Kayak

I buy all my apple products in ECI as they double the warrenty.

They are as good as John Lewis except they dont price match- after service is good.

The food hall is brillian in Madrid

Pocaloca

It's still a status thing. I know people who shop at Primark etc and then put their purchases in a Corte Inglés carrier bag ...

cricketman

Come on. Have you ever bought anything from Primark?

I was fooled into buying some socks from there. They got holes in them after one wash

Sometimes you get what you pay for

guirijohn

This often happens when the feet are bigger than the socks. For how many weeks did you wear them before washing? How does one get fooled into buying socks? Do tell us more.

Dick Dasterdly

I buy socks and shoes in Scandinavia, made to last as well as keep the feet warm.
Never yet found a thing in Spain to even fit, they all appear to be made for midgets.

Fredbargate

That applies to socks, shoes and gloves

bealerDSB

That's a bit derogatory, rather sounds like a typical foreigner living in Spain..... But hey - the Spanish shops sells clothing to suit their local tables / average native clients. ( go figure )

I tried to find size 13 running shoes last year in Spain, went to lots of shops, the largest size was 9/10. I didn't complain, I based it off the Spanish system and population. So, I ordered some off Amazon.

Simples.
DSB.

Domino

and yet I can get a decent pair of shoes from local shops in the city and I am 10's

now socks -- commiserate DD, I don't like most socks as the nylon at the tops is too tight, made for people with matchstick ankles - which is neither Spanish or British.

bealerDSB

You know...Some people are suited to living abroad, some also think they are, but clearly spend daily counts on this and that isn't right...

Where there is a will there is a way
DSB.

Fredbargate

I can't I'm size 10 but very wide ideal for walking on snow

Domino

my dad was an 8 and called mine plates
but once you start to slide nothing stops you

Dick Dasterdly

Not complaining.

Simply stating a fact.

That's the way it is and I've always accepted it, doesn't mean I'm not allowed to mention it, exactly as you have just done yourself.

Much the same applies to many other things, so I always come well prepared anyway.

Maybe you are being derogatory with your "typical foreigner living in Spain" remark.
How would you know how a typical foreigner in Spain behaves, unless of course you've personally researched many hundreds of thousand of people, but somehow I doubt that is the case ?

You mention the Spanish only selling to suit their own clientele.
Fair enough if that's what they want to do, but in many tourist/expat areas they're missing out on a lucrative market, as others have mentioned previously.

Once again not complaining, that's their loss and problem, not mine.

Rosemary

Maybe because most of them are made in China. It is the same with things marked L, XL, XXL, XXXL, the sizes are stupidly way off.

Rosemary

Dick Dasterdly

Same problem myself, it's the many strands/bands of elastic incorporated into the tops which is the problem, my circulation is not so good so my legs swell right up just above the tops.

It is possible to buy some cheap ones without the elastic, but generally they are very thin and rubbish quality.
Alternatively I prefer heavy ones with wool incorporated, which often come without the elastic restriction.

If I do see some good ones with elastic incorporated, I buy them anyway and then spend about 15 minutes clipping,picking and pulling out the elastic.

amideislas

The Chinese socks must be some sort of luxury product here.

Apparently, sock thieves sneak into our house at night and steal just one of hubbies' cheap socks. Happens all the time.