Chapter 13 I've always been here
In general, like other cities, there is nothing special. Compared with Huaihai Road in Sihai City, there are more merchants and longer distances to visit.
Apart from health products and uggs, there is no big price advantage in shopping in Australia. Because most luxury goods originate from Europe and the United States, most of the products are priced similar to those in the Celestial Empire, so they only earn a tax refund (not everyone can get it smoothly. See the tax refund guide for details).
Unless you buy high-end, fashionable and high-end famous watches or diamonds (this is still much cheaper than the Celestial Empire. A bag or diamond ring of about 200,000 yuan will be basically 100~120 yuan after tax refund). Other 100,000 yuan bags, scarves, wallets, etc. are more cost-effective to buy when traveling to Europe.
Speaking of health products, Australia is paradise. There are many things and everything, and the key is that it is cheap (relative to the prices of health products in the Tianchao). Since the Tianchao health products market is relatively mixed, it is natural to buy them when you go to Australia.
Deep-sea fish oil, golden nutrients for pregnant women, propolis, honey, shark liver capsules, etc. are all very good health products. Long-term consumption of the right medicine can play a very effective health care role, and the cost can be almost negligible every day. Since there is no over-packaging, it is also very convenient to carry.
Imported counters of some domestic e-commerce or shopping malls are also sold, but the goods are incomplete and the price is at least 2 to 25 times the local price. So friends who go to Australia to play should not forget to bring some for themselves and their relatives and friends~
Okay, back to the point: ugg. Every woman hopes to have a pair of snow boots that are both beautiful and warm in winter, and indoors, a pair of warm cotton shoes.
Therefore, ugg has become the focus of everyone's purchase. But just identifying the brand of ugg is very likely to buy a pair of "Daxing goods". Therefore, it is very important to master the key points and buy the right ugg. On the third day, there was a detailed explanation of this topic for interested friends to refer to.
After n hours of hard trekking, the task was finally completed successfully. I would like to thank my sister and brother-in-law for their strong support. Under your professional leadership, the difficulty of the task has been reduced from insane to easy.
After buying things, I went back to the hotel to pack them. Although there were 4 large boxes (each person in Australia can carry 1 luggage below 7kg and 2 checked luggage below 23kg), due to too much stuff and tax refunds, it is necessary to make it convenient for tax refunds, without overweight, and to maximize the amount of stuff.
That is really not a simple job. It requires many aspects of knowledge such as mathematics, physics, and natural science. Fortunately, Yunluo and An Qingju are usually well-educated people. Everyone worked together to solve this difficult task. Ask the hotel and brought a scale to measure it. The gw of each box was within 225~228.
Success once! You should know that this is not so easy to do, because except for the different sizes, shapes and weights of the things inside, the tare weight of the box itself is also different. Therefore, how much to put each box, how to put it, and which one to put it first are all a science, so when it is finally completed.
There is a mystery hidden in every pair of shoes. I still have to do a free advertisement here: The ultra-light box of Sammiley is really useful. I originally thought it is useful because of its portability. Almost no matter you pull horizontally and vertically, you can use the least effort to pull the heaviest box. But this is still secondary.
After actually shopping, I realized that her real advantage is: light! It’s really light! Compared with ordinary boxes, it’s at least 2kg lighter, which means you can stuff n pairs of shoes or n pieces of clothes. Especially when you’re overweight, you can save a box and extra luggage cost.
You should know that the "negotiable luggage fee" abroad is not very expensive. So if you friends go out for a trip, especially when going to Europe (France), remember to be a new beauty. After packing, you can finally lie on the sofa and bed to enjoy the benefits of the landscape room.
Although I booked a flight around 10 a.m., considering the Australian Customs and its cumbersome and disgusting tax refund process (thanks to my sister for their excellent support and explanation in advance), it was around 4 a.m. and it was still dark.
Yunluo and An Qingju left the warm bed and dragged a large bag of boxes to the airport taxi. Fortunately, this time they were familiar with the road, so after signing up for the international airport terminal, the car drove towards the destination.
Sydney was silent in the early morning, and it took only about a quarter of an hour to arrive at the airport. I got off the cart and was about to take my luggage to push the cart. Suddenly, I found that all the carts were locked and needed to invest 4 yuan to use it! Let’s not talk about whether this price is expensive. At that time, Yun Luo had no change on him, and the machine could not accept any banknotes and credit cards except for coins.
Although Yunluo and An Qingju's boxes are not difficult to drag, the four large boxes and two hand luggage must be moved at the same time, and tax refunds must be handled. It is simply a mystery. Looking around, let alone people, there is not even a ghost.
Fortunately, Yunluo reacted quickly enough and stopped the taxi driver in time and asked him to exchange some money for Yunluo. The man was so happy that he gave Yunluo 4 yuan in coins and said he had given Yunluo Yunluo. So Yunluo and An Qingju finally got a luggage cart.
With a car, I drove to the first customs tax refund office (to handle checked baggage items tax refund). Since the luggage cart cannot go downstairs directly from the escalator, I can only find an elevator. But this elevator was really hard to find. At first I saw one from a distance, and moved there excitedly, and found that there were two pillars at the elevator door.
The car couldn't get through. I had to give up this and look for others. Although Sydney International Airport is not as big as Pudong Airport, it is not much smaller. In addition, I can't ask people in the early morning, so I can only find it by myself. So Yunluo and An Qingju started a detailed carpet-style search, 20 minutes later.
I just found an elevator that I could go downstairs in a corner on the other side. When I got downstairs, I found that there were more people, and I felt sad and happy. The joy was that I could finally find someone to ask for directions. The sad thing was that I was afraid that there would be more people who would refund the tax at that time. I heard from Yun Luomei that she had queued for about an hour last time, which led to almost no time to refund the tax.
This is also the reason why Yunluo arrived at the airport 5 hours in advance. When he arrived at Trs, he found that there was only one person in front of him, so he was happy! The inspector was a kind aunt. After asking a few questions, he unboxed and chose a few things at will, so he asked Yunluo to tell which products corresponding to the invoice were OK, and then stamped and left.
The whole process was only less than 5 minutes, which really touched Yun Luo and burst into tears!
However, when Yunluo and An Qingju walked out of the office, there were more than a dozen people coming from behind, so RP was still very important, haha. Since time was saved here, you can have enough time to rest and adjust. In order to exchange for the boarding pass as soon as possible, you can reach the customs tax refund point at the second stop at the fastest (where the duty-free goods)
Since you can exchange the boarding pass 3 to 35 hours in advance, Yunluo began to slow down and recover his energy. There is also an episode here. Because you can't see the flight information of Yunluo and An Qingju, Yunluo has been sitting in aairline waiting. When he was almost able to get the boarding pass, he found that there was no movement.
So I asked the airport staff: Why does Air China (specific flights) have no flight information yet, and why hasn't it started changing its boarding pass?
Several foreign staff asked Yunluo to wait. Fortunately, they met a Chinese person in the end. After asking in Chinese, Yunluo was going to take Air China, he said that Air China was aira and aairline was Baodao China Airlines. The airport flight information card was broken, Air China was in front, so he should start to exchange for the boarding pass. Alas, he is such a good person~
Fortunately, the two were not far apart, and when they arrived, they found that they had already started. Although they didn't rank first, at least they had time at the beginning. In front of Yunluo was an old couple, who were probably in Australia, and they came to visit their relatives and then returned to China. They probably hadn't made much flight.
The children did not tell the elderly about the relevant precautions in advance. The two of them checked their luggage at 30kgs, which was overweight. The airline staff spoke English to them for a long time, but the general idea was that they could not exceed 23kg. If they were overweight, they would not give it to them, so they asked them to find a way to throw away the things and reduce them to less than 23kg.
The old couple obviously didn't understand English. After repeating it twice, the staff impatiently threw their luggage aside. They would not ask foreigners who knew foreign languages to communicate with foreigners like in China. It was Yunluo and An Qingju's turn. The other party asked skillfully in English, and a few luggage was too heavy. Because they were well prepared before.
Yun Luo answered fluently in English. The other party weighed each, and they were 225 to 228kgs, and the ones in hand were not super. Suddenly, they used Chinese to talk to Yun Luo and An Qingju. Only then did Yun Luo realize that she knew Chinese, and it was normal to think about it. After all, it was Air China. It was worth it, so why bother with the old couple...
Yunluo asked her two boxes to help Yunluo paste the fragile product logo, and then gave Yunluo a seat by the window, and she agreed readily.
Maybe it was because Yunluo made her work save time. After Yunluo and An Qingju finished the work, the old couple was still caring their things. Yunluo told them, "You should buy a suitcase or a simple bag as soon as possible, and each person can bring up two. Now you only have one box, and then you can get a bag and just go there."
The couple suddenly realized it and thanked Yun Luo for a moment. Yun Luo cursed the old couple's children in his heart, knowing that their parents do not understand English and are too old to react slowly. Why don't they tell them the key points in advance and let them suffer this on the spot, alas.r1152
Chapter completed!