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As I scrolled through Instagram the other day, I came across an ad for the newest Stimagz<\/a> release. My first thought was, “How do they keep selling so many colors?” Obviously, they have new customers who buy new releases, but there must also be customers who buy multiple colorways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In that initial thought storm, the idea seemed ridiculous. A different color doesn’t make it different; it’s still the same item. Why would you want multiples of the same thing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you rolling your eyes yet? Because that’s where I caught how hypocritical my thoughts were. As I’m sure you know, thoughts race, so that was only a few seconds at most. But I still had a mental facepalm moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who has multiple colorways of one item? Me. Several times over. And while some have different nib sizes, not all of them do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

So, why do I have multiple colorways of pens when I clearly find the idea silly for other items? I don’t really know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m sure some of it is the “new shiny” and\/or “it’s pretty.” But if that was all, then I would be fine selling a previous colorway to make way for the new one. But I’m rarely open to that. I certainly don’t manage one in, one out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I guess I have something new to contemplate. But tell me, are you team colorways or team one is enough?<\/p>\n\n\n

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If you’re team colorways, why do you like to have multiples of the same item? Let me know in the comments! I’d love to hear from you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks for reading to the end, I hope you enjoyed my post. Make sure to subscribe to my blog<\/a> or follow me on Instagram<\/a> so you don\u2019t miss any posts. I generally post at least once a week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I got hit with some unexpected hypocrisy the other day, and it gave me something new to contemplate.<\/p>\n

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