Many Taiwanese people love to visit “Japan Costco” when they travel to Japan. Not only are there a variety of products, but also because foreigners can enjoy tax-free services to make the products cheaper. Facebook stated that Costco Japan “It is confirmed that the tax exemption will be canceled from 2/12“, the counter staff speculated that one of the reasons for the cancellation was “Resale prevails“, many netizens sighed that “the discounts are all spoiled by people.”
Blogger “Sister Kyushu Ajin” on FacebookexpressI asked Costco Japan this morning, “It is confirmed that the tax exemption has been canceled from February 12th last week.” After asking the counter staff, it was revealed that the reason for the cancellation may be due to “the prevalence of reselling”, but she also reminded that it is still possible to go to Japan. When shopping at Costco, many products are still cheaper than the market price in Japan even if there is no duty-free price. In addition, the Costco membership card is universal, so cross-border shopping is not a problem.
A few days ago, some netizens shared their consumption experience in the Facebook group “Costco product experience to be honest”express, On the afternoon of February 11th, at Costco’s Fukuoka Kuyama warehouse store in Japan, the clerk at the checkout of the medicine cabinet explained that the policy is that tax exemption will not be allowed from February 11th. Some people in the Kyushu travel association also shared, saying, “When checking out, the clerk told me that after 2/11 (Japan) Costco will not provide tax exemption!”
Many netizens left messages saying, “Look, the discounts are all spoiled by people”, “I am too lucky, I just took my mother to Costco in Fukuoka on February 11”, “I went to buy it on 2/11 When I asked for a tax refund, I was rejected and told me that the system was malfunctioning”, “I didn’t use the tax exemption even when I went, so I was not disappointed”, “It was very shocking”.
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