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Mar 3, 2008 | 2:52 am

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hau cheng

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Originally Posted by Ann Tyrol

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.

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