Yes, you have to be in a good place in life to buy a Montblanc. That's why I felt blessed to be given the ones I got. One I actually got as a tip bartending! I was like WTF, blessed. The other one I got from a millionaire friend who had a jar of them who said simply "Keep it" when I said nice pen one day. So neither of mine came the way yours did but I can truly feel what an honor it would be to buy one. They are such masterpieces.