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This is still haunting me, mainly because the heels of my socks keep wearing-out. I am on my feet a lot and do a lot of walking for work, and in my hobbies.
This last holiday there was a sock stand where I work. They looked like nice socks, I picked the Nolyn (some new blend, keeps your feet dry) all the same size, and bought about 4-packs of 3. These were $18 a pack.
Well, I broke-open a pack and started wearing them (note: I wash stuff on cold and dry low-heat). After no less than 3-wearings, every pair of socks wore holes through the heels. NEVER have my socks worn through so fast. I've had socks from the dollar store for over a year with no wear. This happened when I was wearing one pair of boots. So I switched to another pair, with a new pair of socks. Socks got holes again.
I found the stand in another location and spoke to them, hoping for replacements. Their response: I must have narrow heels and the friction is causing the holes. Funny, because I have wide feet. Oh no, I'm told that you can have wide feet but narrow heels, and that there must be too much movement in my shoes. I don't buy that, but what am I going to do? They don't seem ready to stand-up for their '100% satisfaction gauranteed' policy. And the sellers were the owners, so no luck there.
Holes in 3-days on $18 socks, when year-old cheap socks are still perfectly good. But the problem is OBVIOUSLY with my feet. Hmmmmm.
This last holiday there was a sock stand where I work. They looked like nice socks, I picked the Nolyn (some new blend, keeps your feet dry) all the same size, and bought about 4-packs of 3. These were $18 a pack.
Well, I broke-open a pack and started wearing them (note: I wash stuff on cold and dry low-heat). After no less than 3-wearings, every pair of socks wore holes through the heels. NEVER have my socks worn through so fast. I've had socks from the dollar store for over a year with no wear. This happened when I was wearing one pair of boots. So I switched to another pair, with a new pair of socks. Socks got holes again.
I found the stand in another location and spoke to them, hoping for replacements. Their response: I must have narrow heels and the friction is causing the holes. Funny, because I have wide feet. Oh no, I'm told that you can have wide feet but narrow heels, and that there must be too much movement in my shoes. I don't buy that, but what am I going to do? They don't seem ready to stand-up for their '100% satisfaction gauranteed' policy. And the sellers were the owners, so no luck there.
Holes in 3-days on $18 socks, when year-old cheap socks are still perfectly good. But the problem is OBVIOUSLY with my feet. Hmmmmm.
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