Recently purchased were 2 more additional sets of these pens, at different times, different months even. EACH of those two sets ALSO performed as poorly as the original gel pens, with ink flow problems with each individual pen, and since the totality of these pens engulfs several different lot numbers, it is very plain to see that the problem is not a localized one, and is something that the consumer should expect to encounter if considering purchasing these pens.

*AS AN ULTIMATELY CONCLUSIVE END NOTE, I feel that had the ink flow problems that occurred with every single pen NOT even occurred at ALL, THESE PENS WOULD STILL HAVE REPRESENTED THEMSELVES TO HAVE BEEN ON THE HIGHER END OF THE CONSUMER'S PRICE INDEX POINT. To have ink flow problems stacked on TOP OF THIS then with not a couple in each pack, but ALLL that each pack contained really left a bad taste in this consumer's mouth.*

With the large quantity of gel pens I go through on a regular basis, I will exercise one of the other options I know of in my future.