Any amount of anything under 30% alcohol is now OK.
Interestingly, I just priced some wine at Changi for the first time, thinking I might bring a few bottles back. The duty free price of a wine I know was actually 10% higher at Changi than the pre-budget supermarket (not duty free) price in Hong Kong. So on that basis I ain't going to be buying any wine at SIN!
The duty free price of a wine I know was actually 10% higher at Changi than the pre-budget supermarket (not duty free) price in Hong Kong.
And in most supermarkets ive seen for these 2 days, the old price had been crossed out with the new price on. (It's sooooo deceptive as it is not the supermarket trying to give us a DISCOUNT. It's the duty that had been taken off!!!)
I have noticed the supermarkets crossing prices, but that's an old HK supermarket trick sometimes - they keep existing prices and add a "crossed" price that the wine never sold at. In any place with consumer protection laws, this would be illegal, but not here...
Am heading to NZ soon and looking forward to stocking up on decent wine
Any amount of anything under 30% alcohol is now OK.
Interestingly, I just priced some wine at Changi for the first time, thinking I might bring a few bottles back. The duty free price of a wine I know was actually 10% higher at Changi than the pre-budget supermarket (not duty free) price in Hong Kong. So on that basis I ain't going to be buying any wine at SIN!
Probably a function of the quickly depreciating currency?
I have noticed the supermarkets crossing prices, but that's an old HK supermarket trick sometimes - they keep existing prices and add a "crossed" price that the wine never sold at. In any place with consumer protection laws, this would be illegal, but not here...
Am heading to NZ soon and looking forward to stocking up on decent wine
yea and they act as if taking 10 cents off some teddy crackers on a multipack is a big deal.
I have noticed the supermarkets crossing prices, but that's an old HK supermarket trick sometimes - they keep existing prices and add a "crossed" price that the wine never sold at. In any place with consumer protection laws, this would be illegal, but not here...
Am heading to NZ soon and looking forward to stocking up on decent wine
I had a snoop at the Watson's wine shop at Stanley. Some markdowns. VB (beer) cheaper than in australia, though more expensive in the wine shop than the supermarket.
Even though the Henshke Kyneton estate had about HK 200 knocked off it, it is still cheaper in Australian retail outlets. The manager told me that prices will fall even more at some stage.
Yea, Watson's prices are still expensive and haven't reflected a full "duty-less" discount. I went in the other day: Watson's is making the argument that they've paid duty for most of the wine in their stores since it was already imported BEFORE the duty was eliminated. I'm not really sure when they actually assess the duties...if they imported them two weeks ago, and HKIRD actually does assess duty prior to sale for end-merchants, then I guess Watson's is telling the truth. But I also suspect Watson's and other end-retailers of really expensive products may have some type of inventory agreement with the IRD which basically allows them to only pay duty on the wine sold, as sometimes (particularly with cheaper wine) they have agreements with the vineyards which allows them to return unsold product.
I have noticed the supermarkets crossing prices, but that's an old HK supermarket trick sometimes - they keep existing prices and add a "crossed" price that the wine never sold at. In any place with consumer protection laws, this would be illegal, but not here...
Am heading to NZ soon and looking forward to stocking up on decent wine
that's cause HK has no consumer protection laws. Leave it up to the market to decide.
