Recent Stock Changes and Price Increase
Jan/100
Hello Everyone and Happy New Year to you, there is good new, bad news and then good news again.
Firstly I just want to say that we are sorry for any delays over the Christmas and New Period – the warehouse was overwhelmed and orders just took a little longer than usual to dispatch. Then of course we had all that snow which caused delivery problems with couriers and Royal Mail and then of course the backlog of orders. Now, however, I think we are back to the good times.
Good News: the size / colour variants have been updated on the web site so as to reflect stock limitations. I have removed variants where there is no current stock – all stock should be replenished on February 20th when all variants will be back online except for those models that are being discontinued or replaced with an updated model. I will inform you of all these in due course.
Bad News: Economy / exchange rates / Manufacturers / etc / etc / have all meant that our own prices have increased and the suggested retail prices have also increased so, sadly, the web site reflects these changes too.
Good News: to compensate a little for the price increase I have seen to it that you get more discount now for buying more socks. The quantity discounts have been increased now to these…
ks Quantity Discounts on buyXsocks.com
That is about it for now, any questions at all please just get in touch here http://www.buyxsocks.com/contact
Annual Stock Taking – Yawn
Jan/101
Hi everyone, I am very sorry to say that more delays are on the cards for your orders. The warehouse is on stock taking week and we can not dispatch orders until, most likely, at least Monday January 25th. I know this is frustrating, especially after the delivery problems of Christmas and then our break until New Year and then the problems and delays caused by the snow that the country couldn’t manage but there is nothing we can do about it I am afraid. Almost all other stores will be in the same situation.
We do of course have a small stock of socks in our office which we can dispatch from but this is reducing fast but could mean that your socks would arrive in the usual timescale. However, most orders will need to come from our warehouse and there will be a delay.
Do not let this stop you from ordering unless you need them for the coming weekend in which case you will need to send us an email to make the enquiry about possible delivery date.
Once again I am sorry for this but it does happen at least once a year for the majority of shops and warehouses.
Any questions you need to ask please just email us on james at buyxsocks dot com
Christmas Delivery
Dec/090
Now that we are very close to Christmas and that we do not charge anything for delivery of your orders we can not now promise that orders will be received in time for Christmas. They could still arrive in time but with the level of postal service that we use at Royal Mail we can not promise they’ll arrive in time for presents. There is of course a chance they will arrive in time but also a chance they won’t so please bear this in mind when making your orders.
We don’t charge for delivery and we use Royal Mail First Class post and orders are usually dispatched within 1 – 2 days. If there is an urgent enquiry and you are prepared to pay extra for Royal Mail Special Delivery then please get in contact and we’ll assess the possibility of an order arriving in time for Christmas.
Thanks for your support.
James Davis
And, we’re back in the room…
Nov/090
And we're back in the room
So, I don’t know what happened there but somehow time has past me by but now things are good and I’ve got some great plans for X-Socks and even X-Bionic clothing.
I must say “Sorry” to those people who haven’t yet received your chosen e-books but you can simply login to your account area and download the e-book from there. And also a BIG ‘SORRY’ to those who have submitted reviews over the past few months expecting to be crowned the WINNER for each month. I will get back on to this and get awarding.
Being truthful the slowdown in consumer spending has had an effect on my sales but nothing that would cause too many nightmares. This is certainly one advantage to being an internet only store however it still causes concern and hasn’t allowed me to grow the shop in to something with more power and more internet prominence. The main problem right now and over the last few weeks has been the Postal Strike, certainly a few weeks before the first strike took place people started to lose confidence and there was a period with very few sales and now with the second strike at the beginning of this week and the third strike to take place soon my business has suffered badly.
The disadvantage of being a small business is that we don’t have the resources to pay the large fees set by courier companies. I would very much like to avoid postal strikes and other unreliabilities that might arise from using Royal Mail but then I would have to charge a high postal service fee to you and / or make all orders subject to a minimum order value – both of which I don’t want to do.
However, if customers are happy to pay for a postal service then I would like to hear from you, please either comment here or email me
Smart Compression for More Energy
Jul/090
Long Socks Are Cool, It’s Official!
X-Socks Speed Metal Energizer Socks
However, perhaps more importantly I’ve got two new X-Socks models that feature Smart Compression which will give you more energy.
The Speed Metal Energizer Running Socks
Ok, I admit, this really is at the top end of the market and is expensive but the technology, R&D and testing that have been employed have produced a seriously effective pair of socks that will keep your feet cool in mega hot weather and give your more engery. They’ll probably even make you run faster ;o)
The Speed Metal Energizers use many X-Socks Technologies to ensure that warm moist air is removed from your feet and replaced with cooler air. The specially developed yarn, XITANIT, actually reflects heat from around and draws heat away from your feet. Your feet will be cool in the heat and you really will notice the difference. If you are a beginner runner then you’ll probably not have a need for these socks, however if you are even a little bit experienced and if you’re running in the heat then you’ll know how important it is to keep your feet cool.
=> Go get the Speed Metal Energizer Running Socks
The Trekking Energizer Trekking Socks
X-Socks Trekking Energizer Socks
The second new pair of X-Socks available right now is the Trekking Energizer Trekking Socks. These offer the same excellent as many of the top class trekking x-socks as well as the Smart Compression to give you more energy.
Your feet are kept cool and dry, your feet are well cushioned where they need to be and supported around the ankle. You’ll not get blisters and they’ll last for years.
=> Go get the Trekking Energizer Trekking Socks
X-Socks Quantity Discounts
X-Socks Quantity Discounts
Prices
Speed Metal Energizers are £33.50 for a single pair.
Trekking Energizers are £17.95 for a single pair.
They are both at the top of the socks in the market are are highly priced but X-Socks really do last for years and at my shop you have the opportunity to take advantage of quantity discounts
Cheers,
James.
Super Ski Sock Review
Jun/090
X-Socks Ski Comfort Man Socks
I know it’s summer time (kind of, although last nights hail was a shock in London for June) but I’ve just had a great review come in for the X-Socks Ski Comfort Man Socks. It’s a great review, worth a read and might be worth storing in the memory banks for when the season kicks off again and you’re looking for socks that suit you.
Check out the review on the X-Socks Ski Comfort Man product page.
Download all eBooks for a limited time
Jun/090
I have been made aware that the delivery of the free eBooks to customers after they have ordered has not been completely reliable.
Until I implement a more reliable system for the delivery of the single eBook that customers can choose at checkout time I have made every eBook available for free in your Account Home Page.
This means that you can log in to Account Home on buyXsocks.com and collect the eBook that you had chosen originally, and of course you can collect the other eBooks too.
=> Go to your account page
=> http://www.buyxsocks.com/customer?xCmd=account
I can only keep this system going until I implement the new method, so it might be an idea to download the other eBooks before the new system comes in.
As usual if you have any questions please let me know.
Have Fun.
James.
James Davis.
Chief Dude
buyXsocks.com
I win
Jun/090
The May 2009 Review Writing Competition was won by me. You see, no one wrote a review during May so I can’t give away a free pair of X-Socks. That’s a shame really because all winning review writers so far have been extremely pleased that they have won and very grateful for a brand new free pair of X-Socks.
If you didn’t know about the competition it’s quite simple. You write a review about some socks on www.buyXsocks.com and at the end of each month I read the reviews for that month and award the ‘best’ review a free pair of X-Socks. You’ve got to be in it to win it so go to www.buyXsocks.com and get a review written during June and give yourself the chance to be a winner.
Have Fun.
James.
www.buyXsocks.com
Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes..and save more
May/090
Not to worry, it’s all good. I have just modified the ‘colour & size’ drop down boxes for all socks where there is a colour choice. The drop down box on any given product page now give you the choice of ‘Any Colour’.
Why? Well, I’d get orders in and notice from our own stock we have to order some more in and you guys would have to wait for the socks to arrive. Now, with this new ‘any colour’ option it is more likely that I’d be able to post out your socks sooner – so if you’re really not that concerned about the colour of your sports socks then please choose the ‘Any Colour’ option when choosing your size and colour.
There are actually two advantages for you:
- You could receive your order quicker because I could fulfill orders with different colours
- You actually benefit from the quantity discounts on each sock. Previously, to get the quantity discounts when buying multiple pairs of the same model of sock in the same size you had to choose the same colour. Now you can get the benefit by choosing the Any Colour option.
Have fun
(of course, there is the chance you could receive different colours or all the same colour – it just depends on what is available)
Cheers,
James.
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