Originally Posted by
The Winger
Actually, that statement is about 80% true.
As I have said earlier, it's not very often I actually purchase things abroad but I find it easier to just lie and say I did so I show a value in the all important box that asks how much you have spent because they don't believe you when you say nothing.
Totally agree. I always buy a duty free bottle even if I'm only saving about $5 over the LCBO prices. I never buy anything on vacation. Let's face it when the GBP was approaching $2.50 what could you buy cheaper in the U.K. for example anyway. However the one time I didn't buy or declare anything I got pulled into secondary. Since then I always, always buy some duty free. When LHR wouldn't allow you to take duty free booze onto North American bound flights I even bought some duty free on the plane. Nobody is going to tell me there still isn't a strong revenue generating element targeted towards re-entering Canadian citizens. Still got lots of bloated public sector pensions to budget for.