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I bought a pack of 100 of them for super cheap a few years ago, and a pack of 200 or so pencils with erasers from amazon basics. They carried me through all my exams in university, I have some in every backpack, purse, everywhere. Never had to worry about not having a pen ready, or a replacement if I lost one the morning before the exam. That is truly a buy-it-for-life level investment.

jwagenet 20 hours ago

I’m not sure I can get behind buying 100 of a disposable pen as “buy it for life”.

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  • lionkor 19 hours ago

    The box (with its contents) will probably outlast me, and I've only ever thrown away, like, maybe one of them?

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imtringued 19 hours ago

I didn't use it for exams, but I once went to a regional clothing store known for being extremely cheap and poor quality and I bought a 1€ mechanical pencil there. Surprisingly, that mechanical pencil had an amazingly well engineered metal collet instead of the usual plastic ones. I've used that pencil for years and my only complaint is that if you don't tighten it enough, it'll unscrew itself and snap your lead.

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