Murtaza Hussain
@mazmhussain
I’ve never understood the point of Duty Free shops. Nothing as far as I can tell is noticeably cheaper. Maybe stuff like cigarettes and liquor that I don’t buy? Don’t get it at all.
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Brais.eth
@chi
I am not defending current Duty Frees, but they have saved me sometimes. MY experience... 1) For buying local stuff before departure 2) Specially if you don't have a lot of space 3) Parfums or sunglasses
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Rando
@chasing-pointers
Mainly it's for high luxury-tax items. I don't buy any of those since I don't drink, so it's not useful for me.
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Tokenized Human
@tokenizedhuman
Buy something cheap and ask for a big bag so you can get around Ryanair's one bag policy.
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ccarella
@ccarella.eth
Liquor is the thing and in countries with a big sin tax it can be meaningful.
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marv
@marvp
Yes it's mainly the stuff you don't buy that is way cheaper. Perfumes used to be a thing that we'd always go for but that's less of a must-have now that we can get most of their selection at malls
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basil ⚵
@itsbasil
pretty sure you just listed its entire reason for existing: booze & cigs
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Tony
@0xt0ny
It's the liquor for me
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agrimony↑🎩
@agrimony.eth
Prob depends on where u live and the typical duty that's being charged (usually on alcohol and cigs as u mentioned)
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Icetoad 🎩 🍕 🎶 🐈 💚
@icetoad.eth
Not much savings at all
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Semui
@semui.eth
I always thought it was mostly a marketing stunt, the goal being to add a veil of luxury to a bottle of Chivas Regal.
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