Cross Refills Black Dual Pack Rollerball Pen - 8523-2

by Cross

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000MWCFXG
• Item model number: 8523-2
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,580 in Office Products (See Top 100 in Office Products)
  • #33 in Office Products > Educational Supplies > Writing & Correction Supplies > Pens & Refills > Pen Refills
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 1, 2006

Product Description

A smooth alternative to the free flowing ink of a fountain pen with the convenience of a ballpoint. Gel ink refills are available in three classic colors (blue black & red) and are designed for use with all Cross Selectip pens.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Really doesn't work for me., November 8, 2011

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David Arnstein (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cross Refills Black Dual Pack Rollerball Pen - 8523-2 (Office Product)

This is the refill that Cross puts in its SelecTip pens and I have acquired a lot of them. My experience is the same with each pen, and it is not pretty.

Skips. Smearing. Bleeding across the paper. A terrible experience.

The Cross jumbo ballpoint refill is decent. This one is not.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Occasionally skips, August 2, 2010

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Babis (WI, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Cross Refills Black Dual Pack Rollerball Pen - 8523-2 (Office Product)

I got a cross pen as a gift and quickly needed refills.
When I try to write on certain kinds of paper, such as notepads from staples,
the pen occasionally skips and I have to rewrite certain things at least 10 times/page.
This gets irritating, and I was ready to give the item 1 star. But before doing so,
I googled "how to unstick a ball point pen" and ehow gave me a nice solution:
Tap the ballpoint of the pen on a hard surface. Now it is much better, but still
skips a couple of times per page. It is ironic that a pentel pen with liquid gel ink,
that I got for $1, works much more smoothly and does not skip at all...

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Problems w/ ink drying prematurely and not flowing well, December 28, 2009

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H. NGUYEN "Pic" (Lafayette, LA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cross Refills Black Dual Pack Rollerball Pen - 8523-2 (Office Product)

I have a Cross pen, and it USE to work great, when I originally bought it. However, ever since I got my first refill, it seems the pen would not flow quite as well after extensive use. I'd have to leave it alone for a while before it would start flowing well again. Don't know if it was the particular batch I got or what. I've opened one package and after this refill, I'll open another package. Hopefully, I just got a bad batch.