Dear rockiesjt,
By your description, it sounds like the batteries that were included in the pen drained quickly. This is common as the installed batteries have been installed in the pen since production. Please go ahead and replace these batteries with the new batteries that are included with the pen. These new batteries should give you a much longer time of use (many hours depending on usage) then the previously used/tested batteries inside the pen.
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