Ball has a mix that I just used to make refridgerator pickles. Turned out great. I also added other veggies like bell peppers, onion, carrots, jalapenos, garlic, and okra. I cooked the packet per instructions but added a few red dried peppers and it turned out great. These only work for the fridge, but are awesome. Also try out the book The Joy of Pickling. There is a recipe for one called Bread and Butters My Way and one for Dutch Lunch Spears that look good.

Where did you buy the mix? I was in Walmart today, they had Mrs Ware's salsa and tomato sauce mix, a couple different pectins, but no pickling spices.

Are the 2 recipes from Joy of Pickling for slicing cukes?

You can use regular cukes but they won't be as good.
There is no safe refrigerator pickle. Not unless you use a mix with the extra added citric acid and preservatives.
Unless a pickle is fully fermented otherwise they can lead to listeria. Even in the fridge listeria can grow.
In seven days they will not be fully fermented.

Here's the recipe - I didn't think I could do this since it calls for pickling cukes, but do you think the recipe is safe to eat after 7 days (assuming they are eaten that day or the next)? Thousands of people per year eat these pickles in the restaurants.

Half-Sour Pickles
Courtesy of Gregg's Restaurant

Washed pickling size cucumbers, cut into spears or 1/4-inch slices

1 ½ tablespoons pickling salt

1 ½ teaspoons pickling spices

¼ teaspoon hot pepper seed or flaked red pepper

8 small gloves garlic

1 half-gallon glass jar with cover (or 2 wide-mouth quart canning jars)

Fill jars with washed cucumbers. Pack them in tightly. Mix salt, garlic, pickling spices and pepper in a bowl with about 2 cups of hot water; stir until the salt is dissolved. Add some cold water until the liquid feels comfortable to the touch, not hot. Add to the cucumbers. Add more water (warm) if necessary to fill the jar. Let stand on counter, loosely covered, for about 1 hour. After 1 hour cover tightly and refrigerate for 7 days. Taste on the 7th day.

Note:

All ingredients can be purchased at any market. You may vary the recipe to your liking or size of jar. Pickles do not keep very long since there are no preservatives. Enjoy!