Originally Posted by Dovster
Today, such a forum would be even of less use. Duty Free shops no longer exist in the EU. Yes, they keep that name but they are no longer Duty Free and you can generally expect higher prices in them than you would find in town.
Actually Dov, that isn't correct. You pay duty when flying solely within the EU. You don't pay duty if flying outside the EU. So if I fly MAN-AMS-HKG, I can buy tax free goods at both MAN and AMS, which are still available (green shelves) since my final destination is outside the EU.
But I agree with your assessment that the forum is not necessary, we'd need lots of visitors from all over the world to make it work, and I don't think we'd get that level of use but I disagree with your assessment of the internatinal duty free market. I still buy most of my champagne at duty free, regardless of destination.