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Originally Posted by Nigel Pollard 
I’m flying to New York in two weeks time, and with the good exchange rate I can make savings .... |
Even with the exchange rate being so good, don't expect not to have to pay tax on every item on your return. That'll chunk up the price.
Apart from that point, every one of your questions has been asked (and answered) here many, many times before....
Use the forum search function to hunt the answers out. You'll find it very productive. Time consuming, yes, but ultimately you'll almost certainly learn far more too.