Why isn’t there an OPTION to pay duty at DUTY free?
Mar 3, 23, 8:42 am
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Why isn’t there an OPTION to pay duty at DUTY free?
Seen a liquor that has only been available at duty free but as I was on a domestic flight. I couldn’t buy it. From what I understand, it’s only available at duty free
I’d have gladly paid MORE than the duty free price but it’s not allowed. Strikes me as completely stupid. It’s a loss of sales and business.
Why can’t it be an option to just pay the tax and make the sale?
I’d have gladly paid MORE than the duty free price but it’s not allowed. Strikes me as completely stupid. It’s a loss of sales and business.
Why can’t it be an option to just pay the tax and make the sale?
Mar 5, 23, 4:34 pm
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Originally Posted by the phoenix
Strikes me as completely stupid. It’s a loss of sales and business.
Mar 6, 23, 11:29 am
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Originally Posted by CDTraveler
The cost of dealing with import regulations, licensing laws, tax laws and the paperwork to report to various authorities involved with all of the above far exceed the profit on a non-duty-free random sale.
Mar 6, 23, 11:34 am
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Originally Posted by james318
And if I recall correctly in the case of some of the Johnnie Walker's, they have exclusives with duty free's for specific blends.
Mar 6, 23, 3:13 pm
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Originally Posted by james318
And if I recall correctly in the case of some of the Johnnie Walker's, they have exclusives with duty free's for specific blends.
Mar 9, 23, 7:54 am
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I've also stumbled across the odd duty free that has this restriction on alcohol but is happy to sell the other products (e.g., mainly beauty products) to domestic travelers. I think this is the case at smaller airports in particular like my home airport, RDU, which makes sense given there are only 2 daily international flights (with some additional seasonal international flights sprinkled in to KEF, CUN, and NAS) so they aren't seeing significant volume on a daily basis
Mar 9, 23, 11:05 am
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Originally Posted by Duke787
I've also stumbled across the odd duty free that has this restriction on alcohol but is happy to sell the other products (e.g., mainly beauty products) to domestic travelers. I think this is the case at smaller airports in particular like my home airport, RDU, which makes sense given there are only 2 daily international flights (with some additional seasonal international flights sprinkled in to KEF, CUN, and NAS) so they aren't seeing significant volume on a daily basis
Mar 10, 23, 9:42 am
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Originally Posted by Scots_Al
Many distillers have expressions with no age statement which are produced in 1l bottles instead of 70cl specifically for the duty-free market, so as to try to create new demand / avoid cannibalising existing markets.
Mar 10, 23, 12:50 pm
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Originally Posted by Athena53
The cynical part of me suspects that the "exclusive to Duty-Free" offerings prevent you form checking High Street prices on your phone to see if it's a good deal.
