My husband cannot resist taking pens. Every time he goes to the dentist, the doctor, his chiropractor, or any other number of businesses, he takes a couple of their promotional pens. It really is a useful collection. I don’t remember the last time we actually spent money on buying pens. The children even take them to school so they are definitely being circulated. Handing out pens to customers is an economical way to get advertising. Many times we have left a pen somewhere by accident. That means another person picked it up, used it, and maybe even called the number on the pen. Perhaps we could start asking for advertising fees!