zuricity wrote:BlueinBosnia wrote:zuricity wrote:Yep, Luzern and Zürich make big money out of those Communist Chinese Millionaires and Nouveau Riche Indians , Koreans etc
It's funny really they are bussed in from Italy or France or Germany for the Day in Luzern . All can afford expensive watches but can't afford to stay in Swiss Hotels. Cheapskates that they are.
Aren't those day trips something to do with VAT refunds, though? If you go on an organized tour to Switzerland, I'd guess they have some kind of assistance for this included in the package, while if you book a trip yourself, you have to do all the paperwork unaided. If you buy a £20K watch, you get a rebate of just over a grand.
vat in switzerland is 7.7 percent and no, Indians and Chinese cannot get that back
Why can't Indians and Chinese get it refunded? I thought the general rule applied by all countries was that refunds (where given) were on the basis of being a non-resident (and in some cases also non-citizen), which would mean
all tourists and day-trippers could get it. Or does Switzerland have a weird set of rules?
I hate being on a bus with Chinese people from Serbia to northern Bosnia & Herzegovina: you can bet your bottom dollar that 90% of the time they're just heading to the first town over the border for a few hours to claim their VAT refund (which I think is 17%, out of the 20% originally paid), then heading back. It adds on a 30-60 minute wait at the border. For some reason, bespoke shoes seem to be a big thing among those that do this.
"Ferguson. Žvaka kurac."
(Ferguson. Chewing-gum cock.)
Old man in a bar in rural Bosnia.