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wur
24 Jan 10 13:14
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Would probably have cost £15 in M&S. 5 pack of socks for £2, too. Helps keep the Bangladeshi kids off the streets, innit?
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Report ImSoLuckyLucky! • January 24, 2010 1:15 PM GMT
Your not very GREEN!!!!!!!!!!!!

:)
Report Coachbuster • January 24, 2010 1:28 PM GMT
Good luck if it lasts for more than 2 washes :D
Report sparkmaster. • January 24, 2010 1:30 PM GMT
I have also had the 5 pairs of socks for 2 quid...and some jeans for 6 quid.
Report HRH The Lager Khan • January 24, 2010 1:33 PM GMT
The socks stay up about as long as George Michael in a room full of naked women.
Report khyber kim • January 24, 2010 1:38 PM GMT
Had a walk through the Primark in Leeds, I've thrown better stuff away.
Report Pounf • January 24, 2010 1:48 PM GMT
Its almost getting to the stage where its cheaper to buy more than wash them
Report sparkmaster. • January 24, 2010 1:50 PM GMT
That's certainly true of my kegs. There isn't a powder strong enough...
Report iamajambo • January 24, 2010 2:06 PM GMT
I agree.Their socks are rubbish.
Report wur • January 24, 2010 2:15 PM GMT
Socks are rubbish everywhere, these days. I think theyre regarded as 'disposable', nowadys.
Report iamajambo • January 24, 2010 2:34 PM GMT
My M&S walking boot socks have lasted for years.
Report HRH The Lager Khan • January 24, 2010 2:35 PM GMT
Yeah, cos' you are Stephen Hawking.
Report Mully • January 24, 2010 2:45 PM GMT
Will turn into an Action Man sweater after the first wash (nap)
Report WeeWillieWalsh • January 24, 2010 2:46 PM GMT
I was in London with Mrs Walsh a couple of weeks before Xmas. The Primark in Oxford Street was absolutely heaving. The line of people waiting to pay snaked all away round the ground floor. The security people had stopped punters coming in. Ive never ever seen a store so busy. Literally hundred, mostly asians I have to say, were lined all alongside the outside of the store waiting to get in.

Is the store really that popular with asians i wonder or are they simply more wise to a bargain than the ret of us?
Report wur • January 24, 2010 2:48 PM GMT
They know about bargains as there are so many of them in the shopkeeping business.
Report 1st time poster • January 24, 2010 2:48 PM GMT
read the label on the socks it says not recomended to wear on feet with nails
Report WeeWillieWalsh • January 24, 2010 2:52 PM GMT
wur 24 Jan 15:48
They know about bargains as there are so many of them in the shopkeeping business.
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I see. So perhaps they buy sh!t load of these socks at 5 pairs for £2, then sell them on for a £1 a pair in their own shops or market stalls.

That does make good business sense.

Asians, sadly, know the score when it comes to getting a bargain. We are merely selling platers behind our ethnic "friends"
Report Coachbuster • January 24, 2010 4:54 PM GMT
I wouldnt dream of buying anywhere other than Debenhams . Quality clothing ,worth the extra money .


Primark ...nuff said
Next ...Used to be OK ,now utter rubbish quality ,almost on a par with primark
Burtons ...The Ultimate in fall apart clothing .
River Island .... Seen better days
Report wur • January 24, 2010 4:56 PM GMT
If you want to pay £50 for a pair of trousers when you can buy a pair to do the same job in Primark for £6, that's up to you.
Report Coachbuster • January 24, 2010 5:02 PM GMT
Wur ,what if the 50 quid ones last 9 times longer ?
Report wur • January 24, 2010 5:05 PM GMT
But they don't. The zip is just as likely to go on them and Primark clothes don't fall apart as some on here suggest. It's a myth.
Report WeeWillieWalsh • January 24, 2010 5:05 PM GMT
How do you pronounce said store?

Prymark or Preemark

We say Preemark where I live in Cork

I heard Londoners say same but some posh sweaty socks call it Prymark !
Report wur • January 24, 2010 5:06 PM GMT
People say ee, but it should be eye
Report lmfao • January 24, 2010 5:10 PM GMT
On holiday in Sydney- flea market near the hotel- chinese lady selling t shirts for equivalent of just over £1

bought some - she said she sold lots and lots to the same people who were working/ staying long term at the hotel

the light went on when when i told her the laundry cost was more than the shirt :)
Report Coachbuster • January 24, 2010 5:16 PM GMT
Wur...they lose shape,lose colour ,lose texture and don't fit correctly ...most are made from synthetic materials (as are Next) made in 3rd world countries using cheap labour ...... need i say more
Report Tommy Toes • January 24, 2010 5:20 PM GMT
Wur I've never been to Primark - and am in no way a 'clothes snob' - so they may be very good for all I know, but ask Velasquez what happened to the underpants he bought from one of their shops!
Report wur • January 24, 2010 5:21 PM GMT
Mine fit okay and come out of the wash okay. The last time I bought trousers in M&S, they turned out to have a 'baggy crotch'. £36 and they went straight to the charity shop.
Report wur • January 24, 2010 5:24 PM GMT
Watch you don't do someone an injury with that, Reg ;)
Report Bamboo • January 24, 2010 5:28 PM GMT
£2 jumpers and dogfish from the chippy.You sound like a real catch
Report punterfleecer • January 24, 2010 5:32 PM GMT
I have bought a couple of t-shirts and jumpers, plain coloured ones not ones with a pattern for £3 each

and they have been absolutely fine
Report Bamboo • January 24, 2010 5:38 PM GMT
^^thats if you like poor quality clothing
Report wur • January 24, 2010 5:38 PM GMT
Bamboo 24 Jan 18:28
£2 jumpers and dogfish from the chippy.You sound like a real catch


Rolex type talking there.
Report Bamboo • January 24, 2010 5:42 PM GMT
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Report Bamboo • January 24, 2010 5:45 PM GMT
i don`t do rolex watches but i do do cashmere jumpers,worth every penny if you ask me :-)
Report budvar • January 24, 2010 5:47 PM GMT
M&S are total sh1t. Same stuff as Primark just 4 times dearer.
Report wur • January 24, 2010 5:54 PM GMT
Make that 6 times dearer. Primark trousers £6, M&S £35, and the zips are more likely to go, I find.
Report Coachbuster • January 24, 2010 6:04 PM GMT
Wur .

M&S is full of bullsh*t ..if their stuff was any good they wouldnt need to keep advertising
Report Bamboo • January 24, 2010 6:07 PM GMT
At least a decent cashmere keeps you warm and feels nice
Report A.H HUNTER esq. • January 24, 2010 6:11 PM GMT
I got three ties £1.50 each from BHS machine washable ,shrewd ;) .
Report budvar • January 24, 2010 6:13 PM GMT
Cashmere is king...but have you seen the M&S 'cashmere'? You could sneeze though it.
Report armchair jockey wilson!! • January 24, 2010 10:56 PM GMT
the underpants are a winner in primark!........can you begin to imagine how embarrasing it is, when on every means form that i get, i have to dedicate £10 a week to underpants!......its not nice at all!
Report loftboy2000 • January 24, 2010 11:03 PM GMT
I've had a few things bought for me from there and the cut around the neck is just wrong.
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