£10 cashback for sending in an empty Bic biro

gentleorange

My local WHSmith has the 10 packs of Bic cristal medium black pens and they're on sale at £2.99, but they aren't aware of any special promotional packaging. Has anyone seen a promo pack anywhere? I know someone who owns a registered company...;)

dohboy4

Tesco Reading had the special packs for £3.00.

deepdaleducky

I sat and emptied one pen it took approx 2 and a half hours. Just scribbled over and over on paper as i watched Tv.

shirley999

So that's less than minimum wage then basically!

AdamHarvey

deepdaleducky wrote: »

I sat and emptied one pen it took approx 2 and a half hours. Just scribbled over and over on paper as i watched Tv.

Lol well done! 2 and a half hours to empty a biro! Get scribbling everyone :rotfl:

GemJar_2

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/2933676/Biro-art-is-simply-ink-redible.html lol good luck!

Ashley3283

Although on the individual challenge it says "Send us your pen" and not pens it goes on to say "Providing the guidleines are met, we'll send you a cheque for £10 for each pen"
Also I could enter with my colleagues but who would the cheque be payable to? I wouldn't want them to issue the cheque in my employers name as I wouldn't be able to pay it in!!
Any ideas anyone?

Ashley3283

I think this is very do-able!
According to this website the longest average length a ball point pen will draw is 2,000 metres.
I have done a scribble test (wasn't going mad or anything!) and drew 2.42 metres in 4 seconds which is 60cm per second.
According to that speed it would take 3333 seconds (55 minutes continuous scribbling!)
Haven't tested this full scale yet though as I have not been able to find the promotional pack yet

williham

shirley999 wrote: »

So that's less than minimum wage then basically!

Do you normally get paid minimum wage to watch tv?

dohboy4

I did it walking to town, got some funny looks though.:D