Friday, May 18, 2012

Guide to Buying and Shipping From Amazon to Singapore

http://parkablogs.com/content/guide-buying-and-shipping-amazon-singapore


Guide to Buying and Shipping From Amazon to Singapore

This guide is written for Singaporeans or those living in Singapore, and is last updated on 16 Feb 2012.

It should help you decide whether to buy from Amazon. I have bought items from all Amazon branches except from the China, Italy and Spain branches.

In this guide, Amazon US will be referred to as amazon.com, UK branch as amazon.co.uk etc.

For buying digital content like mp3, ebooks, etc, read Guide on buying Amazon Digital Content Outside of US.

1. Introduction

Why buy from Amazon?

1. Even after including shipping cost, some items are still cheaper than local prices. This is particularly true for books and video discs from Amazon US.

2. Their variety is amazingly huge.

3. Their customer service is excellent. They have great return and refund policies. You'll have to pay for return shipping charges though.

4. There is no GST if your package (including shipping cost) is under SGD$400. If you want to get SGD$600 worth of stuff, you should split them up into two orders, each under $400.

When is it not suitable to buy from Amazon?

1. If you need the item urgently. Shipping time varies. Shipment may get delayed at customs, post offices, etc.

2. They don't usually ship electronics to Singapore. Visit Amazon Global page to see products that ship globally.

If you do want electronics, you can use services like vPostComgateway or Borderlinx (Citibank card users only) who act as third party forwarder to ship your items to Singapore. Amazon.com surface shipping is free for certain dollar amount so you just have to pay for the forwarder's shipping charges. I once paid $25 to vPost to ship a software package, the size of 3 CD cases, which is very expensive. For Comgateway, it's US$23 to ship a Kindle and case.

3. Generally, the more expensive the item is in Singapore, the more you'll save from Amazon. When price differences are small, it's not worth the effort and you should support local retailers instead.

2. The different Amazon branches

I shall now talk specifically about each Amazon branch. The shipping charges listed below are all meant for shipments to Singapore.

(box) is a per shipment charge, (item) is per item. There can be many items in one box shipment.

Note that sometimes Amazon might ship your items in separate shipments (at their cost). Happens when your items come from different fulfillment centres.

Also listed are the sales tax, which is only applicable to their local residence. We don't have to pay their sales tax - item will be cheaper as a result. For example, if you're getting a book that cost $100 Euro from Amazon Germany (sales tax of 7%), you'll only need to pay $93 Euro. Shipping charges still remain the same.

Amazon.com (source)

Shipping charges and delivery times:

  • Standard Shipping 17-31 days
    Books - US4.99 (box) - US4.99 (item)
    Disc - US4.99 (box) - US3.99 (item)
  • Expedited Shipping 12-19 days
    Books - US13.99 (box) - US5.99 (item)
    Disc - US13.99 (box) - US3.99 (item)
  • Priority Shipping 3-7 days
    Books - US29.99 (box) - US5.99 (item)
    Disc - US29.99 (box) - US3.99 (item)

I've had rare occasions where boxes take two months to arrive.

Generally, the more expensive a book is in Singapore, the cheaper it is in USA. It depends on currency rates of course.

For bulky or heavy items, there's an additional surcharge of US8 (standard shipping) or US10 (expedited and priority shipping). Anything more than 5 pounds (2.26kg) is considered heavy.

Amazon.co.uk (source) - (Sales tax: 16% for electronics)

Shipping charges and delivery times:

  • Standard airmail 8-12 days
    Books - UK5.49 (box) - UK2.99 (item)
    Disc - UK2.09 (box) - UK1.49 (item)
  • Priority Express 2-4 days
    Books - UK20.99 (box) - UK1.59 (item)
    Disc - UK20.99 (box) - UK1.59 (item)

Sometimes books here are cheaper than on Amazon US. This price difference is due to exchange rates and sometimes the book distribution agreement. Their per item shipping charge is lower.

The delivery is about 10-14 days, from my experience with Standard airmail.

Amazon.ca (source)

Shipping charges and delivery times:

  • Standard 8-12 weeks
    Books - CA9.99 (box) - CA5.49 (item)
    Disc - CA4.99 (box) - CA2.49 (item)
  • Expedited 2-4 weeks
    Books - CA15.99 (box) - CA8.99 (item)
    Disc - CA9.99 (box) - CA3.99 (item)
  • Priority 3-7 days
    Books - CA19.99 (box) - CA9.99 (item)
    Disc - CA19.99 (box) - CA4.99 (item)

If you're not going for Priority shipping, the shipping time is very long. The per-item shipping charge is quite high.

Amazon.de (source) - (Sales tax: 7% for normal products, 16% for electronics)

Shipping charges and delivery times:

  • Standard 7-9 days
    Euro14 (box)
  • Express 2-12 days
    Euro40 (box)

There are no per item charges. This is the best place to do bulk purchases. However, items sold in Europe are relatively pricey. You might be able to find some electronics that can ship direct from Amazon Germany.

The delivery is about 2 weeks, from my experience with Standard shipping.

Amazon.fr (source) - (Sales tax: 5.5% for normal products, 16% for electronics)

Shipping charges and delivery times:

  • Standard 12-15 days
    Euro13 (box) - Euro1.90 (item)
  • Express 2-6 days
    Euro19 (box) - Euro1.85 (item)

Again, items in Europe are pricey. There are per item shipping charges in addition to the box charges.

Amazon.it (source)

Shipping charges and delivery times:

  • Standard 12-15 days
    Euro14 (box)
  • Express 2-6 days
    Euro20 (box)

There's no per-item charge so this is also the place for bulk purchases. Items from Amazon Italy are also quite pricey. I've not bought here so I can't comment on the shipping time.

Amazon.es (source)

Shipping charges and delivery times:

  • Standard 12-15 days
    Euro14 (box)
  • Express 12-15 days
    Euro20 (box)

There's no per-item charge so this is also the place for bulk purchases. Items from Amazon Spain are quite pricey. I've not bought here so I can't comment on the shipping time. The standard and express shipping times are the same but at different charges.

Amazon.co.jp (source) - (Sales tax: 5%)

Shipping charges and delivery times:

  • International Express 2-5 business days
    Books - 1900 yen (box) - 300 yen (item)
    Discs - 1400 yen (box) - 300 yen (item)

The only shipping option is International Express. The per shipment charge is expensive, but per item charge is relatively cheap.

Shipping is very fast. I've the shipping date confirmation on a Friday and it was here next Monday.

In general, the Japanese books in Kino are 20-30% more expensive than Amazon Japan (with per item charge but no per box added). Buying from Kino means you don't have to pay the hefty per shipment charge. Again, if you're buying a few books, Kino's price doesn't look very good already.

Amazon third party merchants

If Amazon doesn't ship the item you want overseas, try the Amazon third party merchants. Merchants who can ship overseas will indicate on their page with "international shipping available". Each merchant has their own shipping rates and time. Generally, their shipping is more expensive than Amazon.

There's no consolidation orders for different items even if bought from the same merchant. E.g. If you buy a book and a DVD from a merchant, it will be shipped out in two boxes, and hence there will be two per-box charges.

3. Examples on calculating shipping charges

I shall use Amazon US shipping rates, the Standard Shipping, for these examples. Price of the items are not included.

For an order of 1 book:
US4.99 (box) + US4.99 (item)

2 books:
US4.99 (box) + (2 x US4.99) (item)

2 discs:
US4.99 (box) + (2 x US3.99) (item)

1 book, 1 disc:
US4.99 (box) + US4.99 (book) + US3.99 (disc)

The box charge, or per shipment charge, is always there.

By the way...

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Saturday, May 12, 2012

Remove unwanted empty lines

Use either of the following commands to delete all empty lines:

  :g/^$/d  :v/./d  

If you want to delete all lines that are empty or that contain only whitespace characters (spaces, tabs), use either of:

  :g/^\s*$/d  :v/\S/d  

In the second command, v operates on lines that do not match, and \S matches anything that is not a whitespace, and d deletes the flagged lines (all lines that have no characters, or that have only whitespace characters).

You may want to condense multiple blank lines into a single blank line. The following will delete all trailing whitespace from each line, then replace three or more consecutive line endings with two line endings (a single blank line):

  :%s/\s\+$//e  :%s/\n\{3,}/\r\r/e  

The e substitute flag means that no error is displayed if the pattern is not found. In the second command, \n in the search pattern finds newline, while \r in the replacement inserts a newline.

Friday, April 06, 2012

Documents Required to Register a Birth

http://www.mummysg.com/forums/f34/birth-registration-documents-required-register-birth-83332/ 
Documents Required to Register a Birth 



Parents/Informants are required to produce the following documents to the Registration Officer when registering births: 

  • Notification of Live Birth (BD 50) issued by a doctor or midwife.
  • Original identity cards of both parents. (Parents who are non-Singaporeans are required to produce their foreign IC/Passport, entry permit and embarkation/disembarkation cards issued by the Singapore Immigration and Registration Department.)
  • The parent's original marriage certificate.
  • A letter of authorisation from the parents of the child, if registration is done by another person other than the parents.



Ethnic Characters of Child's Name 


Parents are requested to choose their child's name carefully and have it ready at the time of the registration. Ethnic characters of the child's name in Chinese, Jawi or Tamil can be included in the child's birth certificate. This is optional but parents/informants must ensure the accuracy of the ethnic characters furnished. 

Parents/Informants of births will have to write the ethnic characters in the birth certificate himself or herself. If they are unable to do so, they will have to bring someone to write it on their behalf. 



Surname of Child 

Any surname of the child to be entered in respect of the registration of the child's birth shall be that of the child's father. In cases where the child is illegitimate and the father is not an informant of the birth, the surname, if any, shall be that of the child's mother. 



Amendments to Birth Certificates 

Parents/Informants are advised to check all particulars entered in the Birth Certificate before signing the document, and before it is laminated. Any changes or amendments to a birth certificate after it has been laminated will have to be made at the RBD located at the Singapore Immigration & Registration (SIR) Building, 10 Kallang Road.

Friday, March 30, 2012

Linux find the memory used by a program / process using pmap command

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-find-memory-used-by-program.html 

Linux find the memory used by a program / process using pmap command

by VIVEK GITE on NOVEMBER 20, 2007 · 18 COMMENTS

You can find the memory used by a program (process) by looking into /proc directory or using standard command such as ps or top. However, you must calculate all memory usage by hand i.e. add Shared Memory + mapped file + total virtual memory size of the process + Resident Set Size + non-swapped physical memory used by process.

So how do you find the memory used by a process or program under Linux? Use a tool called pmap. It reports the memory map of a process or processes.

pmap examples

To display process mappings, type
$ pmap pid
$ pmap 3724

Output:

 3724:   /usr/sbin/lighttpd -f /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf 0000000000400000    164K r-x--  /usr/sbin/lighttpd 0000000000629000     12K rw---  /usr/sbin/lighttpd 000000000bb6b000   4240K rw---    [ anon ] 00000035ee600000    104K r-x--  /lib64/ld-2.5.so 00000035ee819000      4K r----  /lib64/ld-2.5.so 00000035ee81a000      4K rw---  /lib64/ld-2.5.so 00000035eea00000   1304K r-x--  /lib64/libc-2.5.so 00000035eeb46000   2048K -----  /lib64/libc-2.5.so 00000035eed46000     16K r----  /lib64/libc-2.5.so 00000035eed4a000      4K rw---  /lib64/libc-2.5.so 00000035eed4b000     20K rw---    [ anon ] 00000035eee00000      8K r-x--  /lib64/libdl-2.5.so 00000035eee02000   2048K -----  /lib64/libdl-2.5.so ..... .... 00002aaaac51e000      4K r----  /lib64/libnss_files-2.5.so 00002aaaac51f000      4K rw---  /lib64/libnss_files-2.5.so 00007fff7143b000     84K rw---    [ stack ] ffffffffff600000   8192K -----    [ anon ]  total            75180K

The -x option can be used to provide information about the memory allocation and mapping types per mapping. The amount of resident, non-shared anonymous, and locked memory is shown for each mapping:
pmap -x 3526
Output:

 3526:   -bash Address           Kbytes     RSS    Anon  Locked Mode   Mapping 0000000000400000     700       -       -       - r-x--  bash 00000000006ae000      40       -       -       - rw---  bash 00000000006b8000      20       -       -       - rw---    [ anon ] 00000000008b7000      32       -       -       - rw---  bash 00000000098de000     536       -       -       - rw---    [ anon ] 00000035ee600000     104       -       -       - r-x--  ld-2.5.so 00000035ee819000       4       -       -       - r----  ld-2.5.so 00000035ee81a000       4       -       -       - rw---  ld-2.5.so 00000035eea00000    1304       -       -       - r-x--  libc-2.5.so 00000035eeb46000    2048       -       -       - -----  libc-2.5.so 00000035eed46000      16       -       -       - r----  libc-2.5.so 00000035eed4a000       4       -       -       - rw---  libc-2.5.so 00000035eed4b000      20       -       -       - rw---    [ anon ] 00000035eee00000       8       -       -       - r-x--  libdl-2.5.so 00000035eee02000    2048       -       -       - -----  libdl-2.5.so 00000035ef002000       4       -       -       - r----  libdl-2.5.so 00000035ef003000       4       -       -       - rw---  libdl-2.5.so 00000035ef600000      12       -       -       - r-x--  libtermcap.so.2.0.8 00000035ef603000    2044       -       -       - -----  libtermcap.so.2.0.8 00000035ef802000       4       -       -       - rw---  libtermcap.so.2.0.8 00002aaaaaaab000       4       -       -       - rw---    [ anon ] 00002aaaaaaba000      12       -       -       - rw---    [ anon ] 00002aaaaaabd000      40       -       -       - r-x--  libnss_files-2.5.so 00002aaaaaac7000    2044       -       -       - -----  libnss_files-2.5.so 00002aaaaacc6000       4       -       -       - r----  libnss_files-2.5.so 00002aaaaacc7000       4       -       -       - rw---  libnss_files-2.5.so 00002aaaaacc8000   55112       -       -       - r----  locale-archive 00002aaaae29a000      28       -       -       - r--s-  gconv-modules.cache 00002aaaae2a1000       8       -       -       - rw---    [ anon ] 00007fff9bff4000      92       -       -       - rw---    [ stack ] ffffffffff600000    8192       -       -       - -----    [ anon ] ----------------  ------  ------  ------  ------ total kB           74496       -       -       -

Good way to release product to customer.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2264565/debugging-in-linux-using-core-dumps

It sounds like there are other differences between your release and debug build then simply the absence/presence of the -g flag. Assuming that's the case, there is nothing you can do right now, but you can adjust your build to handle this better:

Here's what we do at my place of work.

  1. Include the -g flag when building the release version.
  2. Archive that version.
  3. run strip --strip-unneeded on the binary before shipping it to customers.

Now, when we get a crash we can use the archived version with symbols to do debugging.

One thing to note is that if your release version includes optimization, debugging may be difficult even with symbols. For example, the optimizer can reorder your code so even though the debugger will say you crashed on line N, you can't assume that the code actually executed line N-1.

Thursday, March 01, 2012

compare binary files

cmp -l file1.bin file2.bin | awk '{printf "%08X %02X %02X\n", $1, strtonum(0$2), strtonum(0$3)}'

gvim -d <(xxd -c 1 ~/file1.bin | awk '{print $2, $3}') <(xxd -c 1 ~/file2.bin | awk '{print $2, $3}')

Friday, February 24, 2012

UBIFS

http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/doc/ubi.html

** need to pay attention to kernel version and utiltools version.


mtd-utils# mkfs.ubifs/mkfs.ubifs -r filesystem/ -F -o ubifs.img -m 2048 -e 126976 -c 1580


  • Create ubinize.cfg file and write the contents into it
mtd-utils# vi ubinize.cfg
  [ubifs]                <== Section header
  mode=ubi              <== Volume mode (other option is static)
  image=ubifs.img       <== Source image
  vol_id=0              <== Volume ID in UBI image
  vol_size=192MiB       <== Volume size
  vol_type=dynamic      <== Allow for dynamic resize
  vol_name=rootfs       <== Volume name
  vol_flags=autoresize  <== Autoresize volume at first mount
mtd-utils# ubi-utils/ubinize -o ubi.img -m 2048 -p 128KiB -s 512 -O 2048 ubinize.cfg






Symbol
MeaningValue for XO test case
SPPEB Size128KiB
SLLEB Size128KiB - 2 * 2KiB = 124 KiB
PTotal number of PEBs on the MTD device200MiB / 128KiB = 1600
BNumber of PEBs reserved for bad PEB handling1% of P = 16
OThe overhead related to storing EC and VID headers in bytes, i.e. O = SP - SL4KiB

Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Create and boot RAMDISK




The process I am using to build the ramdisk image:

  mkdir -p ramdisk
dd if=/dev/zero of=ramdisk_file bs=40M count=1
mkfs.ext2 ramdisk_file
sudo mount -o loop ramdisk_file ramdisk
sudo tar -xvzf ramfs.tar.gz -C ramdisk
sudo umount ramdisk
gzip ramdisk_file





uboot:
U-Boot# setenv bootargs console=ttyO0,115200n8 mem=256M earlyprintk root=/dev/ram0 rw initrd=0x82000000,40MB


jffs2:

mkfs.jffs2 -lqnp –e 128 -r target -o /tftpboot/rd-jffs2.bin

Saturday, January 07, 2012

海淘网站



一、服装类
男装女装童装综合类
http://www.amazon.com/ 万能的亚马逊涵盖需要的N多商品
http://www.endless.com/ 宝宝鞋、男女名牌鞋、手袋、首饰、手表等
http://www.bluefly.com/ 中等偏高档和高档的品牌时尚类都有
http://www.cabelas.com/ 外出狩猎钓鱼户外类的服装商品
http://www.anntaylorloft.com 品牌简约职业类女装价格适中
http://www.ae.com 时尚青年男女休闲装
http://www.gap.com/ 休闲运动装男士女士童装,国内有专柜
http://www.oldnavy.com Gap Inc集团旗下品牌之一,平民价格,有童装质量不错
http://www.drjays.com/ 嘻哈类街头艺术风格服装
http://www.victoriassecret.com/ 维多利亚秘密女装
http://shop.nordstrom.com/ 中高档女装男装童装综合网站
http://www.saksfifthavenue.com 美国奢侈品连锁店的官网
http://shop.pacsun.com/home.jsp 年轻人的牌子休闲为主,价格很便宜
http://www.abercrombie.com 现在很火的牌子AF,不过订单取消率很高基本需要代购
http://www.ralphlauren.com 国内算比较火的牌子,不过购买成功率也不高



童装类
http://www.disneystore.com 迪士尼也有宝宝衣,价格也可以
http://www.gymboree.com/ ****麻麻们都知道吧,打折时很白菜
http://www.carters.com/ 卡特官网宝宝衣服很全
http://www.gap.com/ 童装比国内有专柜全,特价时很划算
http://www.oldnavy.com Gap Inc集团旗下品牌之一,有童装,而且质量不错



二、母婴综合类
http://www.drugstore.com 母婴类都包括食品日用品衣服类综合网站
http://www.diapers.com/ 母婴类都包括食品日用品综合网站
https://www.babymallonline.com/ 童装婴幼儿专业网站
http://www.babysgotstyle.com. 母婴类都包括食品日用品综合网站



三、化妆品
http://www.drugstore.com 支持直运的保健药CNN品护肤品网站(直运很贵)
http://www.beauty.com 彩妆护肤类drugstore下属网站
http://www.folica.com/ 头发护理类用品
http://www.drugstore.com 支持直运的保健药CNN品护肤品网站(直运很贵)
http://www.beauty.com 彩妆护肤类drugstore下属网站(价格很白菜)
http://www.folica.com/ 头发护理类用品
http://www.skinstore.com 以护肤为主,涵盖大部分中档护肤品牌
http://shop.elizabetharden.com 伊丽莎白雅顿****站
http://www.esteelauder.com/ 雅诗兰黛官网(网上有使用攻略,初次购买送N多小样)
http://www.benefitcosmetics.com/ 贝玲妃美国官网(国内现在比较火的牌子)



四、食品保健品
http://www.iherb.com/ 海淘保健品首选网站,支持直邮支持中文,首次购买凭优惠码BOZ435减5美元
http://www.drugstore.com 常年有折扣
http://www.amazon.com/ 可以买到大部分国内熟知的国外牌子
http://www.boots.com/ 保健类男士女士护肤网站
http://www.vitaminlife.com 维他命生活保健品网站
http://www.vitacost.com 保健品类婴幼儿用品类,新人注册优惠减10美元,满49美元免国内运费,直邮中国3磅以内运费6.99美元(需要的短我,我来refer)。

http://www.eastbay.com 运动员常用的保健品(支持美国paypal支付)



五、箱包饰品鞋类
http://www.uggaustralia.com/index.aspx 这个不用多说了UGG
http://www.6pm.com/ 折扣时候可以拿到白菜价的鞋子和包,现在需要翻墙才能上了
http://www.footsmart.com/ 这里可以买到舒适的鞋子
http://www.shoes.com/ 中档常见的品牌鞋子都可以在找到
http://www.designershoes.com/ 女鞋专卖,各种款式的都可以找到
http://www.irvsluggage.com/ 外出旅行时候用的箱包这里很全
http://www.target.com 他家的包不时髦但很实惠
http://www.zappos.com/ 中高档包包可以看看这里

六、电器电子类商品
http://www.tigerdirect.com/ 很正规的数码电器电视购买网站(不知道是否支持国际卡)
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/ 专业摄影摄像器材网(很多专业设备哦)
http://www.ecost.com/ 电玩电器类(可以买到wii之类的娱乐设备)
http://www.jr.com/ 可以买到MP3之类的常用电器
http://www.amazon.com 万能亚马逊,几乎可以买到任何常用的DD



七、综合型购物商场
http://www.amazon.com 很全的亚马逊
http://www.saksfifthavenue.com/ 很潮流奢侈的saks
http://www.zappos.com/ 常见品牌差不多都有
http://shop.nordstrom.com 偏高档些的衣服包彩妆综合网站
http://www.buy.com/ 品种也挺全的



八、免税网站
http://www.amazon.com 很全的亚马逊也还是没有税
http://www.shopbop.com/ 时髦男女装还有箱包鞋子之类
http://www.zappos.com/ 免税免运费
http://www.backcountry.com/ 可以买到户外用品,也是没有税滴
http://www.buy.com/
http://www.newegg.com/ 新蛋的DD也是免税滴,不过不知道是否支持国际卡


九、常用工具
1、比价网 http://www.thefind.com/
2、优惠券网 www.clevermoms.com
3、亚马逊商品历史价格网 http://camelcamelcamel.com 接输入商品名称,就有价格图了
4、Amazon亚马逊网购省钱功略 http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_62be10b30100ykhb.html
5、在线翻译及翻译工具 http://skycn.com/soft/48168.html 谷歌浏览器带自动翻译功能
http://translate.google.cn/?hl=zh-CN&tab=wT# 谷歌在线翻译
http://fanyi.youdao.com/web2/ 有道网页翻译
6、在线的重量转换器 http://www.zhuanhuanqi.com/danwei/ZhongLiang.html
7、衣服鞋码对照表 http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_62be10b30100yihw.html
http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_62be10b30100yihm.html
8、购物必备词霸翻译 http://www.iciba.com/ 不懂的赶紧查
9、尺寸转换表 http://www.americanapparel.net/sizing/default.asp 所有英寸乘以2.54就是厘米尺码咯(根据品牌衣服设计区别,尺码稍微有偏差,实际需要看网站具体提供尺寸)
10、最实用的商品反馈网:http://www.bizrate.com 所有需要购买的商品都可以看到使用者的投票,对此商品的评价,还可以通过这个网站找到你需要购买的商品的网站。

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可以用国内信用卡的网站:

UGG官网 http://www.uggaustralia.com
Tiffany官网 http://www.tiffany.com
Benefit官网 http://www.benefitcosmetics.com
Kiehl's 官网 http://www.kiehls.com
Clarins官网 http://www.clarins.com (娇韵诗中国网站比较变态,输入http://www.clarins.com,直接给转到http://cn.clarins.com,建议用代理上娇韵诗全球网站)
Chantecaille官网 http://www.chantecaille.com(中行的长城国际卡可以,招行可以)
C&E官网 http://www.crabtree-evelyn.com(招行可以)
Estee lauder官网 www.esteelauder.com (中信、广发银行可以,招行、交行不可)
Nordstrom http://shop.nordstrom.com (民生建行招行)
LANCOME官网 http://www.lancome-usa.com(招行、建行可以,其他不详)
THE BODY SHOP官网 http://www.thebodyshop-usa.com(招行可以,其他不详)
Urbandecay官网 http://www.urbandecay.com (中行长城国际卡可以,民生不可以,其他不详)
L'occitane官网 http://www.loccitane.com (工行运通,兴业,民生)
Drugstore官网 http://www.drugstore.combeauty.com
Skinstore官网 http://www.skinstore.com
NARS官网 http://www.narscosmetics.com
SKINCARERX官网 http://skincarerx.com
Saks第五大道 http://www.saksfifthavenue.com
Jurlique官网 http://www.jurlique.com
American eagle官网 http://www.ae.com
Hollister官网 http://www.hollisterco.com
Philosophy官网 http://www.philosophy.com
Swarovski官网 http://www.swarovski.com
AF官网 http://www.abercrombie.com
Victoria's Secret官网http://www.victoriassecret.com
Giorgio Armani官网 http://www.giorgioarmani.com
6pm官网(需翻墙) http://www.6pm.com
kohl's官网 http://www.kohls.com
Perricone MD裴礼康官网 http://www.perriconemd.com
Nautica官网 http://www.nautica.com
Smartbargains官网 http://www.smartbargains.com
Spalook官网 http://www.spalook.com
Smashbox官网http://www.smashbox.com (招行可以,其他不详)
GAP官网 http://www.gap.com (招行可以,其他不详)Old Navy, Banana Republic等可以一起下单
Aeropostale官网 http://www.aeropostale.com(招行可以,其他不详)
Gymboree官网 http://www.gymboree.com (招行可以,其他不详)
Bliss官网 http://www.blissworld.com (招行可以,其他不详)
Crocs官网 http://www.crocs.com (招行可以,其他不详)


不能用国内卡的:

Macy's
Clinique(建行有时候可以)
Elizabeth Arden
Gilt
Origins
Bobbibrown
Sephora
CVS
Levis
GNC(可以在Drugstore买)
Kate Spade
Guess
Walgreens(建行不行)


转一些国外的购物网站给大家,希望有帮助。
1. 高价位
www.saksfifthavenue.com
纽约第五大道汇集顶尖品牌,其余我就不用说什么了吧!
www.eluxury.com
DIOR,LV,DKNY,John Galliano, Marc Jacobs, La Perla, Versace,by Terry, Baccarat。 Hugo Boss,Fendi,Celine,Louis Vuitton等品牌的网上专营店,可以第一时间找到新品!你可以在eLUXUR上找到最热销的、最潮流的以及市场上难以找到的男士、女士高尚用品。
www.net-a-porter.com
集合欧洲的许多顶尖品牌,想找一些欧洲品牌的高档服饰可来这里挑选。
www.gloss.com
Bobbi Brown, Chanel, Clarins, Clinique, Estee Lauder,Jo Malone, La Mer, MAC, origins, Prescriptives, Rodan+Fields, Stila。无论是想了解这些品牌,还是想买这些品牌,都一定要去看看。
www.raffaello-network.com/raffties/
品牌比较全,世界一线品牌服饰聚集地。
www.forzieri.com/usa/?l=usa&c=usa&iwsid=
东西精致,绝对有品,偏重意大利制造的商品。

2. 中高价位
适合都市白领男女的网站,休闲的,正式的,参加PARTY的都有:
www.jcrew.com
www.bananarepublic.com
www.nordstrom.com
www.macys.com

3. 较低价位
www.victoriassecret.com
世界顶级内衣品牌,热辣惹火,兼做服装和化妆品,国内没有指定销售的!
www.polo.com
以男装服饰著称,女士和儿童的也不错。
www.forever21.com
www.delias.com
www.ae.com
www.abercrombie.com
www.gap.com
www.guess.com
www.xoxo.com年轻一族,青春派品牌类专营网店
嘻哈
www.hottopic.com
www.hiphopville.us
www.shopecko.com/
www.rocawear.com
4. 打折
www.bluefly.com(秋季新品也打折)
www.smartbargains.com四季打折,一打再打,绝对够便宜!
5. 综合类:综合网站里也兼售各大品牌的服装,而且价格也不错哦!
www.amazon.com
www.yoox.com
www.overstock.com
www.dillards.com

6.电子IT类
www.circuitcity.com
这可是一个有50年以上历史的电子城了,SamuelWurtzel 在1949年在1949年开了第一家电视机销售商店。一直到现在,虽然店名换了,但是,它为客户提供最新电子技术的目标一直都没有换。“我们的技术能让你 享受简单的生活。无论你来看看,还是买我们的产品,我们都和你在一起。”这是他们的服务,你不想去看看么?
www.radioshack.com
这是个美国最知名的无线通讯、电子部件、电池、配件以及数码技术的供应商。 “我们有问必答”,这是Radioshack的服务承诺。它在全美国6874个连锁商店,估计有94%的美国人居住或者工作在离RadioShack连锁 商店五分钟路程之内。这么大的商店,赶快去看看吧!
www.buydig.comm
这是个有不少联盟的影像技术商店,主要销售关于影像方面的产品,包括数码相机、普通相机、打印机、PDA、电视望远镜和录像机等等在内的各种影像产品。其中最有意思的,恐怕是各种的数码相机和望远镜了。品牌和样子都是超酷。喜欢影像技术的你,可千万别错过了!
www.ecost.com
“给你世界级的服务!”这Ecost公司的口号。这是个相当大的电子产品销售商店,有各种品牌的计算机产品、软件、数码、网络和视频产品,丰富多彩。同时,商品的价格也比较合理。选购电子产品,请来看看!
www.pcmall.com
PC Mall Sale 有限公司是一个专营PC和Mac品牌产品的计算机配件公司,销售对象包括了商务、政府教育机构以及独立的消费者。在这个网站上,有超过10万不同的产品, 来自于Compaq, Microsoft, Apple, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Toshiba, Cisco等各大品牌。只有你想不到的,没有你找不到的。技术Fans,来看看,你需要的这里一定有!

7.零售百货
www.sharperimage.com
这是一个国际知名的专业网络零售商,主要销售市场上最新的,高质量的商品。这里的许多产品都是他们自己的开拓小作--Sharp Image Design--所设计的。Sharpimage在美国有超过180个商店,每年发行超过9千万月度目录。让你的生活过得更好更舒适。是他们的目标。来看 看,让你的生活更好更舒适!
http://shopping.discovery.com
就是世界知名的Discovery 的销售网站。这是一个很有意思的网站,象它的网名一样,去一趟,就会有发现。你可以发现许多日常用的,但是不常见的东西:包括DVD、书、玩具、衣服、家 用的、办公室用的、野外用的,都挺全的。首页的商品图片,就很吸引人。那里有可以预报天气的钟,超酷的天文望远镜,有着奇怪标志的T-Shirt,可以旋 转屏幕的DVD播放机,最薄的数码相机,和好玩的炫彩遥控玩具。这么新潮的网站,不去看一看?
www.amazon.com
不知还有什么好说的,亚马逊就是亚马逊。世界最大的网络超市之一,无数的商品每天在上面流通。几乎没有什么是你找不到的。价格,也是极其有竞争力的。还是没什么可说的,去看看就是了。
www.overstock.com
Overstock.com 是一个走在国际前端的名牌经销商,经销各类珠宝、电器、家用、影音等各类商品,种类齐全,但是它的价格却是很透明的,并且常有打折产品。这是因为它和许多 名牌产品都是合作伙伴的关系。你可以找到各种各样你喜欢的名牌,所有的产品,都有全面的技术和服务保证。买放心世界名牌,来这里就对了!
www.smartbargains.com
名牌也疯狂!Bargain并不只意味着便宜货,在这里,名牌也便宜。smartbargain可以提供最高达到70%的折扣。Smartbargain 提 供各类的衣服、珠宝、电器、家用商品等等,公司从2000年成立,已经有140万的客户曾在这里买过商品。在这里,享受名牌质量和便宜价格双重享受。犹豫 什么,快来看看吧!

8.影音制品
www.deepdiscountdvd.com
DeepDiscountDVD 是一个致力于提供低价高享受DVD的在线商店。这个网站可以通过简单的操作,买到或者搜索到各种格样的正版DVD。价格便宜,但丝毫不影响产品质量和服务质量。如果是个支持正版,有高品味,享受高质量生活的人,那么来看看吧。

9.美容时尚
www.sephora.com
Sephora 是一个欧洲的引导美容商品潮流的连锁店。现在,在美国也开了sephora连锁店和网上商城。主要经营各种品牌的美容、化妆等产品。不仅女性,男性产品也 有不少。许多品牌,是真正原产于世界化妆品之都法国。在这个商场,魅力与品味集于一体。而且,网站的索引比较方便,可以比较轻松地找到你想要的商品。爱美 是人的天性,去看看吧!

10.女性用品
www.victoriasecret.com
维多利亚的秘密,多神秘的名字。它是个在美国相当大的女性用品商店,有自己的期刊。店内包括内衣、泳装、睡衣、香水等等,是个专门诱惑有品味的女性大商场。不用说那些具体的商品,单是广告照片,看了就让人美不胜收。诱惑你的眼,诱惑你的心,快去看看吧!
www.fredericks.com
这也是个相当大的女性用品商店。店内包括各种服饰、精美的鞋、性感内衣、香水、礼物套装等等,是个有品味的大商场。想给自己买点快乐吗,可以去看看!
www.ashford.com
这可是个大礼品商城。拥有超过400个品牌的15000件产品。包括了手表、珠宝、手袋、家用、眼镜、香水、装饰等等。商品可以按价格寻找,也可以按品牌寻找。要给家人、朋友或者心爱的人挑选礼物,可别忘记了ashford。

10.女性用品
www.victoriasecret.com
维多利亚的秘密,多神秘的名字。它是个在美国相当大的女性用品商店,有自己的期刊。店内包括内衣、泳装、睡衣、香水等等,是个专门诱惑有品味的女性大商场。不用说那些具体的商品,单是广告照片,看了就让人美不胜收。诱惑你的眼,诱惑你的心,快去看看吧!
www.fredericks.com
这也是个相当大的女性用品商店。店内包括各种服饰、精美的鞋、性感内衣、香水、礼物套装等等,是个有品味的大商场。想给自己买点快乐吗,可以去看看!
www.ashford.com
这可是个大礼品商城。拥有超过400个品牌的15000件产品。包括了手表、珠宝、手袋、家用、眼镜、香水、装饰等等。商品可以按价格寻找,也可以按品牌寻找。要给家人、朋友或者心爱的人挑选礼物,可别忘记了ashford。
11.牛仔裤
Levi's官方店:http://www.levisstore.com/home/index.jsp
另外 LEE Levi's 两个牌子的牛仔裤以下两个网站里都有出售:
www.jcpenney.com
www.kohls.com
想买diesel牛仔裤到以下网站:http://www.bluefly.com

美国购物网站信息

可用国内卡的网站
直运(不收US消费税)or转运(收取US消费税)
帐单地址等其他信息

www.drugstore.com
转运。走其他州都不要税,就是NY要税
帐 单地址写转运美国处的地址。每个月第一周是GNC金卡周(8折), 其他时间不能用;每个月第三周都有GNC 7折, 当然这个核算拉;金卡一年有效,且只有小蜜蜂和GNC的产品打折。双休日DRUGSTORE服务特别慢。买drugstore走mrrebates, 有10%。无法用中国PAYPAL 。结账时勿点小广告。

http://www.gymboree.com/
可USPS直运,一般从HK转、无关税;若转运走NY,150刀以下0消费税
东西重量不高的话, 就转运;否则就直运

http://www.janieandjack.com/
可USPS直运,运费是按照购买金额来结算

oldnavy
帐单地址写转运美国处的地址

http://www.feelunique.com
直运

www.6pm.com
转运,走LAX、0消费税
用国外信用卡买东西, 返利都是0,等30天后继续在MRREBATES里申请, 就可以拿到
现在需要翻墙才能上了

www.gap.com
转运,走NY免税
帐单地址写转运美国处的地址

LESPORTSAC
转运
帐单地址写转运美国处的地址

* 还可以在KARMALOOP上买, 记得用PAYPAL付款
Tommy Hifilger
可直运。

Nautica
转运


NORDSTROM
转运
CLINIQUE,EL建议去NORDSTROM,现在送很多套装,但是下一单只能送一套。赠品常分开发货。可买UGG。帐单地址写转运美国处的地址。

KIEHLS
转运。走ORG免税。
帐单地址可以写国内的就写国内,否则就写转运美国处的地址

AMAZON
转运,除非个人商家可以直运。最会分开发货了, 更适合走AAE。
很多个人商家,东西便宜但不建议去那里买东西, 假货也多, 买化妆品过期货也多。一定要买就找AMAZON自己买。

http://www.saksfifthavenue.com
转运
帐单地址一定要写中国真实地址
招行卡容易被拒绝, 建行, 浦发的可以

http://www.shopbop.com/
可USPS直运。购物满100刀可免费USPS直运至中国。
如果金额高, 他们会要你把信用卡COPY给他们看地, 还有身份证。
可以走****站哦~有6%呢

feelunique
可直运并免全部运费
英国化妆品综合类网站.
买任何东西都可以免费送到中国
一 般接受国际运的网站, 信用卡信息, 帐单地址填写正确, 都可以顺利购买成功的~~当然其他论坛有几个JMS已经买过了, 顺利收到, 没有被扣税等问题~~~通过和那里客服的联系,了解到如果你在中国这里被海关查到缴了税,只要纳税的复印件,发给客服,他们将全额返还税金的(他们是这么 说的.)

http://www.revolveclothing.com/
可USPS直运。购物满100刀可免费USPS直运至中国。
JUICY COUTURE, 还有DIESEL, ED HARDY, D&G, MCQ by Alexander Mcqueen, Paul & Joe, 还有很多人喜欢的Dogeared项链, Y-3等等, 大牌小牌都有。
而且最最关键第一次注册的新用户, 第一次购买可以7折优惠(但不是所有品牌). 所以建议大家第一次买的时候算好, 折后超过100刀, 免得7折给你了, 但是少于100刀问你收邮费的钱

http://www.rewind-rewind.com
revolveclothing.com公司又开了一个网站, 专门outlet, 折扣满大,

http://www.forwardforward.com/
可USPS直运。购物满100刀可免费USPS直运至中国。
其实和revolveclothing是一家公司的. 不过这个定位更高, 价格更贵. 都是集合了设计师的作品, 比如今年暴火的Alexander WANG, 继VERA WANG之后又一位姓王的设计师

benefit
可USPS直运。现在购物满85刀后, 使用CODE, 就可以免费送到中国, 具体CODE是什么, 请看首页上方的提示
通过EBATES走, 可以有3%返还

www.essentialdayspa.com/
可直运。常年的200CAD免运费直送到中国
他们家是按CAD结算的。

http://www.asos.com/Beauty/
可直运。
可以在网上查它家的PROMO CODE,经常有折扣,就是品牌少了点。它家是英国的,可以直接选美金报价,会发现有个别东西要比美国价钱低。

http://www.asos.com/
可直运。现在国际普通运费一律10.5镑, 10-11天收到; 国际速递运费20磅, 4-7天收到~
因为是走英国皇家邮政, 属于民用包裹, 很安全哦~~
也是英国的购物网站~~潮牌多, 男人女人小孩都有~~~
因为是英国网站, 所以买英国和欧洲的牌子就相对便宜, 千万不要在ASOS上买美国牌子

http://www.skinstore.com/
可USPS直运,到中国的运费为14.95刀
活动超级多, 买之前先去EBATES或MRREBATES上查查活动CODE

American Apparel

https://www.brooksbrothers.com/
可直运,但国际运费很高,最好从美国转运。走OR州免税
这个牌子的男式正装(dress shirt,polo,sweater等)用料精良,品质非常出色,值得推荐

http://www.moccasinhouse.com/
转运

UGG官网
转运
有4.5%返还。也可NORDSTROM、SHOPBOP、6PM.COM

SHOES.COM
转运
帐单地址一定要写中国真实地址

shoebuy
可UPS直运,10%关税
其中state的选择没有china的,最近就是hongkong,选HONGKONG后, 再打电话去更新为CHINA。首次购物有10%折扣。Shoebuy的流苏靴不卖给中国人, 你买了也是定单取消的后果。

www.BLUEFLY.com
帐单地址可以选中国就写真实的, 不能选就写转运美国处的地址

NINE WEST
电话订购:就是先下单~~再马上打电话, 把帐单号告诉他们~~

http://www.karmaloop.com/
走MRREBATES有6%返还, (买大嘴猴的好去处, 折扣很多, 各种街头品牌。
帐单地址国家选HK, 地址写国内的地址
但是可能会发MAIL来提示要更新一下信用卡信息, 然后这时候就可以选国家为PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA了. 还会被要求需要身份验证, 如果有PAYPAL, 也可以PAYPAL付款. 更加安全可靠

http://www.quinessence.com/
买任何产品都可以免费送往中国
英国网站, 是卖精油产品的

http://www.swansonvitamins.com/
可直运。不过运费为$4.99 + actual freight。 走Fedex, 最好不要超过50刀, 怕被收税
美国保健品专卖, 牌子哈多.

http://www.florihana.com/en/

zappos
转运

JCREW
转运

LANCOME
可直运。

tiffany

Victoria's Secret
转运, 否则UPS的税太厉害了. 运到AAE NY州免税
CODE看这里http://www.retailmenot.com/view/victoriassecret.com

COACH官网
只能传真订购, 转运。
或在NORDSTROM上买

MOCCASINHOUSE
可直运。
流苏靴,买7双最核算。
帐单地址一定要写真实的地址

SHOEBUY的流苏不卖给中国人, 你买了也是定单取消的后果

Clarins

puritan's pride

LEVIS
转运
一条牛仔裤邮费最多2磅差不多了


不接受国内卡的网站

Macys(可走美国购物网. 他们不收mecys的代购费.就是每磅贵点,5.5 /磅)
RL (可尝试中信AE卡)

CLINIQUE(可去NORDSTROM)

EL(可去NORDSTROM或SAKS)
GNC官网

bloomingdale
GUCCI 官网(可去BLUEFLY, 折扣很多)


介绍3家主要经营户外用品的网站,都可以直运中国(其中3家都有部分品牌不能寄到美国以外的地址,可能是怕存在国际倒货的现象,具体情况看各网站页面)

1,www.basegear.com
注册就给一个8折的折扣码,现在打折东西最高打5折,各大户外品牌都有,包括The North Face, Marmot, Patagonia, Mountain Hard Wear,始祖鸟……服装、器材都有,东西比较全

2,www.rei.com,各大户外品牌都有,另外有专门的Outlets区,地址:http://www.rei.com/outlet
里面有各种优惠活动,比如$20一下专区,5折专区。
通过Mr.Rebates和Ebates都有3%的返利。

3,www.backcountry.com
他们家特价品比较多,通过Mr.Rebates有8%的返利,通过Ebates有4%的返利。
The North Face, Marmot, Patagonia, Mountain Hard Wear,始祖鸟……都有,有专门的打折区。