With love from Hong Kong...

So it's no secret that I'm all about the cheap.  So when looking for a cell phone case for my son I wasn't too eager to buy the $30 one offered at AT&T.  Couldn't find one that would fit at the mall kiosks so I went online and I struck gold at Amazon!  I bought a case for Ben, two for myself and Ipod cases for everyone!  And my grand total, with free shipping- about $6.  Amazing, I know.  What's the catch, you ask?  The Amazon retailer was located in China and while the shipping was free it took about three weeks for all of the items to arrive (although Ben's case came in about a week.)  The cases were all basic, like those you find at 5 Below but they were waaaay below.


As you probably guessed after this successful Asian adventure, I'm hooked.  My next purchase, from a different China based Amazon vendor was this cute $3 scarf (and there's my cute niece too)-
And last but certainly not least, I found the mother of all Chinese retailers- www.sammydress.com.  I don't know where to begin to tell you how much I'm loving their stuff.  My test order was two "dresses" (I call them blouses.) They came in about 3 weeks, they cost about $6 each and shipping was about $6.  They came registered mail and I had to pick them up at the Post Office.  The site has clothes, jewelry, shoes etc (and hair- my next order, yes, I said it, I'm buying hair from Hong Kong :).  Sammy Dress has picked up some bad reviews on the web claiming orders never showed up, quality was poor, etc.  My experience was perfect.  Here's one of the tops (and my sissys)-

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