What are the good Buys??????

[daveyoghurt]

I always make sure I bring back a bottle or six of Jack Daniels, the green label, single barrel, and other various limited edition bottles that are impossible to get over here. I always panic when approaching customs regarding what I've brought back and two minutes later, after walking through customs unmolested I'm always gutted that I didn't get more!

 

[carl_w]

I always make sure I bring back a bottle or six of Jack Daniels, the green label, single barrel, and other various limited edition bottles that are impossible to get over here.

On that note, Maker's Mark is well worth getting. It's £25 a bottle in Oddbins here, if you can find it!

 

[daveyoghurt]

Yeah, I saw Makers Mark over there as well, they do them in the big three litre bottles as well

 

[juliebro]

DKNY jeans at Belz Designer Outlet were absolute bargains for us - from $30 a pair!

Julie

 

[Richard Bruvofetc]

Furthermore, if you do end up with a US charger you'll find that the US plug bit plugs into a little figure-of-eight Telefunken socket on the charger. You just need a lead with that plug on the end -- it's the same as the one they use to power portable radios and laptops.

How would this overcome the voltage difference - US 120v UK 240v ?

Is there a switch on the transformer?

 

[carl_w]

The iPod itself probably runs on 3.3V or 5V, so there's a transformer in the plug bit. They just make one that copes with anything between 100 and 250V input, and have different plugs on the end. Most computer stuff is like this. Annoyingly, though, I have half a dozen Nokia chargers but only *one* copes with 100-250V input. Needless to say, when I got to Orlando I realized I had one of the others with me

 

[Shropshire Saint]

At Premium Outlets you can get silk ties from Armani, Burbery& Boss for about $40 which is about £22. They are all exellent quality & just a few pounds more than the Next or M&S equivalent.
Its also dependant on your size. My wife is a 'small', in Nike she got 3 very nice golf polo shirts for $25. I have since seen them in American Golf over here for £40 each.
Oh & lastly I always buy loads of packs of flossing sticks. They are about £2 in Boots. In WalMart I paid 59cts a pack.

 

[Tron[ADS]]

Back when I first went, in '96, it was bargains galore...pretty much everything was cheaper than over here....nowadays, with the advent of Internet shopping and cut-throat competition brought on by the power of the supermarkets, the bargains in Florida are tougher to find.

Definitely NOT cheaper now are Digital Camera's, Camcorders and Laptops.....all of which are near enough the same price now in the UK (more so digital cameras, which dont attract import duty). I wouldnt buy any of the above in the US now, not just because they arent any cheaper, but also from a warranty and ease of return should they develop a problem. (I read from time to time that walmart goods can be returned to asda, but ive yet to see anyone actualy do so, is this an urban myth ?).

Sportswear can be cheaper if you go to the right place (ie not Footlocker). The outlet shops for Adidas, Nike, Reebok are all pretty cheap, but then we have similar in the likes of Freeport in the Uk, and I would say the main advantage now is the ranges tend to be newer over there. I normaly don't buy stuff over here and buy a years worth when I go out.

Video game consoles are pretty much always cheaper over there and often released earlier than the UK, such as the Sony PSP. There can be regional issues though.