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Cheapest place for custom logo pens with imprint

If anyone is looking for a custom-printed pen with your logo and/or phrase, here's the place: Office Depot. For real.

A couple days ago someone in the MCA asked me for a pen. I let him borrow one thinking it woulda been really cool if I had a spudart pen. The next day I looked at a bunch of places for logo pens, but I don't want to spend alot of money and I don't want like 500 pens running around.

Most places make you pay an extra $40 for "imprint charges". Whoa doggy, that's about how much i would pay TOTAL for the pens. And then most places have a minimum of 250, 500 or 1000 pens to start with. Slow down there tiger!

But good ol' Office Depot no only has a small minimum of 150 pens, but there's no set up charge or screen charge! It's only cost me $55.50 to get 'em made!

Office Depot
minimum: 150 per pen: 0.37 total: $55.50

In case you're wondering, here's some of the other sites I looked at. The first number is the minimum quantity, the second is the price per pen. I'm pretty sure all these places charge extra for screens. But they don't list it on their site.
Stop-n-GoM* 250 .21 screen:$30 setup:$40
Pacific Line 150 .38 screensetup:$50
e-promo 250 .25 setup:$40
All-In-One Aero Stick 300 .38
All-In-One Aero Stick clear 300 .38
Graphco Line 200 .36
Graphco Line 200 .36
Jornik Stick Pen 250 .27
Journik Twister 250 .27
The Grafix Guy 250 .33 $18setup $18art
Bay Promo 250 .33


By Matt Maldre on Jul 07, 05 | 5:23 pm  |   [33607] Hits  |   permalink

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Spudart pens! Cool! How about Spudart pencils!

Posted by: Tom on Jul 08, 05 | 5:59 am


technically, you're not supposed to use pens in the MCA. Pencils are allowed because pencils can't explode on the artwork like pens can.

It's true. I was a security guard at the MCA during the summer of 96.

Posted by: unlikelymoose.com on Jul 08, 05 | 6:53 am


The deal at Jornik Stick Pen and Journik Twister ain't bad either. You pay an extra 17.50 to almost double the amount you would get at Office Depot.

Posted by: unlikelymoose.com on Jul 08, 05 | 6:55 am


Tom, I thought about pencils, but they can be a pain to carry around. The graphite gets on everything. They need to make pencil caps.

Moose, technically, we were not in the galleries of the MCA. We were in the auditorium. One would think the rules of the pen do not extend to the auditorium. Does it, Mr. Security Guard Man?

Moose, I betcha the Jornik pens would charge a screen charge. booo.

Posted by: spudart on Jul 08, 05 | 2:06 pm


Oh wow, the google ad on this page actually linked to a site selling custom pens! It was http://www.myshopangel.com/promotional_pens_stick.htm And their deal is the best one yet!!!

They have minimum quantity of 250 for a mere $0.25 each. With no logo setup or screen charge! Wow, I"m gonna order from them. Thank you google ads!

Posted by: spudart on Jul 08, 05 | 2:08 pm


moose, should i believe your MCA tales of lore? i seem to recollect that you were fired from that job...

Posted by: laura on Jul 08, 05 | 4:08 pm


You were a security guard in '96!? Are you kidding? You mean I probably saw you at the MCA before I saw you try to trick me at TMS!?

Posted by: Tom on Jul 08, 05 | 5:56 pm


I will gladly purchase a spudart pen! Set up a store!

Posted by: sw33t on Jul 11, 05 | 5:00 pm


Oh no, I wouldn't sell the pens. I would just give them away.

Posted by: spudart on Jul 18, 05 | 7:07 am


Oh i need to add this to my to do list. Sometimes this crosses my mind. The only thing is that I don't want to hand out some crap pens. At work, we ordered some pens, and they ended up leaking on everyone. Oh man, can you imagine that? They are the joke of the office now. Seriously. They leak all over, and they have our logo on them.

Posted by: spudart on Jul 10, 08 | 10:52 am


Thanks for the tip, i think ill take my business to office depot, i did look around alot online, and if i hadn't come across this i wouldn't of know about them, so thanks!

Posted by: ibetyouwanttoknow on Jun 16, 11 | 12:03 pm


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