Parker rollerball refills retailers online?

[Penginnin]

TL;DR Where do you folks buy fresh, new, official Parker rollerball refills online? I’m looking for recommendations.

I went to buy some refills for my Parker IM rollerballs. Somehow I hadn’t noticed I had used the last F blue. Usually, I get them at OfficeMax, but lately it’s been hit or miss. Today they had none and I was informed that they couldn’t get any in. All those $40+ Parker pens for sale and no refills, unless you needed ballpoint refills. They had a mess of them for nearly $10 a piece.

In Utah, Parker’s have been getting scarce. So my question is who do you buy rollerball refills from online that you find are reliable?

eBay is iffy. I have purchased some refills that dry up quickly, presumably because they were old. (Last summer I bought a “new” fine point Parker IM fp that turned out to be 14 years old!) Other suppliers on Amazon are actually from India, where I have to wait 3-4 weeks for the refills to arrive. Also, I recently picked up a Parker vector calligraphy set from India. The build quality is poor compared to the pens from France/China.

I just want to use new, official quality rollerball ink cartridges from France. Maybe I’ve just had some bad experiences recently. I’m hoping some of you have some good recommendations. Thanks.

[Bisquitlips]

Refill you Parker rollerball refills.

[FredRydr]

Bertram's Inkwell (Bert Oser - owner of Baltimore/Washington Int'l Pen Show) sells them. https://www.bertramsinkwell.com/ecom...l-refills.html

[welch]

...and Bert Oser is a great guy who operates a great store.

[Dougc]

Colorado Pen.

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[Penginnin]

Before I posted here, I had ordered some Monteverde clones off Amazon and a found good price on six refills off eBay (since I was desperate). The Monteverde rollerball refills work great. The eBay refills ended up being from India.

I appreciate the suggestions. I’m going to reach out to them.

I have refilled Parker rollerball cartridges on my own before. It’s usually more work than I have time for, but the results were nice. I’ll watch those videos to see if I can pick up any new tips.

I have a Parker Vector fp out of India that’s cheap in the hands—very different from the Vectors out of France. So I’m nervous about the Indian rollerball refills. I haven’t tried them yet. Have any of you tried the rollerball refills out of India? How do they compare to the rollerball refills out of France?

[Penginnin]

An update on the Monteverde. Initially it was great, but after a little bit of use, the blue black fine point rollerball refill started to skip on the paper I was using. I found it incredibly difficult to write any word without having to redraw the letters over and over. It’s just standard 120gsm journal paper. None of my other pens skip on it. So I’m returning them.

I’m grateful for the suggestions for online suppliers. Colorado Pen is right next-door, so I think I’ll try them first.

[FredRydr]

Well, like aftermarket car parts instead of OEM, Monteverde are aftermarket pen parts. I found them better than modern Parker, worse than modern Pelikan.