1) Grip doesn't bother me much, I like how the pens are pretty light.
2) They write for a kilometre! That means for like $1.80, you can get ten pens = 10 kilometres! OMFG. Yeah, the person who got 5 for $2 got ripped off. See: Woolworths Back-To-School sales. ;)
3) Never happened. I've...