Tax free in the airport - want to buy an iPod and wondering....

My OH is flying into Geneva from Malaga en route to Chamonix tomorrow and it suddenly occurred to me that it might be the place to buy an iPod cheaply. Is duty applied for EU citizens? He's a brit resident in spain. I might be completely behind the times with this but I thought that Switzerland was outside the EU therefore sales tax was not applicable.

Any thoughts ideas welcome, but I could do without anyone telling me that's a dumb question even if it is!

Cheers

Are there any Duty or taxes except VAT/Sales tax on an i-Pod in EU - I really doubt it. EU normally do not have duty on industrial product - that was something you had in the 50's.

Sales Tax is not an EU thing - that "great" invention is adapted all over the world.

BTW airport shops are normally not "tax-free" in general - normally it is only the tobacco-alcohol-perfume shops that are (and only travelling o palces outside EU) , but not the photo/electronics shops!

I've yet to see a cheap electrical good in a european airport. Most of the time they are more expensive. If they are advertising as duty free they bump up the tax free price to compensate.

The cheapest place in Europe at the mo seems to be the UK. I bought an iPod Nano 2 weeks ago at the Regent St Apple store for the equivalent of 115 euros. In France it's 150 euros. I'd wait until you next go back to the UK..

Global Refund: Switzerland

Nowadays, tax free airport shops are a joke. You can find anything cheaper online.

I suggest that he does some research on prices on-line. Then, if he sees a bargain in Malaga he can snap it up.

Last time I was in a Swiss airport (Zurich) duty-free prices, even for alcohol, were a good deal higher than anything I have seen on the high street.