Maybe the airlines should simply shut down the duty free shops and send every passenger a discount coupon for $10 off a bottle of booze bought in their local liquor store.
I find that the prices at CostCo are remarkably similar to those at most duty free shops and considerably more convenient than carrying additional luggage. > -----Original Message----- > From: David Harrington [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 10:28 AM > To: 'IETF discussion list' > Subject: RE: Warning - risk of duty free stuff being > confiscated on thewayto Prague > > Maybe they should sell the liquor in small transparent baggies. > > dbh > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mark Andrews [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 7:40 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Cc: IETF discussion list > > Subject: Re: Warning - risk of duty free stuff being confiscated on > > the wayto Prague > > > > > > > > > > > > > Eric Burger wrote: > > > > Guys - This is true (or, supposed to be true) in ALL > > countries. You go > > > > between two sterile environments, and ALL the rules get > > reset. This isn't a > > > > Europe thing, a U.S. thing, or a foobar thing. It's the > > way airport > > > > security works. > > > > > > Sure. But while folk like us probably ought to think of > > the issuebefore we > > > buy something in Duty Free -- because, after all, we > > *always* forsee the full > > > range of interaction effects, when making changes to > > complex systems -- it's > > > not reasonable to expect average travellers to. > > > > > > No warnings. Nothing. > > > > At least the last time I bought duty free alcohol, Febuary, > > the staff warned me before I completed the transaction that > > I would not get it through security. I luckily have the > > option of purchasing it when I leaving and picking it up > > just before immigration and customs. The pre-departure > > price is also less than the pre-arrival price. > > > > Mark > > > > > They get inside a security perimeter and think they are > > safe to buy the > > > liquids they could not take through the perimeter. > > > > > > d/ > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Dave Crocker > > > Brandenburg InternetWorking > > > bbiw.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Ietf mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > > -- > > Mark Andrews, ISC > > 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia > > PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ietf mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > [email protected] > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list [email protected] https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
