Duty-free war raging in Wellington

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Tue, 19 Apr 2011 7:00p.m.

There's now only one place to get your duty free alcohol in Wellington

There's now only one place to get your duty free alcohol in Wellington

When we go shopping we like choice it enables us, among other things, to get the best deal going. And we like choice when we travel and have a chance to buy duty free.

However at Wellington Airport, choice no longer exists.

There's now only one place to get your duty free alcohol, tobacco, and fragrances, as one supplier says they have been forced out of business by the unfair behaviour of the other.

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22 Jul 2011 01:49p.m.

terry wrote:

maybe not enough concessions paid to the land lord!

20 Apr 2011 10:32p.m.

ROSCOE wrote:

Just look at the following prices obtained via the net last week:
Chivas Regal 1 Ltr
Bne Int'l ---$Aus 49.99
Wlgtn Int'l--$Aus 45.00
C'ch Int'l---$Aus 30.00 (Dutyfree nz stores)
Fareweel my friends from across the ditch and have a nice day !!

Roscoe/Brisbane

Bundy Rum 1 Ltr
Bne Int'l---$Aus 29.99
Wlgtn Int'l-$Aus 27.00
C'ch Int'l--$Aus 21.30(Dutyfree nz stores)
The list goes on,and the message is clear---boycott Wlgtn/Bne airports because you are being ripped off !!!

20 Apr 2011 07:11p.m.

Paul wrote:

welcome to the new New Zealand. Work your life away only to have a conman take it all from you. Lets vote National again

20 Apr 2011 04:16p.m.

Jon wrote:

JR Duty & Wgtn airport should be ashamed of themselves. A clear case of backroom dealings. I wont be using Wellington for international flights and certainly JR Duty free wherever possible from now on.

20 Apr 2011 02:08p.m.

Peter Wyllie wrote:

Duty Free Stores NZ supplied excellent service for many years at Wellington Airport until the airport management decided in its wisdom that a sole franchisee would provide more competitive service and prices. They chose Australian JR Duty Free in preference to the New Zealand company, since when prices have risen considerably.

JR are merely exercising the monopoly that the airport has given them, and the customer has no choice. The airport should reinstate the competitor if it honestly wants to provide a decent service to its customers, the passengers who use the airport.