When you buy a new zippo lighter, it says they are empty for safety reasons. Obviously this means you have to fill them with fuel yourself, but do they come with a wick and flint or do you need to get those separatley?
i bought one once and I don't remember having to go to the hassle of buying the flint or the wick, though you can get replacements, and looking at zippo.com it has instructions for replacing the flint and wick, as if it was already there...hope that helps!!
Both flint and wick come with it when you buy it. If for some reason, yours doesn't have a flint in it, you can always ask the salesperson to put one in for you (they're really cheap and they would do it as goodwill).