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Duty Free Oz or Changi Airport?
Question:
I intend purchasing a duty-free digital camera, where would be best? Cairns or Changi airport.? I have two hours in Changi… thanks.. Links would be appreciated. 
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Almost always a discount retailer in Australia (Ted’s Camera in Brisbane or Photocontinental – even JB HiFi have better digital camera prices than the duty free stores) other cities have similar outlets. Changi’s certainly not cheap!!
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> I intend purchasing a duty-free digital camera, where would be best? > Cairns or Changi airport.?
Give duty-free a miss. There’s no duty any more, just a 10% GST and the prices in the airport shops are usually jacked up 10% or more anyway to be about the same as what you can get outside. http://www.digitalcamerawarehouse.com.au/category6_1.htm and http://www.dutyfree.com.au show a wide range of cameras. > — > View my aircraft pictures: > "http://www.jetphotos.net/showphotos.php?userid=1753"
Nice pix. What are you using to take them?
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> http://www.digitalcamerawarehouse.com.au/category6_1.htm and > http://www.dutyfree.com.au show a wide range of cameras.
And in New Zealand … http://www.digitalcameras.co.nz/grouplist.cfm …. Muz
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> I intend purchasing a duty-free digital camera, where would be best? > Cairns or Changi airport.?
To be honest I wouldnt bother. You’ll save the VAT but I’ll bet the airport duty free has a suffuciently higher profit margin that’ll swallow that. You can probably save as much buying from an on line discount store in the UK and that way you can be sure that the guarantee is valid and HM Customs and Excise wont mug you on your return to the UK. Keith
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> I intend purchasing a duty-free digital camera, where would be best? > Cairns or Changi airport.? > I have two hours in Changi… thanks.. > Links would be appreciated. )
I looked closely at camera prices when passing through Changi in February and was extremely disappointed (also with most other things). No real saving over UK discount prices, and what was there was cheaper in Hong Kong! Paul
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> Almost always a discount retailer in Australia (Ted’s Camera in > Brisbane or Photocontinental – even JB HiFi have better digital camera > prices than the duty free stores) other cities have similar outlets. > Changi’s certainly not cheap!!
I second that, and I second JB Hi-Fi. They are all over the place now (I don’t think Cairns, but they are in Brisbane and the Gold Coast). Find a camera you like and haggle hard. They will always drop their prices to please. L.
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>You can probably save as much buying from an >on line discount store in the UK and that way >you can be sure that the guarantee is valid >and HM Customs and Excise wont mug you >on your return to the UK.
Many thanks to all for their input.! I have decided to purchase online from the UK’s 7dayshop.. — View my aircraft pictures: "http://www.jetphotos.net/showphotos.php?userid=1753"