...Because I read the reviews before I purchased. I order about $200 in pens of all sorts a month. I try to keep the price down. So far my favorite for the money WERE SargentArt Glitter metallics. But they have been discontinued :{. Next are Fiskars. Always clear running ink. So when I saw these, I thought "Oh, these are a bit pricey, but hey! Maybe they are really impressive and I will treat myself. BIG NO!!!! These pens run dry VERY fast. As a matter of fact, they dried out afer about a square INCH of covered area. There are so many good reviews here, maybe the ones I bought have been on the shelf for a while (makes sense since they are twice the amount of fiskars and with fiskars you get 48 pens, this package was only 12 pens so they probably do not move as fast) So, truly, even if they ran great, and didn't run out, the colors are not so impressive that I would make the same mistake again.
... Because I read the reviews before I purchased. I order about $200 in pens of all sorts a month. I try to keep the price down. So far my favorite for the money WERE SargentArt Glitter metallics. But they have been discontinued :{. Next are Fiskars. Always clear running ink. So when I saw these, I thought "Oh, these are a bit pricey, but hey! Maybe they are really impressive and I will treat myself. BIG NO!!!! These pens run dry VERY fast. As a matter of fact, they dried out afer about a square INCH of covered area. There are so many good reviews here, maybe the ones I bought have been on the shelf for a while (makes sense since they are twice the amount of fiskars and with fiskars you get 48 pens, this package was only 12 pens so they probably do not move as fast) So, truly, even if they ran great, and didn't run out, the colors are not so impressive that I would make the same mistake again.