I was afraid with the price being so low that these would be cheap sox that would deteriorate after the first wash or wear.  My boyfriend plays a lot of softball, and basketball and goes through athletic socks like crazy, so instead of remembering to go to the store, I turned to Amazon to get them right away.  These turned out to be fabulous.  They're not too constricting around the ankle, but stay up on him just fine.  They're not the most cushy in the world of ankle socks, but the material has held up well after a summer of him belonging to 4 softball leagues and putting them through some serious wear and tear!  Not a single one has a hole and only one has some threads coming undone around the top of the ankle, but all in all, if we ever need to replace with another pack of these, I'm coming right back and buying these again!