Prices are factually uniform in Germany: dealers selling below the prescribed prices are no longer supplied; price lists on the internet are therefore not available. Discounts of 5–10 % are partly possible in specialist trade, mostly not before Christmas. On purchase in a Montblanc boutique a subsequent free nib swap is still possible for a while; at independent dealers only the statutory return right and a dealer warranty apply. Online purchase from unknown sources is advised against; the strategy 'give pen and exchange later' is not necessary, since the nib swap is offered anyway.