Alcohol prices are expensive in SIN even in Duty Free.

Beware of 'double pricing'. Last year I was about to buy a bottle of champagne listed at SGD$56. There was a tag with nothing on it displayed directly under the champagne that I wanted. I picked it up and headed to the cashier when it rang in at S$96. I argued to the fact that it was $56. I brought the cashier over to where the bottles were displayed and she took one look at it - and screamed to the top of her voice for her Supervisor for a price check.. Never mind that there was still no other price tag for the bottle that I wanted.. and after much deliberation, it was concluded that "I had purposely rearranged the bottles there because I was trying to cheat DFS"... ???????:

I argued.. and asked to complain and was given a number to call. Which I did. But the woman in charge was not helpful... giving me a 10% discount off the $96 price. And told me to pick up the discount voucher next time I travel. But when she learned that I don't reside in Singapore, she was a little more helpful but still equally unmoved. I told her that if such an incident happened in another part of the civilised world, I would be offered an apology and be given the C$56 price especially since it was logical that there was no other price being displayed. ONLY in Singapore would I be scolded in public.

When I told her that I would post this incident on FlyerTalk - the world's most read FF forum, she didn't know anything.. but still.. she wasn't moving from her 10% discount offer.. So I told her to forget it.. and I'll get my champagne elsewhere.

I never did write about the incident.. until now.

You've all been warned.