Black Ink Refill, Replaceable Ballpoint Pen Refills Compatible with Cross Ballpoint Pen, Medium Point Metal Refill 10 Pack

my first transaction was a bust - they sent me an empty box. on re-order, i got refills in 2 days. they fit, they write fine, they are quite inexpensive. are they as good as real refills? prob not but that wasn't my expectation. i'd do it again.

I first wrote the review following this one when I could not get the refills to advance fully in the pen. After reading a few reviews where they discussed the coating that was on the bottom of the refill so it wouldn't dry out, I inspected the refill again and found that the coating was on the bottom of the shaft as well. Once I scraped all of the coating off the shaft, the refill fit perfectly and wrote well.While these refills are supposed to be compatible with Cross pens, they are slightly shorter. The refill does extend out of the barrel, but only enough so that one needs to hold the pen virtually upright in order to write. Technically still usable.

Perfect ink cartridges.

These refills work fine and certainly aren't expensive. However, I feel a little silly that I didn't notice that they have a tiny bit of wax(?) on their tips. I put a refill the pen and it didn't seem to fit. When I looked at the tip sticking out, it looked like it had gooey dirt on the end. When I took the refill out and looked more closely at the rest of the refills, I saw they all had a little bit on their tips. Some simple instructions would have helped. Once you take the wax off, they work fine.

The only issue which needs attention!! The cartridges come with a mini wax seal on the tips. If you do not recognize this, they either will not write or will smear if you do not remove all the wax. Lucky for me I have a Jeweler's loop and could see this very well since it does take a good eye to examine the tip. I can understand their concern for freshness, etc.. but the wax presence will anger other buyers if they do not know about it or cannot deal with it. I used my nail to remove the wax but I suppose you could place the tip in hot water to soften the wax? No instructions on how to deal with this is a lapse on the sellers part.

These fit perfectly in my Pierre Cardin pen gifted to me over 20 years ago. I had not used this pen in a long time because it ran out of ink and I didn't know where to get the refills.The cartridges arrived in two days with minimal packaging. They are easy to change out and the ink is smooth. The only caveat is that you must remove the protective wax cover on the tip of the cartridge before you insert it into the pen.Since I write a lot at work, I go through a lot of pens. It's nice to have a more sustainable option that works well, feels good in my hand and is relatively inexpensive.

Supposed to fit Cross pens, but they are too small. The tip moves while trying to write and it clumps ink. Very unhappy

Fast shipped, nice quality, fits great. It actually fit multiple different pens that used the same shape design and size ink refill. An added bonus blessing!