{"product_id":"whiteboard-marker-pack-of-twelve-with-an-eraser","title":"Whiteboard Marker Pack of Twelve with an Eraser","description":"\u003cp\u003elow odour and genuinely dry wipe after a week on the board, which is the test and the one most markers fail\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffice equipment is sold on headline numbers that almost nobody can use. A printer quoted at 40 pages a minute is quoting a single sided black page from a warm machine, and the cost that matters is pence per page over five years rather than the price on the box. Every listing here states the real running cost, the monthly duty cycle the machine is actually built for, what the consumables cost and how long they last. Where a cheaper machine would do the job we say so, because the money in this trade is in the consumables and we would rather you knew that from us than worked it out in year two.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUse: daily office writing, meetings, flipcharts and marking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpecification: the everyday specification, which covers most offices and is what we would put on a quote unless you told us otherwise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCapacity: pack quantity in the title and the writing length in metres per pen in the specification, which is the figure that lets you compare a 20p pen against a 40p one honestly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConsumables: refills stocked for the refillable models, which after four refills is cheaper than replacing the pen and is a great deal less plastic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConnectivity: not applicable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRunning cost: published as pence per hundred metres written, which sounds absurd and is the only fair comparison in this category\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSustainability: recyclable packaging with no plastic window, FSC timber on the pencils, and a pen recycling collection box available free on trade accounts. We state the actual certification rather than the word sustainable. For paper that means FSC or PEFC with the chain of custody number on the wrapper. For recycled content it means the percentage. Anything described only as eco friendly is described that way because there is nothing to certify.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDelivery: next working day on stocked lines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 0.50 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: one year return to base\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWriting length: published in metres, which no catalogue does and which is the only honest comparison\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecycling: a free pen recycling collection box on trade accounts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrade: Trade account customers get thirty day terms on approval, a published price file, next day delivery on stocked lines and a named account manager rather than a queue. Ask for it, because we do not upsell it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe pens or pencils as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea reorder card with the part number\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003erecyclable packaging with no plastic window\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSetting it up\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNone. Store them nib down if they are rollerballs and they will start first time, which is a small thing that stops a drawer full of dead pens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich one to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriting length is the number to compare and almost nobody publishes it. A 22p ballpoint that writes 1,500 metres costs less per page than a 15p one that writes 700, and the cheaper pen also gets thrown away half used because it skips. For whiteboards, buy low odour and check they still wipe after a week, because that is the failure everybody accepts and nobody needs to.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MSU Trade","offers":[{"title":"Pack","offer_id":55383002382665,"sku":"MSU-PEN-004-P1","price":17.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Box of ten packs","offer_id":55383002415433,"sku":"MSU-PEN-004-P10","price":154.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/msu-trade.com\/products\/whiteboard-marker-pack-of-twelve-with-an-eraser","provider":"MSU Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}