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Hav

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7. If you are close to the German border,

Reply to JohnnyLib2 (Original post)

Sun Jan 21, 2018, 08:42 PM

Jan 2018

then do what the Suisse do. Do your shopping in Germany. But maybe that is because they can get the taxes back for products bought in Germany. It still seems as if prices for food are considerably more expensive in Switzerland. Whenever I'm in the US, I'm surprised how expensive food is in the US. Maybe I get the conversion rate wrong but it seems so absurd when you have to spend less to get Californian Pistachios or Jack Link's Beef Jerky in Germany.

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