― andy --, Wednesday, 1 June 2005 17:34 (twenty years ago)
― andy --, Wednesday, 1 June 2005 17:37 (twenty years ago)
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 18:17 (twenty years ago)
― Monkey of the SOUTH, Wednesday, 1 June 2005 18:20 (twenty years ago)
― andy --, Wednesday, 1 June 2005 18:31 (twenty years ago)
what's the deal with buying cigs at duty free, for uk people? my g/f is in italy and coming back to the uk today but if she buys cigs in duty free she has to pay tax on top of it, so there'll be no saving. is this some new law? it is just for countries in the eu?
― NI, Sunday, 3 February 2008 18:24 (eighteen years ago)
i'm talking about a box of 200, not huge amounts.
― NI, Sunday, 3 February 2008 18:25 (eighteen years ago)
Because we are in one customs zone for the EU and have been since 1992 there is no duty free when travelling between EU members.
― Ed, Sunday, 3 February 2008 18:33 (eighteen years ago)
does that mean she can't bring anything back at all, even for the full price? someone there has just told her she can't bring any cigs back at all.
― NI, Sunday, 3 February 2008 18:36 (eighteen years ago)
She can bring back as many cigs as she like so long as they are for personal consumption. Probably cheaper to buy them in a neighborhood tobaccaio anyway.
― Ed, Sunday, 3 February 2008 18:40 (eighteen years ago)
3200 cigaretes is considered personal consuption:
http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/channelsPortalWebApp.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pageTravel_InfoGuides&propertyType=document&id=HMCE_PROD_010221#P13_1332
― Ed, Sunday, 3 February 2008 18:43 (eighteen years ago)
http://tv.cream.org/images2/dutyf1.jpg
― DavidM, Sunday, 3 February 2008 18:50 (eighteen years ago)
thanks ed. seems like it's a dimwit working the shop over there as she's refusing to sell them to her. no mind though, seeing as the price is the same as here.
― NI, Sunday, 3 February 2008 19:04 (eighteen years ago)