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Originally Posted by Hellmark
That's one of the things that people don't seem to get with pens anymore. People always seem baffled at how much one of my pens cost, and I really haven't spent much on pens (My M200 is the most expensive I've bought, and I got a deal on it at $56, the rest are sub $40). Meanwhile, that pen will last for decades, and when parts eventually wear out, I can fix it. How much money will they spend on disposable pens in that period? My stepdad spends like $20 a year on pens. Factor that over the lifetime of my pen, with ink and everything in mind, I come out way cheaper in the long run. Plus, it requires less pressure, so my arm hurts less, and I get all sorts of fun things to play with on it like colors, etc.
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I think don't think that $50-$100 or so is very expensive for a device you use often and enjoy using.
But disposable pens are ridiculously cheap - you can buy 60 bic pens for $5 on Amazon...and nicer retractable pens are something like $10 for 12.
Of course my problem is not that I wear pens out; it's that I lose them.
Maybe I would be less likely to do that if I had a less disposable pen.