How to buy a cheap duty-free shop? Can duty-free shops be cheaper?

Now everyone will definitely go shopping when traveling abroad, and it will be more cost-effective to shop in duty-free shops in many places. The following small series will introduce you, what are the ways to discount shopping in duty-free shops? First of all, is there really a discount when shopping in duty-free shops?

Are duty-free goods necessarily cheap? The duty-free market is quite special, and basically it is directly connected with the brand to get the goods. Therefore, in most cases, if there is no middleman to earn the difference, the cost of getting goods will naturally be lower than other markets.

At the same time, there will be some tax relief in the duty-free market. This principle is because when citizens leave their own customs, they leave the scope of government services, so they do not have to pay for government services. However, foreign tourists did not form a service contract and service relationship with the government during their consumption in the country, so there is no need to pay service remuneration to the government. These rewards are also taxes.

However, there are also high costs. Duty-free shops also give the airport a high commission (generally 35%-55%). There is really no way to franchise or exclusive operation.

So whether duty-free shops are necessarily cheaper than outside, we have to ask a question mark.

Most duty-free shops will learn to shop.

The practice of shopping malls, some well-known explosive goods will be very cheap, causing an illusion that I am very cheap here. But in fact, in terms of the total amount of goods, it is really not necessarily. The most obvious thing is that snacks and local specialties in duty-free shops are basically more expensive than outside.

Generally speaking, tobacco and alcohol duty-free shops are cheap, and cosmetics are also cheap. However, it is cost-effective to buy bags, clothes and discounted village supplies in the city.

I'll pick the usual duty-free shops. Duty-free shops mainly include port duty-free shops, traffic duty-free shops and duty-free shops on outlying islands.

The so-called port duty-free shops are the simplest, and everyone encounters them the most. Everything in the airport is based on the premise that there is a terminal building that needs to leave the country, and there are no domestic routes.

Duty-free shops at ports are generally CDF of China Freedom Group, Beijing, Shanghai and Japan. It is said that some goods in Japan are really cheap.

Duty-free shops for vehicles are duty-free shops on cruise ships, or those duty-free goods recommended by cc for sale on inbound and outbound flights.

Duty-free shops in outlying islands, Jeju Island in South Korea, Langkawi in Malaysia, Okinawa in Japan and other places have tax-free policies for outlying islands. Hainan Island in China also has this policy at present.

Many countries have tax rebates for crooked nuts. So when you are abroad and see the words DutyFree, it means that this is a duty-free shop; See taxes

The "free" sign indicates that this store can get a tax refund for shopping.

Anyone who has been to Japan knows that the streets are full of tax-free signs.

Many times, tax rebates may be cheaper than tax-free ones, at least in terms of choice.

Will there be fakes in duty-free shops? Personally, I think the probability is not great. Duty-free shops are an important window for the brand image of a country's brand export, and selling fake goods may rise to the angle of affecting the country's facade. And duty-free shops are basically well-known brands. In order to promote their products, they will definitely control the quality of their products.

Some students think that the goods they buy are different, which is often caused by the different packaging.

How to buy the cheapest registered members in duty-free shops?

For example, Japan has a membership system. After registering as a member, you can get a 16% discount for free travel+1% points rebate and a 15% discount for tour groups, so you don't have to look for tickets on Taobao foolishly.

Most other duty-free shops also have their own membership system.

If you can't brush the senior members of duty-free shops in a short time, you can also buy them with senior members of others, and the discount will be even greater.

Looking for coupons

For example, Ctrip's global purchase will have many coupons for duty-free shops, including full reduction, cash back and direct discount. There is a search.

Public comments and AliPay are also acceptable.

The same is true on the omnipotent Taobao, and the cashback of Korean duty-free shops is exaggerated beyond the chart.

Superimposed bank rebate

Platforms (Ctrip, Flying Pig, Alipay, etc. )+card organizations (UnionPay, MasterCard, AE)+ bank rebates, as well as product discounts, will be exaggerated if they are all superimposed.

I have had personal experience. I used Pufa's credit card to buy Chow Tai Fook in Hong Kong and got 30% cash back. How exaggerated is it? You can make a little money by buying gold directly and selling it.

At present, the cooperation between UnionPay and duty-free shops is very close, especially at overseas airports. UnionPay is basically 10% off.

Focus on activities

At this time, you can download several duty-free shops' apps, and they usually put the latest and most comprehensive activities on their own apps.

For example, at present, there are two 10% discounts or three 8.5% discounts for the elderly in Pudong, and two 10% discounts or three 8.5% discounts for duty-free shops in Guangzhou Airport, Hangzhou Airport and Xi 'an Airport. There were three pieces with a 60% discount the other day, and then they were temporarily offline. We can't encourage people to go out and buy in buy buy at this time.

In addition, several apps introduced above can also let you buy them in advance and then go to the duty-free shop to pick up the goods, saving time.