Tax-free shopping more expensive than online, survey shows
Duty-free shopping may be perceived as bargain shopping, but eight out of ten products cost more at airports than in online stores, according to Prisjakt.
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Pharmacy products can cost 300 percent more in store than online
The same product from the same pharmacy chain is, on average, 44 percent cheaper online than in the chain's physical stores. There are also products that are 375 percent more expensive in-store than online. That makes a huge difference to the wallets of ordinary consumers, says consumer expert Isabella Ahmadi of the price comparison site Prisjakt.
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New Black Friday scam: How stores get around the law
Hundreds of thousands of prices in Swedish online stores have already been raised ahead of expected reductions for Black Friday at the end of November. When price increases are greater than ten percent, then something could be suspicious, says Isabella Ahmadi, consumer expert at Prisjakt.
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Price manipulation continues: "Unbelievably sad about the companies"
A law amendment would prevent so-called fulreor. But a new report from the Consumer Agency shows that it has barely had any effect two years later. It is distressing that companies are ignoring it, says Maria Wiezell at Sweden's Consumers.
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