I have just returned from the United States. The following is my superficial experience of shopping in the United States for more than ten days: the tour guide will definitely take you to the Chinese store. Generally, the things in Chinese stores are cheaper than those in American stores, because they accept cash and dare to evade taxes. Moreover, there are some things that American stores don't have, such as a whole branch of American ginseng, and foreigners' stores are all equipped with capsules. There is Viagra, which only Chinese people in Los Angeles dare to sell. It costs 24 yuan for a bottle of 3 capsules and 1MG. (This is a prescription, and a doctor's prescription costs 6 yuan, plus the pharmacy price is 375 yuan, which means that if you go to the hospital for a prescription, it costs 435 yuan for a bottle, so you can count it yourself.). But this thing can't be guaranteed to be true, hehe, because it is illegal. Strange, many people ask to bring this stuff now. (I went to five cities in the United States, and only Chinese people in Los Angeles dared to sell Viagra.) When I was old, I usually brought American ginseng to the United States, but because people in China bought it much more, the price was ridiculously expensive. It was better to buy Canadian ginseng cheaply and well, and the price difference with China was also large. So, what is a good deal to buy in America? Of course, the best thing is to buy a car, but you can't drive it back. To put it bluntly, forget it. According to my shopping for more than ten days, I feel that these are the most cost-effective: jeans: LEE, Levi's, WRANGLER, which are expensive in China. They are basically less than 4 RMB (made in Mexico, Vietnam, China, but not in the United States). When I went, I just got a discount. Lee was 18 yuan, Levi's was 23 yuan, and Wrangler was one. There are one or two big SHOPPING MALL on the way from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, where you can buy discounted jeans. Things are expensive in the shopping malls in the city center. T-shirts: POLO, TIMMI HI,,, whatever. The brand with the window in Hangzhou Building is also expensive. It costs about 2-3 yuan, but the sizes are very large. Generally, a man of 175 wears a medium size. Travel shoes: Reebok, NIKE. Generally, the style sold here is about 8 yuan, and the price is about 35 RMB when it is discounted there. When it is not discounted, the price is similar to that here, and it is also made in China. Reebok shoes are bought at the factory outlet on the way from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, which is the cheapest (the tour guide will definitely take you there, and they have a rebate, but they don't cut the commission according to the sales, so the price isn't killing pigs). There is a NIKE factory outlet in Las Vegas, which is the cheapest. However, it is difficult to master the size of shoes. According to my experience, if men wear women's shoes, they should buy two sizes, for example, if men wear shoes of size 4, and if they buy shoes with WOMAN written on the box (in fact, the styles and shapes of men and women are similar), they should buy shoes of size 26CM. If women wear women's shoes, it's a normal size. There are basically no shoes for men under size 4. Health care products: Americans basically live on health care products, one medicine before meals and one medicine after meals. In the past, people often took melatonin, which is actually melatonin. Of course, it is much better than the domestic effect. Others, such as Ganbao and Allicin, will take you to a Chinese shop anyway, and they will introduce them. These things are the cheapest in San Francisco, followed by Los Angeles. Another advantage of going to the Chinese shop is that I will post a Chinese manual for you, so as not to know what it is when I bring it back. When buying, it is best for several people to buy together, so you can bargain. But I don't think it's necessary to buy too much. It's also cheap to sell in China, and it's also very heavy (in the end, the bag is getting heavier and heavier, and I can't wait to throw away a few bottles). It's better to bring some back to honor the old people. After all, it was brought back by the United States. Cosmetics: If you can go to Hong Kong frequently, never buy cosmetics in the United States. Even American brands such as Clinique, Estee Lauder and Elizabeth Ya Dun are more expensive than those in Hong Kong. If you really want to buy it, it is cheaper to buy it in duty-free shopping malls at major airports, and don't even look at it in big shopping malls. Elizabeth Ya Dun is sold in Chinese shops. The essence of anti-time capsule eye cream is like 5 capsules for 35 dollars, and San Francisco is the cheapest. When I went, it was the New Year's discount season, and many big brands were on sale, so it was still cheap to look at them. COACH, PRADA and the messy bags and shoes were very low. But I still feel that Hong Kong is cheap. Not particularly fancy, buy buy is not interesting. There are also some brands, such as Swarovski, whose prices are almost 3% off here (airport duty-free shops don't offer discounts), but the styles are very new, which takes about 2 years longer than here. People who like them don't buy some imitations, but they are used to wearing them ~ You can go to its website to see what new styles are. Others, if they are made in the United States, are not easy to buy. 95% of them are made in China, but the same things are cheaper and of good quality than those sold in China. This is what I often can't figure out. In addition, there is no value-added tax in the United States. Generally, shopping in big shopping malls is subject to 8-1% consumption tax, but unlike Europe, it can be refunded at the airport. So don't calculate whether to refund the tax. Generally, people in China will refund the tax directly to you if they go to shopping MALL that are not big, which is actually a discount. In addition, duty-free goods are also sold on major international flights, and there is a book in front of the seat. Usually cosmetics, watches, chocolates and so on. However, the stock on each plane is very small, and it is good to have two or three bottles of cosmetics. If you want to buy it, you should start early, otherwise you will definitely not buy it when you meet Koreans (Dongdong in Korea is very expensive). The price varies from flight to flight, which is similar to the duty-free shops on the ground (Seoul Airport Duty-free Shop is the most expensive airport I have ever been to. My friend bought a Clinique moisturizing cream there for 59 yuan. It took less than half an hour to fly, but the plane only sold for 47 yuan, and he fainted. I bought all Clinique on the plane), and it's not bad to kill time by flying bored for a long time.