chosen2k wrote@Siji what is the website you are using to get items from the US?
Amazon actually, i bought a bunch of stuff from there but you have to chose the seller that ships internationally for the item you want. It helps to chose a popular item that has multiple third party sellers.
Here are the details of what i purchased:
1. Victorinox swiss army knife (The small one that fits on a keychain) cost around 12$ and shipping via USPS priority (with tracking) from Florida 11$. This order took one day processing and 14 days shipping to get to my home via libanpost which charged no customs or TVA and surprisingly enough the knife went through customs with no problems admittedly it's only a 2cm blade.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004YVB3/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
2. Monoprice in ear earphones cost 11$ and shipping via regular mail (No tracking) for 4$. This order arrived in 13 days to my house from California.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B8QCMHY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
3. Comply foam tips for earphones (Which i recommend everyone to buy) cost 20$ and shipping via USPS priority (with tracking) from Ohio 12$. This order also arrived in 13 days.
http://www.amazon.com/Comply-Tx-400-Isolation-Earphone-Black/dp/B00354951S/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1424475434&sr=1-2&keywords=comply+tx400
Side note: Today i went to Virgin in ABC and was going to buy a 32GB micro SD card for 47$ and changed my mind when i saw that i could buy a newer and faster 64GB card on amazon for 33$ and pay 3$ shipping. What costs 14$ in the US is 50$ in Lebanon which is ridiculous.
I hope this helps, i also got a lot of stuff from aliexpress which i can tell you about if you want :).