An embarrassingly feeble blip today.
For around 35 years my favourite ballpoint has been the Papermate: the pens are nice to hold, and the ink doesn't blot or blob. My pen's refill ran out about a month ago, so I looked in a couple of shops for replacements while I was in Edinburgh. I didn't find them, so decided to order online...it seems they are discontinued :(
I could buy from Amazon in US for $6, which sounded ok, but with $94 postage...so I'm giving up on Papermate.