http://travel.booklocker.com/2007/01/25/is-duty-free-a-deal-or-a-rip-off/ Bargain destinations and the cheapest places to travel Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:49:10 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://travel.booklocker.com/2007/01/25/is-duty-free-a-deal-or-a-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-142337 tim Mon, 16 Feb 2009 05:43:14 +0000 http://travel.booklocker.com/2007/01/25/is-duty-free-a-deal-or-a-rip-off/#comment-142337 I agree Kevin. You need to know the rules for your home country (usually it's two liters max) and forget what any clerk tells you. It's seldom worth it to buy more than one bottle of anything because of the hassle factor. I agree Kevin. You need to know the rules for your home country (usually it’s two liters max) and forget what any clerk tells you. It’s seldom worth it to buy more than one bottle of anything because of the hassle factor.

]]> http://travel.booklocker.com/2007/01/25/is-duty-free-a-deal-or-a-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-142326 Kevin Koch Sun, 15 Feb 2009 20:39:40 +0000 http://travel.booklocker.com/2007/01/25/is-duty-free-a-deal-or-a-rip-off/#comment-142326 You might have called me clueless last week, but you will never call me stupid. I purchased duty free at the airport in Los Cabos Mexico on Feb. 7 2009, a last minute decision that ended up as a bad one. Price has nothing to do with my purchases I could accept it if I overpaid but the clerk purposely oversold me the amount I was allowed while assuring me over and over "no problem". The product was allowed duty free into Canada "no problem" she stated over and over. Well, guess what, she lied and the duped one which of course was "me" received Canada Customs finest treatment when I got home. The excess product was destroyed and I was detained along with my family and all of our luggage searched again. Nice. Customs officials told me it happens everyday where people are oversold by duty free stores. "Every day" they said. You would think that there is not much that one person can do about this rip off. I beg to differ. With todays internet there is one thing a person can do. I have posted serveral times on travel sites this past week about my experience and I am finding that my posts are not only being read but people are replying with their own stories about these rotten duty free stores. Bottom line, they got me once but only once. Never again. You might have called me clueless last week, but you will never call me stupid. I purchased duty free at the airport in Los Cabos Mexico on Feb. 7 2009, a last minute decision that ended up as a bad one. Price has nothing to do with my purchases I could accept it if I overpaid but the clerk purposely oversold me the amount I was allowed while assuring me over and over “no problem”. The product was allowed duty free into Canada “no problem” she stated over and over. Well, guess what, she lied and the duped one which of course was “me” received Canada Customs finest treatment when I got home. The excess product was destroyed and I was detained along with my family and all of our luggage searched again. Nice. Customs officials told me it happens everyday where people are oversold by duty free stores. “Every day” they said. You would think that there is not much that one person can do about this rip off. I beg to differ. With todays internet there is one thing a person can do. I have posted serveral times on travel sites this past week about my experience and I am finding that my posts are not only being read but people are replying with their own stories about these rotten duty free stores. Bottom line, they got me once but only once. Never again.

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