duty free cigarettes

popalock

am travelling tomorrow from Heathrow termainal 4 and have been tasked with buying Parliament cigarettes for a friend of mine

is it cheaper to buy a the airport rather than from my local supermarket?

McKneff

No idea, but dont tell anyone that you are buying them for someone else.

It's illegal.

Caz3121

popalock wrote: »

am travelling tomorrow from Heathrow termainal 4 and have been tasked with buying Parliament cigarettes for a friend of mine

is it cheaper to buy a the airport rather than from my local supermarket?

Where are you flying to? I within the EU then they will be the same price as elsewhere, if outside the EU, assuming they sell them, you can buy 200 for personal use

ash28

Caz3121 wrote: »

Where are you flying to? I within the EU then they will be the same price as elsewhere, if outside the EU, assuming they sell them, you can buy 200 for personal use

You generally have to be flying outside the EU to be able to buy cigarettes or tobacco and some alcohol, perfume and other stuff you can buy.

Gibraltar and the Canaries aren't classed as the EU. But somehow I doubt the Heathrow prices will match local prices in either of those places.

http://www.worlddutyfree.com/information/tax-and-duty-free-shopping.html

popalock

i'm flying to Uzbekistan so definitely outside the EU. cigarettes are cheaper there, but they don't have all the brands and there are lots of fakes - thus the reason for asking me to bring some.

200 is one carton?

phatbear

McKneff wrote: »

No idea, but dont tell anyone that you are buying them for someone else.

It's illegal.

oh no its not

warwicktiger

phatbear wrote: »

oh no its not

oh yes it is, unless you give them as a free present to that other person. Duty free sales are for personal use only.

phatbear

and where did the op say he would be getting the money back for them or selling them on?

phatbear

warwicktiger wrote: »

Duty free sales are for personal use only.

And thats poop too, you can do what you wish with your purchases as long as you dont sell them.

Hell makes me wonder why they allow me to buy perfume when I go on holiday as its obviously not for me

LEJC

YES OP 200 cigarettes is one carton....
well the duty free sizes at airports are 200...if you buy cigarettes in a supermarket here then they are sometimes banded in 100's

sometimes its cheaper in the country to buy them and sometimes its cheaper at the airport,and occaisionally you get a better deal whilst in the air....
theres not a great deal in it but you may save yourself a few extra pennies by buying them whilst you are there....on the other hand who wants to spend all their time whilst they are away looking up the best price on a carton of cigaretts for a collegue....buy them at the airport and be done....that way they benefit from a lower price than over the counter here and you enjoy your time away!

LEJC

Just re read the OPs posts...and am now confused....is he asking if its cheaper to take cigarettes out of this country....as he says there are a lot of fakes where hes going to?