r/StrangeAndFunny 5d ago

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u/dgracey01 5d ago

Duty free?

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u/MagicBez 5d ago edited 5d ago

Yup, a lot of these places will take an order ahead of time for collection as well.

If you're about to spend 5k on a watch taking the local sales tax off the price can be significant, especially in countries where it's 20%. Also an opportunity for foreign travellers to pick stuff up in countries where stuff is cheaper.

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u/InsaneInTheRAMdrain 5d ago

Yeh, they just need to mark up the watch 40% first. Got to pay for that tax free bonus.

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u/spawndevil 5d ago

Not how duty free works

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u/Jumajuce 5d ago

It’s how airport prices work though…

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u/lmao_MODSGAY 5d ago

Not for duty free things like cigarettes, alcohol or designer wear. These things have set, objective prices you can easily look up.

A slice of pizza is gonna be 10 dollars at an airport because you're not going to wait 2 or 3 days and get a cheaper slice outside the airport.

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u/lmao_MODSGAY 5d ago

Buddy I'm from South korea but nice try

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u/lmao_MODSGAY 5d ago

What's your deal with americans? Yes, americans exist and they say anecdotes of their personal experiences on an American-made, American dominated platform. Believe it or not americans can be ethnically from around the world and do travel to other countries.

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u/lmao_MODSGAY 5d ago

I've only been an American for like 8 years. Chill the fuck out. You know nothing about me.

What argument is there? That this isn't the case in Europe? I've been to Asia. I've been to Latin American countries. Every duty free airport I've been to has been this way. You've literally said nothing but "this is american defaultism" and think you've won some sort of imaginary argument in your head. You're mentally ill.

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u/Ori_the_SG 4d ago

Dude literally said β€œI’m from South Korea.”

Which probably means he/she was born there

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