Five secrets of Duty Free shops
Most travelers find that shopping in Duty Free very profitable, because these stores are exempt from paying duties, which allows them to sell delusional goods at low prices.
In reality, this is not always the case - in the secrets of the stores Duty Free sorted out edition AdMe.ru.
Prices in Duty Free not always below urban
These stores really do not pay duties, but they pay for the rental of premises at airports, the cost of which is very high. Therefore, often the prices in such stores are even higher than the prices of goods in regular stores. For example, perfume Lancome tresor in love cost $ 84 in the official store, $82 — at the airport of new york, $114 — In Dubai and $73 - Tokyo.
Flora by Gucci cost $ 119 on the official website, $145 — at amsterdam airport and only $107 - in Delhi.
Sometimes in Duty Free bring goods from the city
Many people are purchased in Duty Freebecause they think that a fake is sold in the city, and in Duty Free - the original. Former employee One of the airport duty-free shops said that sometimes it happens that the goods travel first to the city’s official distributor, and only then some of the products are sent to the shops. Duty Free. That is, the distributor in the country and in Duty Free the same.
Sellers are not always professional
Believed to be in Duty Free work professionals. But this is not always the case. Mostly people from nearby cities work there, since Duty Free usually low salaries, plus everything there can not be regular customers.
More often in Duty Free buy unnecessary things
According to statistics,shopping in Duty Free more spontaneous and impulsive than useful. They buy alcohol and cigarettes most often on the road or for future use, since they are not subject to duty. In third place - perfumes. Everything else is that which is bought spontaneously, without hesitation and a clear strategy.
You need to buy correctly
If it is reasonable to approach purchases, then Duty Free can really save. Prices in any Duty Free depend on two conditions: the location and exchange rate of the local currency.
For example, it is more profitable to buy appliances in Asia and the USA, perfumes in Western Europe.
Example - Clock SThat in a regular store cost $ 216.
European analysts made a ratingin which countries and how much you can save if you buy goods in Duty Free (the percentage of savings was calculated from the cost of the same things in city stores):
• France, Lyon, Airport Saint Exupery - 11,9%
• France, Paris, Charles de Gaulle Airport - 11%
• Netherlands, Amsterdam, Schiphol Airport - 6%
• Germany, Frankfurt Airport - 5,6%
• UK, London, Gatwick Airport - 5%
• Spain, Barcelona Airport - 5%
• Spain, Madrid, Barajas Airport - 4,7%
• Italy, Rome, Fiumicino Airport - 4,7%
• Germany, Berlin, Airport Schonefeld - 4,6%
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