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#92
Posting my review of Frankfurt airport in case this is helpful for others.

Duty free shopping here is quite different than the rest of Europe. In other countries (ex U.K. since they got rid of vat tax shipping) if you buy at airport the price is without any VAT tax so you get the full (18-21% discount) whereas if you you buy in the city you only get ~8-14% back since the company and global blue takes a large cut.
However at Frankfurt airport they opperate the SAME way! I purchased a maxmara coat and only got 11% back instead of 19% back and still hd to go to customs and globale blue despite being ast customs ans security as well. There is NO advantage of buying at the airport compared to in the city. Quite disappointing. Also frankfurt is poorly laid out and despit my flight and the store being in terminal 1 I stil had to take a shuttle.
 
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#93
KensingtonUK said:
Posting my review of Frankfurt airport in case this is helpful for others.

Duty free shopping here is quite different than the rest of Europe. In other countries (ex U.K. since they got rid of vat tax shipping) if you buy at airport the price is without any VAT tax so you get the full (18-21% discount) whereas if you you buy in the city you only get ~8-14% back since the company and global blue takes a large cut.
However at Frankfurt airport they opperate the SAME way! I purchased a maxmara coat and only got 11% back instead of 19% back and still hd to go to customs and globale blue despite being ast customs ans security as well. There is NO advantage of buying at the airport compared to in the city. Quite disappointing. Also frankfurt is poorly laid out and despit my flight and the store being in terminal 1 I stil had to take a shuttle.
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What's this got to do with Hermes Frankfurt?
 
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Hello! I am transiting through Frankfurt in a couple of months and was wondering if they have B/K available for sale (store in the city). And, is there any chance for a tourist, or are they all for regulars?
 
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KensingtonUK said:
Posting my review of Frankfurt airport in case this is helpful for others.

Duty free shopping here is quite different than the rest of Europe. In other countries (ex U.K. since they got rid of vat tax shipping) if you buy at airport the price is without any VAT tax so you get the full (18-21% discount) whereas if you you buy in the city you only get ~8-14% back since the company and global blue takes a large cut.
However at Frankfurt airport they opperate the SAME way! I purchased a maxmara coat and only got 11% back instead of 19% back and still hd to go to customs and globale blue despite being ast customs ans security as well. There is NO advantage of buying at the airport compared to in the city. Quite disappointing. Also frankfurt is poorly laid out and despit my flight and the store being in terminal 1 I stil had to take a shuttle.
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Hey.. can you please tell me how the refund process is in Frankfurt? I bought a few items that uses Global Blue & Planet.

So do we have to get validation from customs first before checkin? and then do we have to drop the envelopes in the box provided?

and do we get the refund after check in or before? thanks!
 
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KensingtonUK said:
Posting my review of Frankfurt airport in case this is helpful for others.

Duty free shopping here is quite different than the rest of Europe. In other countries (ex U.K. since they got rid of vat tax shipping) if you buy at airport the price is without any VAT tax so you get the full (18-21% discount) whereas if you you buy in the city you only get ~8-14% back since the company and global blue takes a large cut.
However at Frankfurt airport they opperate the SAME way! I purchased a maxmara coat and only got 11% back instead of 19% back and still hd to go to customs and globale blue despite being ast customs ans security as well. There is NO advantage of buying at the airport compared to in the city. Quite disappointing. Also frankfurt is poorly laid out and despit my flight and the store being in terminal 1 I stil had to take a shuttle.
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Thank you ! Extremely helpful as I have a 4 hour hour layover in the airport only before my next destination.
 
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