Anderillium Avian Ink - Common Loon Black - 1.5 oz

Anderillium Avian Ink - Common Loon Black - 1.5 oz-Pen Boutique Ltd
Anderillium Avian Ink - Common Loon Black - 1.5 oz-Pen Boutique Ltd
Anderillium Avian Ink - Common Loon Black - 1.5 oz-Pen Boutique Ltd

Anderillium Avian Ink - Common Loon Black - 1.5 oz

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30-Day Return Policy

Our return window is 30 days from the date of purchase. Please include a copy of your invoice and ensure all original packaging and literature are provided. We are happy to offer a credit, exchange, or refund, minus shipping charges. If you receive a defective item, we will send you a shipping or return label via email to send it back to us. Please contact us to arrange the FedEx/UPS return label. For international orders, refunds are issued only in U.S. dollars. We are not responsible for exchange rate differences.

 

Fountain Pen Return Policy

Fountain pens are special, and once filled, they are difficult to resell upon return. When purchasing a fountain pen, it is recommended that you test it by dipping the nib in ink. If you use the supplied cartridges or fill it with ink, we must send the pen to the manufacturer's repair facility to resell it. We want to ensure all our customers receive a brand-new, unused pen. Therefore, we charge a nominal 20% restocking fee to cover repair and shipping costs to the manufacturer's repair center. These pens are then resold in our outlet store. Please note that the restocking fee applies only to fountain pens that have been filled with ink. If you have any questions, please contact us.

 

Return Merchandise Authorization(RMA#)

All returns under Return Policy requires an RMA (Return Merchandise Authorization) number. To obtain RMA# please call our customer service at (410) 992 3272 Option:2 or email us with CONTACT US form. Please include /have your Order#/web order# ready.

If an Item is returned to us without an prior authorization number,there would be a 20 % straight restocking fee (Based on the condition of the product,if the product is damaged,there would be no refund).Also,the item should be received within the window of 45 days after you receive the product.

RMA's are valid for 15 days to send it back and will be not eligible for return after 15 days. Return your product to:

Pen Boutique Limited (H.O.) Attn: Returns Department/RMA#________ 5560 Sterrett Place Suite 101 Columbia,MD 21044

Return Exclusions:

We cannot accept returns on

  • Special Orders
  • Engraved Items
  • Corporate Orders
  • Limited Editions where a factory seal on the packaging has been broken by customer
  • Limited Edition Fountain Pen which is inked. These pens needs to be sent back to the manufacturer for repair since most of them are piston filled and the heart opens when the fountain pen is dipped.
  • Where the product was new and undamaged and the damage was caused by the customer.
  • We will not accept returns of opened Ink Bottles ,Ink Cartridges and refills.Kindly contact customer service without opening the package in case you ordered a wrong item or no longer want the item that you ordered.

How To Prepare A Return:

To return an item purchased from Pen Boutique, please follow these guidelines:

1) Your Return Authorization Code. Call (410) 992 3272  or email us using the contact form and you will be given a Return Authorization Code. Please write down this RMA# on the label while returning to us at the below address. Without RMA# we cannot process the return sent to our return processing address.

2) Package Your Return. Please package your return carefully and address it to the below address. Please do not write anything like Montblanc or Visconti or the description on the package for security reason.:

Pen Boutique Limited (H.O.)

Attn: Returns Department/RMA#________
5560 Sterrett Place,
Suite 105
Columbia,MD 21044

2) Insure Your Package: Please insure your package to the appropriate value. When you send expensive items, please make sure that you insure it properly so that you can claim the value when it is lost. Generally for orders above $100, insurance is recommended.

Common Loon Black Ink of Avian collection by Anderillium!

The Common Loon is an icon of Canada, featured prominently on the face of Canada’s dollar coin. The “Loonie” coins depict a graceful, black, swimming bird checked with white feathers and vibrant red eyes. Perhaps the reason the loon is so familiar to our friends to the north is that loons migrate north in the summer to find breeding grounds, and during the breeding season they become very conspicuous for their unique mating call. Anyone who has spent a night under the stars on the shore of a northern lake during summer knows that ghostly, piercing call.

Adult loons of mating age sport jet black feathers intermixed with white feathers to mimic the dappling light patterns under the gentle waves of northern lakes. To us the loon may look regal, dignified, and harmless, but to anything under the water’s surface, the Common Loon is a deadly and efficient hunter. The loon’s blood red eyes are very efficient in finding fish in the dark depths of glacial-formed lakes. They are like magicians, disappearing without a splash and staying underwater for minutes at a time, only to reappear far from where you last saw them.

Loons are also great fliers. They migrate over a thousand miles to Mexico, the Caribbean, or Florida every winter season and even maintain flight speeds of up to 40 mph for long stretches. It seems that the only thing that loons struggle with is walking on land. Their legs, positioned very far to the rear of their body, provide fantastic propulsion through the water, but on land they can barely manage an awkward stumbling gate.

Male and female loons look alike and mate for life. Together, they build a large nest and tend a brood of one to two chicks, which are able to swim and dive within a week. When they are little, the chicks often ride on the backs of a parents. But in a few short months, they are able to fly with their parents on the long journey south.

People in the south see the loon as a very different bird. The loon they see during winter months is a dull gray. All the distinctive black and white dotted patterns of feathers disappear until the next year’s trip north when they reappear. Why does this happen? To more perfectly blend in with their surroundings. How does this happen? It’s a process called molting. Once they arrive at their winter home, they lose all their feathers - a little at a time and during this process, which takes about a month, they are unable to fly and in the spring the process reverses. They produce a special oil which they use to preen their feathers, cleaning and waterproofing them. What an amazing amount of growing and shedding, and swimming and flying, and molting and preening these masters of camouflage do each year!

Climate change, invasive species, habitat loss, and overfishing have all been threats to the loon population. Loons rely on stable ecosystems with high bio-diversity to thrive. If we want our children and grandchildren to hear their spooky calls fill the night air above the lakes of the great north, then we must take action now to preserve our natural world.

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