If like me you are European, you know very well how frustrating the 1:1 $/€ conversion in street price is.
I noticed that many Swiss shops have amazingly low prices compared to other European countries. Being Switzerland out of the Euro-zone, custom fees still applies though.
One thing is not clear to me:
If I go to Switzerland to pick the stuff personally, how can they demonstrate it wasn't mine already?
Let's put it the other way around: I go to Switzerland and I get checked at the douane. They will find my smartphone, my laptop, etc etc. They are my personal effects bought in my home country, I won't have to pay fees to carry them with me in Switzerland. Now imagine I go back to my country: how can they proove I bought my camera there and didn't have it with me when I arrived?
Or put it otherwise: if I live in Switzerland for 5 years before coming back to my home country, am I supposed to pay import taxes on a 5 years old product I bought there?
I noticed that many Swiss shops have amazingly low prices compared to other European countries. Being Switzerland out of the Euro-zone, custom fees still applies though.
One thing is not clear to me:
If I go to Switzerland to pick the stuff personally, how can they demonstrate it wasn't mine already?
Let's put it the other way around: I go to Switzerland and I get checked at the douane. They will find my smartphone, my laptop, etc etc. They are my personal effects bought in my home country, I won't have to pay fees to carry them with me in Switzerland. Now imagine I go back to my country: how can they proove I bought my camera there and didn't have it with me when I arrived?
Or put it otherwise: if I live in Switzerland for 5 years before coming back to my home country, am I supposed to pay import taxes on a 5 years old product I bought there?