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Saving Money on Socks
Buy them when they go on sale which is often. Especially late summer for the back to school sales and also at Christmas time.
I have had better luck with a brand name brand of socks than with 'no-names' as far as quality and long life of socks and they will stand behind their product. Contact them if you are disappointed in how the socks are holding up.
If you are the type of person who wears just socks on their feet around the house put on some slippers or shoes. It is safer (no slipping, etc.) and your socks will wear out less. I read that walking on carpet especially in stocking feet will wear out socks faster than anything.
I wash them in a mesh laundry bag just to make it easier on laundry day.
Rotate them. If you wear and wash only a few pair of your stash then put those on the bottom or back of your sock drawer so all sock get used equally.
I did all the above with some black cotton socks I bought (about 3 weeks worth I think) and they are over 10 years old. While they are more charcoal black now than black-black they still have no holes.
By Kaelle
By Imladris
By Patty
I told my hubby he had a choice of pinning his socks or mating them out of the basket. There may be 4 socks on one of his pins, but at least they are still together. Keep a little dish of safety pins in the bathroom and on each night table. You won't have to replace those singles again.
By Sandy
To make them last longer, the wearer should cut their toenails! Sheets also suffer a lot from too long of nails!
By Susanmajp
Do you have any more ideas to share? Feel free to post them below.
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03/07/2009
I buy both kids socks in the boys department - somehow boys socks last longer than girls' socks! I also put initials on every sock as it comes out of the bag! My son's foot sweat EATS his socks like acid, and my daughter doesn't like to wear his stretched out socks. I also charge 10 cents a sock when I have to pick them up off the floor! Now that the kids and I wear about the same size socks, I have to put my initials in my socks as well, but then I can always find mine.
By Judith Walker (Guest Post)
09/28/2008
Would you believe, my daughter plays softball wearing two different socks? They are above the knee and all the girls do it. One red and the other blue. Most are tie dyed. Class mates started wearing different socks like the softball girls. Seems to be a trend. No socks match, they think it is cool. Rich, poor and in between, most wear the two colors of socks. Good for the parents. Keeps cost down.
By Ed Reid (Guest Post)
09/27/2008
As important for thrift as buying only one type of socks is choosing the best brand to buy.
The best type I have yet found are called Indestructibles, which Googling will locate for you at a UK site.
These are quite expensive as socks go, but since they live up to their name, are probably cheapest of all over the long run. I ordered 6 pairs two years ago, and am about to order another 6, then throw out all my NON-Indestructibles, and never buy another sock in my life.
By Anna (Guest Post)
09/27/2008
If you are a woman with a fairly "normal" shoe size, you can buy socks cheaper in the childrens department of the stores! (intended for older children, 12-15 y.o.) Usually they sell them in bulk, like a pack of five or six pairs, often for the same price you pay for three-four pairs in the womens department in the same store.
The kids' socks also come in more fun colors! :)
By
09/26/2008
I have been buying dress & sport socks for the family at Dollar Tree! They are "very" nice and last years! My husband says that they are "just as good as the expensive socks!"
Take Care,
Darlene
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