Reddit reviews iScholar Gross Pack Pencils, #2, Yellow, Box of 144 (33144)
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Latex free erasersReal poplar woodGreat for school or office useNon-toxic pencilsGross pack includes 12 packs of 12 pencils, totaling 144 pencils
Expanding on the "buy school supplies online" idea -
You can get six months of free Amazon Prime for being a student - if every roomie threw in ten dollars, you could probably cover them for the whole semester.
Item | Price
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60-Pack pens | $5.29 | http://www.amazon.com/BIC-Round-Medium-Point-GSM609-Blk/dp/B0012YVGOW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376848239&sr=8-1&keywords=pens
500 Sheets College-ruled paper | $14.15
25-Pack Pocket Folders | $9.99
144 pencils | $15.99
You might have to pay for shipping, I didn't check which things get free shipping under Amazon prime. If you do, though, it'll be <$5
So for about $50, you'll have all your basic note-taking supplies done. That should easily cover four people for a semester, those pens and pencils could cover four guys for all four years, assuming you're good about not losing them. If you re-use the folders, the only thing you need to buy again is paper.
All your school supplies, shipped to your door, each guy throws in ~$13. Can't get more convenient than that.
Not universally; but my kids use them, as do several of their classmates.
I think it's less common because standard #2 pencils are so cheap. I found this gross of them for about $0.11 each while the cheapest extenders are around $0.15 each. Kids will tend to lose or break the extenders anyway, so you're usually better off just giving them a new pencil instead of dealing with the extenders.
My kids only use them because they think they're neat (because they bought something very much like these colored aluminum ones).