I Ordered from Moleskine! Journal Haul

If you have seen my previous videos on Moleskine Notebooks, you may know that I have had issues with ordering directly from the Moleskine company. It was a few years of either not receiving what I ordered, or products arriving damaged. Their customer service took care of every issue but the last order I had placed when they basically asked me to commit some form of postal fraud. They wanted me to report loss of an item in the postal service that they had never sent. It was very bizarre and so I stopped ordering from the company. It's been a few years and so decided to give it another try and see if anything has improved!
The paper quality has been an issue with Moleskine and so I will give that a test with a few fountain pens and inks.
I ordered several different style notebooks including three monogrammed ones.
1 XL Black Hardcover with Plain Paper monogrammed
1 XL Black Softcover with Plain Paper monogrammed
1 L Earth Brown Softcover with Ruled Paper
1 Pocket Black Reporter Hardcover with Ruled Paper monogrammed
1 XS Shine Hardcover with Plain Paper
All of the notebooks looked to be in good shape. No serious bumps or cuts. The monogramming still leaves me wondering why this is a service they charge for. The results are rather inconsistent. In this order only one of the notebooks text had been smeared.
I think the Shine notebook in XS is adorable but after looking at the $40 price tag has me wondering what Moleskine is thinking with their products going forward. I added it to my order as an impulse buy for fun, but my goodness that is pricey! Its paper quality seemed to be the worst of the notebooks.
The paper quality overall was about what I had expected. The XL Softcover with Plain Paper seemed to handle the fountain pens and ink rather well. This is the style I typically use.
(As a random note the ruled paper in the Black Leather Large Moleskine notebook I have is the nicest ruled paper I've used from Moleskine. That notebook was a gift for Christmas.)
I sincerely hope that Moleskine has the ability to improve their quality control going forward as I would love, to love their products more! I use them daily and would greatly appreciate a higher quality finish for the price. I am happy to have received what I ordered!
Fountain Pens & Ink Used:
Pilot Vanishing Point in Stripes with Medium Nib (Noodler's Ink Dark Matter)
Sailor Pro Gear Stellar Black Hole a.k.a. Captain Kirk Pen with Zoom Nib (Diamine 2023 Advent "Astral")
Pineider Avatar UR with Medium Nib (Noodler's Ink Rome Burning)
BENU Euphoria Vodka on the Rocks with Broad Nib (Wearingeul Black Dream)