone and both ours and Bens intentions are honest and pointed at just making sure everyone has been taken care of. Keep us posted once you get the goodies and share your feedback with everyone because its hard to believe but Gravitas has done a 180 and people must hear about it not from us - but from you all
:D its been a week of 6 working days and those working days started at 8 and finished at 8 o'clock for the team - and in my personal case continued after 8 all the way untill 3 o'clock in the night for at least more than half a week. The brunt of people in need of help / info / re shipments - was taken care of this while we kept the track with daily orders coming in via website :) to this point it was the biggest challenge i took
I am a great fan of Gravitas, and I'm glad you can improve the fulfillment system. I'm a bit tight on cash at the moment but there are a few pens on my list and I look forward to purchasing them from Pen Venture. Good luck guys!
You and me both! We are doing our best to match the passion that goes into making them :D From now on youll have the chance to order in full trust - dont rush, Gravitas will be here to deliver at all times
My experience with Emy and Pen Venture it's been 10/10 and seeing how you operate your business has restored my faith in Gravitas. And in the future I'll treat my self again with one of Ben's pens. Keeping and eye on that new nib he showed on instagram too.
Thank you so so much - :D we come with a lot of new things soon at Gravitas : Legacy nib / new filling system / a new model by the end of the year / and some things that Ben will not want me to spoil :))
Amazing work you've been doing here Emy and Ben. Been buying from both of you separately in the past and never encountered issues (got all my pens), and just ordered one Dinky from Pen Venture, thrilled by the new collaboration. Future's bright! :D Ben, I hope this give you all the time you need to design new amazing pens and nibs! 💪
Much appreciated! With us taking care of the logistics and communication - Ben its in one of those secluded retreats into his laboratory with his phone taken away at the gate - locked in to mastermind the next must have item of our industry - as we are dealign with the daily operations we are waiting for those doors to open and to see what he will entrust us with sharing with you all. :D hope this reply put a smile on your face - greetings from the Pen Venture fam and the Gravitas Team which is also the PV fam as well
I had an old order that went missing and since the new transition I’m pleased to say Emy has gone above and beyond at getting the lovely dark green Entry model out to me. It was worth the wait! I understood that no malice was involved so it’s just nice to finally be able to use it. I’ll be keeping an eye on what’s to come
:D im happy to know we are doing things as they should be done and the transition means a new chapter not only for new customers but any customer that experienced a delay or an order missing - it was something that we cant put in words as how much time we spent in emailing back and forth with each customer and manually issue labels and ship things - this is why feedback like this is GOLD for us and our team, it means a lot to know everyone and everything is been taken care of and the feedback is good
Well done to both of you and all the team. I have had an old order sorted out and it arrived on Friday. My next order arrives Monday! I'm delighted that the joint venture is working out and I wish you the best of luck!
This video wouldn’t be fair to be launched if all that effort would of been in vain - veni vidi vici! Gravitas has a good foundation now where it can build sustainable launches, new projects and all that good stuff that Ben always puts from drawing board to a pen in someone’s hands
Congrats to you both and your team! What a wonderful partnership where everyone gets to do what they are best at and we actually benefit from it! I never ordered from Ben directly, I only got my Gravitas pens through you Emy. So to me everything is just fine and dandy; the usual Pen Venture customer service and shipment etc is outstanding, and from what I understand from this video Ben really needed a hand in that part of his business... I hope this partnership will be great for both of you; and I am quite sure that we will see beautifullly interresting Gravitas pens in the coming months 💫
thank you so much my dear :D I think me and ben have completely different skill sets that when combined... they kind of go well together :D What we are bringing with Gravitas next will be something thats a must or after launch it will for sure be the next "must have pen" :D
Congratulations to both of you. I pray for your success. I have been pleased with Gravitas pens and everything I have purchased from PenVenture! I am heading to Dublin in January, perhaps we will run into each other. Good work gentleman! What you are doing is great for the fountain pen world.👋
Thank you so much! We managed to do a lot of things for each Gravitas customer and this is just the beginning. By the end of the year we will be coming out with something that no other pen company up to dat has been able do put in the hands of their users :D
Congrats and a very informative video. After the previous video announcing the plans, I had enough confidence to order my first Gravitas - the Kyuseido Kakari at the beginning of June. That was a good experience from the ordering process to receiving the shipment. The second order was a Tungsten Dinkey with a fine flex. Again no issues with ordering or shipping. The Kakari is perfect, however, there's a minor issue with the fine flex in the Dinkey. I'm no sure if it was ink or not, but I would suggest the standard abs feed be replaced with an Ebonite feed for the ink to keep up with the nib. I've since swapped out the fine flex for an Osprey Ultra Flex with an Ebonite feed, and the pen has been writing beautifully. I am now contemplating my next acquisition.
:D we are grateful for the feedback - we are exploring a new nib in the flex line up, the fine flex we do have on Gravitas at this moment has more in common with a normal nib size than a flex nib - at this moment we are just stabilising the current operations with things getting in and going our, in the next months we will bring more changes and more things will be shared about the decisions that we will make together with Ben and the feedback we are providing him.
Congrats and cheers to you both! Emy, you've already supplied me with several Gravitas pens and between your service and his pens, it's a winning combination! Best of luck!
Awesome! Thank you Daniel! Its a process that will take some time but people will see themselves once they will make an order - we are two people with good intentions, each different but each with a different skill set - combined we can make Gravitas reach a fulfilment experience that was impossible without our team. We trust the process and time will show more - this we are sure of
Hehe - that is coming - a small batch of those got produced, in testing the pen behaved a little back heavy and we changed some things here and there plus a specific part we opted to make it in titanium - all those changes where addressed and now it’s in assembly - 2 - 3 weeks it should be live 🙌🏻
Those pens are not yet ready from the production - we will have to decide when and how they will be retailed, information will be shared on both of our channels and it will be ahead of time announced
pocket dropper on gravitas old website was listed for 105 eur (vat included) adding the average shipping cost 16 eur (for shipments that came weeks/months after) = 121 Eur (If you got yours at a discount 111,8 eur you forgot to mention) - now to put a bit of perspective the pen is 100 eur no vat + 19% vat = 119 eur + an average 20 or so eur in shipping (this time DHL Express - 3 days delivery) = 139 eur (or lets take your 144.53 eur price). Lets crunch the numbers 121 vs 144,5 - ill make it simple, its a 10% increase in the pen pricing at value without vat and the rest is the cost of shipping which we upgraded from months and often lost to shipped in 3 days and no parcel lost in 10.000 orders at Pen Venture in 6 years. This is the context - anyone can understand that having the same prices from 4 years ago when Gravitas launched and the same services and expansion that we currently have - mutually understood that its impossible to get more from less. Im sure there are cheaper options on the market, but I'm also 100% sure that Gravitas doesn't want to be one of those.
Great news! Pen Venture is a very dependable, professional seller and experienced in handling shipping! Ben’s a top engineer and this will enable him to concentrate what he is great at …👍💪👍
:D thank you for the feedback - for the past 6 years we strived to perfect our craft at doing exactly what Ben has been calling is weak link so this is why we opted to come with our team and system in order to offer exactly what was missing from the Gravitas experience - the condition was that after this Ben has to make sure the industry will get more new things that he now has time to focus on designing and making
I reached out and used the form (located under "We're here to help! Contact our team") to report an order that was not received in 2022. I love the Gravitas pens and own 8 pens. Ben has worked his butt off to design and manufacture a pen with a point of difference. I received a response within the hour acknowledging the error. And an option was provided for replacement. I was totally surprised and happy, since I thought that an order placed 2 years ago would not be accepted. I supplied as much information as possible (order #, date of order etc). A big THANK YOU to Ben and Emy. Your customer service is exemplary. :D
Thank you for your trust Phoebe - we ask the Gravitas customers for a little patience because we are still recuperating from a huge influx of emails hundreds - that we did our best to help people with since the old system was "so good" they simply had to scrap it and start over with ours - we are getting to everyone and both ours and Bens intentions are honest and pointed at just making sure everyone has been taken care of. Keep us posted once you get the goodies and share your feedback with everyone because its hard to believe but Gravitas has done a 180 and people must hear about it not from us - but from you all
l cannot even imagine the huge amount of work both of you have been doing to make this happen. Looking forward to new Gravitas pens!
:D its been a week of 6 working days and those working days started at 8 and finished at 8 o'clock for the team - and in my personal case continued after 8 all the way untill 3 o'clock in the night for at least more than half a week. The brunt of people in need of help / info / re shipments - was taken care of this while we kept the track with daily orders coming in via website :) to this point it was the biggest challenge i took
Great news, I am very happy for you both! Looking forward to whats next from Ben :)
Thanks so much! We are going to bring some very exciting news soon :D
I am a great fan of Gravitas, and I'm glad you can improve the fulfillment system. I'm a bit tight on cash at the moment but there are a few pens on my list and I look forward to purchasing them from Pen Venture. Good luck guys!
You and me both! We are doing our best to match the passion that goes into making them :D From now on youll have the chance to order in full trust - dont rush, Gravitas will be here to deliver at all times
My experience with Emy and Pen Venture it's been 10/10 and seeing how you operate your business has restored my faith in Gravitas. And in the future I'll treat my self again with one of Ben's pens. Keeping and eye on that new nib he showed on instagram too.
Thank you so so much - :D we come with a lot of new things soon at Gravitas : Legacy nib / new filling system / a new model by the end of the year / and some things that Ben will not want me to spoil :))
Pen Venture rocks! Love supporting Emi and his family. Hanging out for Gravitas Piston pen. I will buy that once it becomes available.
You rock! Thank you so much for the feedback :D we are going to come out with some very very exciting things
I'm excited! what an awesome partnership! I hope to try some Gravitas pens on the Pelikan Hub and perhaps pick what to add to my wishlist.
Fingers crossed! Thank you for the trust and we look forward to what the future brings
Amazing work you've been doing here Emy and Ben. Been buying from both of you separately in the past and never encountered issues (got all my pens), and just ordered one Dinky from Pen Venture, thrilled by the new collaboration. Future's bright! :D
Ben, I hope this give you all the time you need to design new amazing pens and nibs! 💪
Much appreciated! With us taking care of the logistics and communication - Ben its in one of those secluded retreats into his laboratory with his phone taken away at the gate - locked in to mastermind the next must have item of our industry - as we are dealign with the daily operations we are waiting for those doors to open and to see what he will entrust us with sharing with you all.
:D hope this reply put a smile on your face - greetings from the Pen Venture fam and the Gravitas Team which is also the PV fam as well
@@pen.venture it did bring a huge smile on my face indeed 🤣 excellent news! (Get Ben some food now and then okay?) 👍🏼
I had an old order that went missing and since the new transition I’m pleased to say Emy has gone above and beyond at getting the lovely dark green Entry model out to me. It was worth the wait! I understood that no malice was involved so it’s just nice to finally be able to use it.
I’ll be keeping an eye on what’s to come
:D im happy to know we are doing things as they should be done and the transition means a new chapter not only for new customers but any customer that experienced a delay or an order missing - it was something that we cant put in words as how much time we spent in emailing back and forth with each customer and manually issue labels and ship things - this is why feedback like this is GOLD for us and our team, it means a lot to know everyone and everything is been taken care of and the feedback is good
Well done to both of you and all the team.
I have had an old order sorted out and it arrived on Friday. My next order arrives Monday!
I'm delighted that the joint venture is working out and I wish you the best of luck!
This video wouldn’t be fair to be launched if all that effort would of been in vain - veni vidi vici!
Gravitas has a good foundation now where it can build sustainable launches, new projects and all that good stuff that Ben always puts from drawing board to a pen in someone’s hands
Congrats to you both and your team! What a wonderful partnership where everyone gets to do what they are best at and we actually benefit from it! I never ordered from Ben directly, I only got my Gravitas pens through you Emy. So to me everything is just fine and dandy; the usual Pen Venture customer service and shipment etc is outstanding, and from what I understand from this video Ben really needed a hand in that part of his business... I hope this partnership will be great for both of you; and I am quite sure that we will see beautifullly interresting Gravitas pens in the coming months 💫
thank you so much my dear :D I think me and ben have completely different skill sets that when combined... they kind of go well together :D What we are bringing with Gravitas next will be something thats a must or after launch it will for sure be the next "must have pen" :D
Congratulations to both of you. I pray for your success. I have been pleased with Gravitas pens and everything I have purchased from PenVenture! I am heading to Dublin in January, perhaps we will run into each other. Good work gentleman! What you are doing is great for the fountain pen world.👋
Thank you so much! We managed to do a lot of things for each Gravitas customer and this is just the beginning. By the end of the year we will be coming out with something that no other pen company up to dat has been able do put in the hands of their users :D
Congrats and a very informative video. After the previous video announcing the plans, I had enough confidence to order my first Gravitas - the Kyuseido Kakari at the beginning of June. That was a good experience from the ordering process to receiving the shipment. The second order was a Tungsten Dinkey with a fine flex. Again no issues with ordering or shipping. The Kakari is perfect, however, there's a minor issue with the fine flex in the Dinkey. I'm no sure if it was ink or not, but I would suggest the standard abs feed be replaced with an Ebonite feed for the ink to keep up with the nib. I've since swapped out the fine flex for an Osprey Ultra Flex with an Ebonite feed, and the pen has been writing beautifully. I am now contemplating my next acquisition.
:D we are grateful for the feedback - we are exploring a new nib in the flex line up, the fine flex we do have on Gravitas at this moment has more in common with a normal nib size than a flex nib - at this moment we are just stabilising the current operations with things getting in and going our, in the next months we will bring more changes and more things will be shared about the decisions that we will make together with Ben and the feedback we are providing him.
Really encouraged by the comms so far this week. If I actually do get my order it will restore my faith and more will follow!
Have you sent us a request via the FQA form - made contact?
@@pen.venture yes, and you responded very promptly - that's what I mean about being really pleased with the communication. 😃
that is perfect - we try not to miss a single email :D
Congrats and cheers to you both! Emy, you've already supplied me with several Gravitas pens and between your service and his pens, it's a winning combination! Best of luck!
Awesome! Thank you Daniel! Its a process that will take some time but people will see themselves once they will make an order - we are two people with good intentions, each different but each with a different skill set - combined we can make Gravitas reach a fulfilment experience that was impossible without our team. We trust the process and time will show more - this we are sure of
@@pen.venture Different skill sets are key! Brings success!
I was expecting that this video would be announcing launch of new gravitas carbon piston :( Did the launch get delayed?
Hehe - that is coming - a small batch of those got produced, in testing the pen behaved a little back heavy and we changed some things here and there plus a specific part we opted to make it in titanium - all those changes where addressed and now it’s in assembly - 2 - 3 weeks it should be live 🙌🏻
What is this pen that you both are holding?
I’m holding the Pultruded Carbon Pocket - Ben is holding someting new that we launch in like a couple of weeks 🤫
How can one reserve a Skittles version of the Kyusoeido Kakari!
Those pens are not yet ready from the production - we will have to decide when and how they will be retailed, information will be shared on both of our channels and it will be ahead of time announced
I live in Germany. I used to buy Gravitas pens, but they are now significantly more expensive. I'm sorry, but I won't buy them anymore.
we live in Romania - everything gets more expensive - you cant have more from less :D
I don't see an issue with the cost. Love my gravitas pen.
@@pen.venture well, I bought Ultem Pocket Dropper for €111.80, and now it would cost me €144.53. You get the same thing 30% more expensive now🙅
pocket dropper on gravitas old website was listed for 105 eur (vat included) adding the average shipping cost 16 eur (for shipments that came weeks/months after) = 121 Eur (If you got yours at a discount 111,8 eur you forgot to mention) - now to put a bit of perspective the pen is 100 eur no vat + 19% vat = 119 eur + an average 20 or so eur in shipping (this time DHL Express - 3 days delivery) = 139 eur (or lets take your 144.53 eur price). Lets crunch the numbers 121 vs 144,5 - ill make it simple, its a 10% increase in the pen pricing at value without vat and the rest is the cost of shipping which we upgraded from months and often lost to shipped in 3 days and no parcel lost in 10.000 orders at Pen Venture in 6 years. This is the context - anyone can understand that having the same prices from 4 years ago when Gravitas launched and the same services and expansion that we currently have - mutually understood that its impossible to get more from less. Im sure there are cheaper options on the market, but I'm also 100% sure that Gravitas doesn't want to be one of those.
@@pen.venture Exactly!