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Blacksocks.com: An infinite supply of black socks

21 points by vaksel 18y ago

stcredzero 18y ago
Reminds me of the Amazon efficiency expert who "optimized" her family's laundry by creating a common pool of white socks. Most females would not pick white socks.
vaksel 18y ago
the prices seem a little big high, sure they are probably some good material, but still. And sure you get to save money if you get a subscription, but its not much. I mean sure its convenient, but its just socks/underwear/tshirts, its not something people splurge on Calf Socks - $10/pair Knee Socks - $13/pair Sneaker Socks - $10/pair Silk Socks - $27/pair Boxers 1st type - $45/pair Boxers 2nd type - $39/pair Briefs 1st type - $32/pair Briefs 2nd type - $24/pair Tshirts 1st type - $47/pair Tshirts 2nd type - $55/pair
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- blhack 18y ago
  I don't get this either...I seems like the most they send you is 3 pairs of socks every 14 days? Something seems a bit off there. This is why this sort of thing would never work for me...My routine when I get home is: Come in the door, pet the dog. Set the laptop down on the table, grab a beer from the refrigerator, walk out to the back yard, sit on the patio, kick my socks off, and start playing fetch with the dog. My socks end up in a pile on the patio and end up getting thrown away. If this place was 7 socks for 7 dollars delivered weekly I would sign up today. It is tough to justify the cost for this, especially when i can go to walmart and get ~10 pairs of black socks for $4. Maybe this is not aimed at nerds? (I'm thinking not). Cool idea though. I'm with the person below here that says they get their shirts from woot. So do I. Woot is so amazingly perfect, I wish they did dress clothes as well...there are no choices to make, yes, or no. That is it. You say yes and you have a shirt at your door (or in my case, my office) the next day.
  - mattmichielsen 18y ago
    I can't ever see myself spending more than $1/pair of socks. That just seems ridiculously frivolous.
    - blhack 18y ago
      If it was $1 per pair including shipping I could justify it..so like...$30 a month for fresh socks every day.
    - teej 18y ago
      Who cares? There's already a market for expensive socks. The question is - does that market value the convinience of getting them delivered to their door.
nop 18y ago
I wish there was this for regular clothes. I virtually never go out and buy clothes (lack of time, interest etc.) until my old ones starts to wear, it's pretty much a maintenance thing for me. I'd just like to put in my measurements, maybe rate a few clothes I so it knows what I like and then have stuff magically appear every now and again. I'm sure a random fashionable person would improve my looks by actually having taste. :P http://shirt.woot.com http://shirt.woot.com is nice for T's at least but I don't think it would work well for anything more expensive or less expressive than that.
- vaksel 18y ago
  Threadless does it for tshirts: http://www.threadless.com/12club http://www.threadless.com/12club
- ibsulon 18y ago
  You should be sending any clothes you buy to a tailor regardless of how you buy the clothes. Further, you can't buy clothes off the rack without trying them on! Skin tones are different and you really need to try the clothes on.
  - biohacker42 18y ago
    I and the grandparent know this, but we're cheap lazy and hate shopping. (Apologies to the grandparent if it's just me.)
  - nop 18y ago
    I'm a student so going to a tailor is out of the question although I'm not so sure I'd even think of that on my own if I had bundles of money. I guess I should try that sometime. I've been fairly happy with the clothes I've bought by mail order though, there's been a few snags sure but you can send them back and it tends to be cheaper. I do go to the store sometimes, especially for jeans as it's hard to find pairs that fit me since I've got skinny long legs. As for the skin color thing, I can honestly say that I have no idea whatsoever on how to judge that.
- teuobk 18y ago
nike 18y ago
Blacksocks had come up earlier on HN, with some interesting comments. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=534330 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=534330
k0n2ad 18y ago
This site is both ridiculous and awesome

21 points by vaksel 18y ago

Reminds me of the Amazon efficiency expert who "optimized" her family's laundry by creating a common pool of white socks. Most females would not pick white socks.

vaksel 18y ago

the prices seem a little big high, sure they are probably some good material, but still. And sure you get to save money if you get a subscription, but its not much. I mean sure its convenient, but its just socks/underwear/tshirts, its not something people splurge on Calf Socks - $10/pair Knee Socks - $13/pair Sneaker Socks - $10/pair Silk Socks - $27/pair Boxers 1st type - $45/pair Boxers 2nd type - $39/pair Briefs 1st type - $32/pair Briefs 2nd type - $24/pair Tshirts 1st type - $47/pair Tshirts 2nd type - $55/pair

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blhack 18y ago
I don't get this either...I seems like the most they send you is 3 pairs of socks every 14 days? Something seems a bit off there. This is why this sort of thing would never work for me...My routine when I get home is: Come in the door, pet the dog. Set the laptop down on the table, grab a beer from the refrigerator, walk out to the back yard, sit on the patio, kick my socks off, and start playing fetch with the dog. My socks end up in a pile on the patio and end up getting thrown away. If this place was 7 socks for 7 dollars delivered weekly I would sign up today. It is tough to justify the cost for this, especially when i can go to walmart and get ~10 pairs of black socks for $4. Maybe this is not aimed at nerds? (I'm thinking not). Cool idea though. I'm with the person below here that says they get their shirts from woot. So do I. Woot is so amazingly perfect, I wish they did dress clothes as well...there are no choices to make, yes, or no. That is it. You say yes and you have a shirt at your door (or in my case, my office) the next day.
- mattmichielsen 18y ago
  I can't ever see myself spending more than $1/pair of socks. That just seems ridiculously frivolous.
  - blhack 18y ago
    If it was $1 per pair including shipping I could justify it..so like...$30 a month for fresh socks every day.
  - teej 18y ago
    Who cares? There's already a market for expensive socks. The question is - does that market value the convinience of getting them delivered to their door.

nop 18y ago

I wish there was this for regular clothes. I virtually never go out and buy clothes (lack of time, interest etc.) until my old ones starts to wear, it's pretty much a maintenance thing for me. I'd just like to put in my measurements, maybe rate a few clothes I so it knows what I like and then have stuff magically appear every now and again. I'm sure a random fashionable person would improve my looks by actually having taste. :P http://shirt.woot.com http://shirt.woot.com is nice for T's at least but I don't think it would work well for anything more expensive or less expressive than that.

vaksel 18y ago
Threadless does it for tshirts: http://www.threadless.com/12club http://www.threadless.com/12club
ibsulon 18y ago
You should be sending any clothes you buy to a tailor regardless of how you buy the clothes. Further, you can't buy clothes off the rack without trying them on! Skin tones are different and you really need to try the clothes on.
- biohacker42 18y ago
  I and the grandparent know this, but we're cheap lazy and hate shopping. (Apologies to the grandparent if it's just me.)
- nop 18y ago
  I'm a student so going to a tailor is out of the question although I'm not so sure I'd even think of that on my own if I had bundles of money. I guess I should try that sometime. I've been fairly happy with the clothes I've bought by mail order though, there's been a few snags sure but you can send them back and it tends to be cheaper. I do go to the store sometimes, especially for jeans as it's hard to find pairs that fit me since I've got skinny long legs. As for the skin color thing, I can honestly say that I have no idea whatsoever on how to judge that.
teuobk 18y ago

nike 18y ago

Blacksocks had come up earlier on HN, with some interesting comments. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=534330 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=534330

k0n2ad 18y ago

This site is both ridiculous and awesome