November Free Sock Comp - Still TIME!

You've got all day tomorrow 30th November 2008 to have the chance to win some socks...


I give away a pair of new X-Socks every month to the best customer review of
socks in my shop. Last month in the October 2008 competition Ed Hawkins
gave an ace review of the Run Energizer Compression Socks and won himself a
great new pair of Run Sky Run socks (more on that later).

=> Go make a review: www.buyxsocks.com


All Ed did was take two minutes and make a customer review. He was lucky in
that I chose his review to be 'the best' of that month but he gave himself the
chance to win - simple and easy.


How do you make the review?
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Simple and easy. You just find the sock on my web site, scroll down to the
Customer Reviews section and click 'Post Your Review'. It should take you about
2 minutes, unless you write a book.


A few days in to next week I'll announce the winner - simple and easy, so at
least give yourself the chance to win some socks and make a customer
review.

=> www.buyxsocks.com


Good Luck,

James.

James Davis is www.buyXsocks.com

PS: I'll write on the blog about Ed and his trip to Florida for an IronMan

FREE SOCKS! FREE SOCKS!

You know the score by now, probably. I give away a free pair of X-Socks to the best customer product review made during that month. We are nearing the end of Nov 08 and to be in with a chance of winning a new pair of X-Socks you need to make some customer reviews.

Last months happy winner is Ed Hawkins.

You gotta be in it to win it - Get reviewing now.

Take Care,

James.

www.buyXsocks.com

Trekking Extra Warm Glowing Review

A previous post mentioned the Trekking Extra Warm socks and that they received an excellent 5 star review from the BBC CountryFile Magazine. The packaging, I think, has baffled the CountryFile reviewer however the sock got excellent marks and the review is well worth a read.

Check out the Trekking Extra Warm Socks

Check out the full review from CountryFile Magazine

Still having fun.

James.
www.buyXsocks.com

Atacama Crossing 2009

I have a customer competing in the amazing Atacama Crossing Race 2009, what an amazing event and spectacular experience to look forward to. He is running for a cause, of which I will give more details soon.

The socks purchased in preparation for the event are the Run Performance Socks - excellent choice with plenty of padding to help on a week long race.

=> Run Performance Socks

Read more about what he is up against in 2009 on the Atacama Crossing web site

=> Atacama Crossing web site

Having Fun (even at 2:45 am)

James.

www.buyXsocks.com

Ed won some socks - do you want some?

Ed Hawkins, the winner of my October Free Sock Comp, is back from his trip to Florida where he did lot's and lot's of hard exercise wearing X-Socks. I'll be able to update you on Ed's trip and his view on how the socks performed for him soon, I just need to give him a rest first.

He hasn't yet chosen his free pair but when that's happened I'll let you know as well.

How did Ed win some socks?

He simply entered a customer review of some socks during October. I chose the winning review in early November. It's that simple. Every month I have a "Customer Product Review Competition" where the prize for the 'best' customer sock review is a brand new pair of X-Socks. All you gotta do is get reviewing, you gotta be in it to win it, as they say.

Honestly, it's no harder than that. Just make a customer review (you could make as many as you like) and you could win a new pair of socks.

The November 2008 competition ends on the last day of the month, so start your reviewing now - Give Yourself the Chance.

Having Fun

James.

www.buyxsocks.com

Top Marks for the Winter Run Socks

I just received an excellent review in my inbox, it was from a customer who recently purchased the X-Socks Winter Run Socks. Sarah from Cheshire, has some excellent words about the Winter Run socks, in summary she says:

...so i turned to x-socks which were slightly more expensive than others on the market. But wow you certainly get what you pay for and they really do do exactly what they say they do.

=>Read the full review of the X-Socks Winter Run Socks by clicking here

Thanks for the great review Sarah.

James.
www.buyXsocks.com

Staying In Shape For Your Sport

Hey, hey, some great news today - I have teamed up with some of the foremost, highly qualified, experienced and helpful fitness professionals in the UK and The World to bring you important fitness and training information to help you reach your fitness goals.

Imagine this... you're running a half marathon in 8 weeks time and you're a pretty good distance runner but that edge has eluded you for too long. You get a couple of pairs of X-Socks from the running range to keep your feet in good nick while out training and to aid recovery and as a bonus for shopping with me you get a half marathon training programme FOR FREE that you can download right to your computer. The training programme is the creating of a running specialist qualified personal trainer and one of the most forward thinking professionals in his / her field of exercise - it will be like having a personal marathon training plan to keep you on track. Not bad eh!

Or Imagine this...you're new to exercise in general and a good friend of yours has recommend that you enroll in some group exercises classes and has said that your feet will take a battering so you'll need some decent socks. You come to www.buyXsocks.com purchase some socks and can then download a motivational exercise plan, home workout plan or something specific to women even to keep you on track to reach your goals. Imagine that, a pretty good bonus just for shopping with me.

These fitness professionals are also friends of mine and I can vouch for their products as being of the highest quality and for being results driven - you follow the plans, you're going to see results. The plans that you'll get for free as a bonus of shopping with me are real products that these fitness professionals charge good money for but because friends help friends I am able to give them to you as a bonus for shopping with me.

I'll message again when I have set up the downloads. Also, anyone that has purchased socks since my price increase the other day and before these downloads become available will also have the right to these bonus products.

Stay in touch with this and get excited.

Have Fun

James.
www.buyXsocks.com

CountryFile Magazine gives 5 Star Review

The most recent BBC CountryFile Magazine has reviewed some X-Socks and given a 5/5 top notch review. The magzine reviews a sock called the X-Socks Trekking Mountain Sock, however this is a new name to come in for 2009 and the current sock is actually called the "Trekking Extra Warm".

So "Trekking Extra Warm" is the current name and in 2009 the name changes to "Trekking Mountain" and the actual sock stays the same.

Gorgeously warm socks and while they are not cheap they are not budget socks from a budget shop. These are at the very top end of the spectrum and if you want to enjoy your winter hill walking and worry less about your feet then you need to invest in one decent pair of warm winter hill walking socks and 5 out of 5 from BBC Countryfile Magazine is EXCELLENT.

=> Go to the Trekking Extra Warm Socks (Trekking Mountain)
=> Go to BBC CountryFile Magazine

Have Fun

James.



James Davis
http://www.buyxsocks.com/

Prices Increased And There's More Good News

Prices have been increased to the original list price for each sock to allow me to continue to offer free postage to the UK. So you still have the benefit of knowing that the price you see in your basket won't suddenly increase at checkout with some added postal charge.

The other good news is that for most of you this will only have a small effect because the quantity discounts are still in play and I have added two new rewards. So the ways to win are:

Quantity Discounts*
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• Order 2, 3 or 4 pairs and get 3% off each pair
• Order 5, 6 or 7 pairs and get 5% off each pair
• Order 8, 9 or 10 pairs and get 10% off each pair

*(same model, size & colour)

Basket Total Discounts
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On top of the Quantity Discounts I have added a bonus at 2 levels, they are:

• Basket Total of £50 or more gets 5% off
• Basket Total of £100 or more gets 10% off

You can still take advantage of great deals and my service and you can shop knowing you are supporting a quality independent.

Please just remember that I can now still offer you free postage to the UK and also remember that if you love your X-Socks just tell one friend today about my shop at www.buyxsocks.com

Have Fun Today.

James.


James Davis
www.buyXsocks.com

Price Increase

It's either raise the prices or charge for postage and raising the prices will make it easier for you to shop online, charging postage will create an extra charge at the end of your buying process - something that I really want to avoid.

I have to raise prices back to list price so the 10% offer will be over soon. However, the other good news is that I can increase the %age saving you get when you buy multiples of the same sock and I can give you a reduction when you reach £50 and then £100 in one single order which I couldn't do before.

I'll post again once prices are altered.

Thanks

James.

Postage Charges

The cost of offering Free First Class Post to you is beginning to have a major effect, sadly. The current prices of all socks are 10% less than list price and I am left with a dilemma. 

1) Leave the prices as they are but charge you a postage fee, average works out to be about £2

2) Increase the prices to list price and continue to offer free post to UK deliveries (preferred, I think)

I am deciding today so sensible comments or emails to james at buyxsocks dot com will be considered.

Thanks for your time.

James.

www.buyXsocks.com

October 2008 Free Sock Competition Winner

You might know by now that I give away a free pair of X-Socks to the customer who submits the best product review. There no criteria for what constitutes 'The Best', it's just what I consider 'The Best' to be at that time.

The winner for the October 2008 Free Sock Comp is: Edward Hawkins and here is his review of the Run Energizer (Compression) Socks

I've been using these since Ironman UK this in prep for going the Ironman 70.3 World Cahmps in Florida on 8th November this year. At first I used during my longer training runs so I could recover quicker, but after two weeks I've brought another two pairs and I used them durin all my run sessions. I am also now going to use them on the bike and on the run sections in the World Champs! Super I can not speak any higher of them. Well worth the money, Cheers BuyXsocks.com, World Champs here I come!

Well done to Ed, he doesn't know it yet but I'll send him an email sometime tomorrow and I'll send him out a pair socks.

Here are a few of the other reviews:

Peter Boswell on the Army Long Socks

I'm a lorry driver and I wanted some thick socks that didn't make my feet sweat when I was wearing boots. I found Xsocks in a local shop but they only had ski style. I bought a pair to try, they were great. Comfortable, warm, excellent fit and they didn't smell when I took them of. I searched the web to find a supplier of army style and found Oneoutdoors so I ordered some from them. Great service and the socks were excellent - even after wearing the same pair for more than a day they didn't smell. They've been machine washed quite a few times now but still fit perfectly and look like they will last a long time. I'm so pleased with them that I've just ordered 5 more pairs [from the sister site, buyXsocks.com]

Anonymous on the Run Performance Socks

have loads of pairs of these socks and have run a few marathons in the last year or so and have never had any blisters, cuts or sores so they just cant be beat.

John Mc Elhinney on the Airforce 1 Socks

Slowly but surely Airforce 1 X-Socks are supplanting every other sock I have, and with very good reason: a very, cool, comfortable and light sock, yet with protection and support in all the right places, with the result that my feet never feel like they've done a day's work!

Keith Ellis on the Sky Run Socks

Well, I ran my first Half Marathon on the 19th October 2008. I passed my PB of 2.03 minutes with a 1.52. I was of course running in Sky Run Socks. I have just discovered this product being new to running, well one year and god knows how many cotton sports sock later, and look forward to new challenges and finding which X-Socks help the best. I am quite sure Sky Run Socks helped me get through by not having to think about my feet. Well done.

Rachel Prince on the Lady Speed One Socks

Tried a couple of other brands but after reading rave reviews on the RW forum I tried these. They got me round the Great North Run - not a blister in sight! Marvellous!

I just want to say well done to everyone that made an entry, well done to the runners up and well done to Ed.

To everyone else: don't give up now, this is real, get submitting your customer reviews of the products in my shop at www.buyXsocks.com and you will be entered in the November Free Sock Comp - simple as that.

=> You Gotta Be In It To Win It.

Have fun everyone.

James.

November Reviews Competition Starts

As know now each month I give away a pair of socks to the person who made the best customer review of a product on www.buyXsocks.com and the November competion started on the 1st! So give your self a chance, make some reviews and maybe you can get a free pair of X-Socks at the beginning of December.

I am still reading over the October entries so please do stay tuned to find out the winner soon.

Cheers

James.

Well Done NYC'ers

Just want to say Well Done to everyone who took part in the New York Marathon over the past weekend. I know I had a couple of customers go over for the event but if there are any more please do get in contact and let me know how you got on.

Well Done.

James.
www.buyXsocks.com

October Sock Review Competition has ended

Midnight last night was the end of the October 2008 sock review competition. All customer sock reviews in by midnight last night will be read by me and my mates and I'll decide who wins a new pair of X-Socks.

Remember, each month a customer get's the chance to win a brand new pair of X-Socks just by doing customer reviews on www.buyXsocks.com - easy, simple, fun BUT...

You Gotta Be In It To Win It so get reviewing now for the November 2008 competition.

I'll announce the October winner shortly, possibly after a nice glass of red. ;o)

Have fun and good luck to all reviewers and THANK YOU ALL for reviewing.

Cheers, 

James.

www.buyXsocks.com