Help me find the perfect pen... 1000 of them!

June 26, 2012 1:50 PM

Help me find the perfect pen... 1000 of them! I have a very specific type of marker in mind - in fact, I've already bought one of them - but I'm having trouble finding this type of marker available in mass quantity. Help?

I need to find a:

• Dry erase marker
• Black
• Fine tip
• Must have a pen clip (so a clip that could help it hang on to a binder, for example)
• Must need to be small diameter - more like a pen than a thick marker - about 1/4" in diameter

And I need to order 800-1000 of them.

This would be perfect - I have a few of these - but can't find out how to order more. I've contacted the retailer and tried to contact the manufacturer with no luck. Can you help, Metafilter?

posted by pants to Shopping (5 answers total)

have you tried contacting dixon ticonderoga and seeing if they will handle a bulk sale to you?
posted by koroshiya at 1:56 PM on June 26, 2012

By going through Amazon Supply, I can add 84 one-dozen boxes to my cart. Would that work?
posted by Houstonian at 1:59 PM on June 26, 2012 [1 favorite]

Dixon does sell them direct, you just need to contact them.
posted by DarlingBri at 2:00 PM on June 26, 2012 [1 favorite]

If you can use a lower quality item, here's a 4/$1 pack from dollartreedirect. You can probably find a sample one at any Dollar Tree.

Misterart has a good price if you get their "gold" membership, which is worth it for these 1000 pieces.

You could call either place to confirm pricing and possibly get it lower.
posted by caclwmr4 at 2:11 PM on June 26, 2012

two other similar pens to look for would be the staedtler lumocolor non-permanent universal pen or the stabile ohpen non-permanent universal pen. both are available in a range of colors.
posted by jimw at 10:44 PM on June 26, 2012