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
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.
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.
Too Risky? Let me hear you now!
May/090
Today I added a completely open forum for you to either comment on existing questions or ask me question about anything you like to do with the web site, the shop, the service.
The forum is run by UserVoice and opens as an overlay on the main web site. You can activate it by click the ‘Feedback’ tab on the left hand side of the page. Here is an image of what the tab looks like:
You just click the tab and take part – I hope this will lend itself to open comments about my site and service. Some would say this is too risky for business but I am creating an honest group of shops where your views are extremely important, and I want to hear them – you have the opportunity now so please make use of it.
Links:
Have Fun.
James.
www.buyXsocks.com
Winner Of the April Free Sock Competition
May/090
I have just announced the winner of my monthly competition. This month the winner of the Free Sock Competition is Ian Greaves. Ian bought some socks from us in October 2008 and has used them during his introduction to running, being a beginner he purchased the Run Discovery socks which were a perfect choice.
A perfect choice because being a beginner to the activity it makes sense to be careful with what your spending and also the feature set of the Discovery range is perfect for the level of activity that a beginner might be experiencing.
Here is an excerpt from Ian’s review:
These babies were the cheapest addition to my running wardrobe but they are by far the piece of kit I would not be without
Read the rest of Ian’s review on the X-Socks Run Discovery Socks page here just scroll to the bottom where the Customer Reviews are.
Ian has plans on running greater distances and as such might be looking for some X-Socks higher up the range to cope with the greater demands the feet deal with when on longer distances.
Well done Ian and your free pair will be on their way soon.
Have Fun
James.
Price Increase and Bigger Quanity Discounts Again
May/090
Good news and Bad news gang.
Bad news first: I have had to raise prices across the board for all X-Socks. This is for two reasons. Firstly, because the UK Distributor has increased prices and secondly because Royal Mail has increased prices too. So, it was a choice of charging postage or increasing prices – at least this way you don’t get any surprises when you get to the checkout (UK customers get free postage).
Good news next: I have increased the discount when buying multiple pairs of the same model / size / colour. Your quantity discounts are now:
Qty Discount
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2 – 4 6.00%
5 – 7 10.00%
8 – 12 12.00%
Also, of course, I have retained the extra discounts when your order totals more than £50 and more than £100:
>£50 and you get another 5% discount
>£100 and you get another 10% discount
All in all “It’s All Good” as they say.
Have Fun.
James.
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