Yes this is good place for shopping...And there are a lot of variety in clothes available...easy to reach out to!

My wife and daughters would like to do get a haircut at Konstanz. Any recommendations?

Cheers

S.

If I go to Konstanz from Zurich by train (SBB) and I spend less than 300 CHF and don't want a tax refund,

then I can just hop on the SBB train from Konstanz back to Zurich. I am not required to check in with either the German authorities OR Swiss border guards.

Correct?

I have a Swiss L permit. (It seems that I'm not eligible to request a VAT refund on an L permit anyway.)

I've read all the threads on shopping in Konstanz and I think I'm right, but would like confirmation please. Don't want to unwittingly get in trouble crossing the border from Germany back into Switzerland.

Thanks.

Correct .

Yep -- correct -- but just to expand on that a touch for others, people entering Switzerland have a personal tax-free import allowance of CHF 300 per day. This means you can bring with you goods worth up to CHF 300 net of local VAT without paying Swiss VAT on them. You may, if eligible, claim back the VAT from the country where you purchased the goods, and if the total pre-tax value is less than CHF 300, you still won't have to pay Swiss VAT.

However, if you bring goods with a pre-tax value exceeding CHF 300 into Switzerland with you, you will be liable for Swiss VAT on the entire value of the goods (no deduction for personal tax-free allowance). This applies whether or not you claimed back the VAT from the country where you purchased the goods.

And that 300 CHF import limit only applies to goods which don't have a special limit, such as the 500g limit of beef/pork/lamb.

Genau. Although, of course, if you pay CHF 600/kg for said beek/pork/lamb, the question is moot. Oh, but you wouldn't be shopping in Switzerland, would you, if you were considering tax-free allowances, so the moot question is moot.

What was the question again?

Does anyone know if there is a good electronic store near Konstanz Station? I am thinking about getting a juicer but didn't have much luck when searching the stores listed on the Lago or on Karstadt's website.