Originally Posted by
kuususi
to the OP: Tell them, you are a tourist (you are kind of) and want to use the cheap Dollar to get some bargains here. But you need a proof of a return ticket to be not suspicious. It will work out smoothly.
Now that would be more of a lie than I would like to use. After all I have the advantage of having (German) friends that live there, so I have all credible reasons to visit them. I also have entered (and left :P) the US several times last year, thus my record should be immaculate.