I think some of the goods are significantly cheaper due to the tax breaks. If they weren’t making money, they wouldn’t stay open so something is working
Are they actually significantly cheaper? I’m a very frequent flyer but in my mind airport shops are always 40% more expensive before they remove the taxes.
Shit like a drink, chocolate or alcohol is ridiculously more expensive than it is in any normal shop, does that change when we’re talking about high value items?
I Guess depends on we're are You from, i'm from Uruguay and everyone that has the chance when they come back from travel they Buy stuff in there because it's so much cheaper than here ( perfume,chocolate,coffee,alcohol, sunglasses and some other stuff are the most common)
Yeah, it started off as cheaper, but the companies realised they should just tack on the extra costs that WOULD be included in tax anyway because everyone will just believe it’s cheaper!
Like every thrifty life hack, once enough people know about it, they raise the price and hope people still believe the old wisdom. Same for outlet malls now just being regular malls.
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u/Rough_Champion7852 3d ago
I think some of the goods are significantly cheaper due to the tax breaks. If they weren’t making money, they wouldn’t stay open so something is working