[SoftTalker]

They seem prone to leaking. Like they develop some kind of siphon or capillary flow of the ink out the open end of the ink tube.

[criddell]

You aren’t buying them from Amazon, are you? I’ve never had a genuine Bic do that, but I’ve had some cheapo bootlegs leak.

[SoftTalker]

No this goes back decades. Ever since I can remember.

[lqet]

Interesting, I never had this problem with a Cristal. With cheap marketing pens, sure, after some use, they leak and smear, and some of them seem to have only small amounts of ink in them.

[thfuran]

How can you tell it isn't actually a Bic?