Pentel Slicci Gel Pen, Set Slicci Gel Pen, Set

I've purchased these pens before, just not Walmart. I started looking again because I ran out of black and blue ink. I looked for awhile because these .25 pens are hard to find. I'm left handed so I smudge my writing if the ink doesn't dry within seconds. They also help to keep my writing neat. They have a nice range of colors, and they are small which is great for my small hands. . The main colors I use are black, blue,and red. The blue doesn't work at all. The black skips badly and the red just plain rips into paper instead of writing. The only pen that works as it should is the purple, it's flawless. I'm so disappointed. These are not the pens they should be. Maybe they were stored incorrectly at the Walmart warehouse. I decided not to bother returning them as I had already open all of them. I even worked on a few hoping to get ink flowing. No success. Trust me, if this was a normal package of these .25 pens, they would be and normally are 5 stars, a straight 10 out of 10.