To James the englishman : I would suggest to you.Open up a all purpose superstore here in Switzerland . Sell the goods at the price from across the channel .I wish you luck ,hopefully you make the billionaires list soon

I learned a long time ago in Spain 1960s.The swedish people can hold there liquor

I would suggest you do nothing; continue to pay outrageous premiums compared with neighbouring countries and ignore all this talk about profiteering, protection and lack of competition. Counter any arguements by reminding people that these food retailers deserve to be treated like charities, and you should help them at the expense of your time and effort rather than behaving merely like a consumer expecting value for money.

Maintain monopolies and protective practices wheresoever ye shall find them and be sure to avoid any deregulation or market liberalisation initiatives, because it holds an umbrella over high prices.

AYB

Canada/USA is cheaper ,whats holding you in Switzerland?

International Commerce, efficient shipping, MWSt refund, low corporate tax rates. Why your interest from Canada ? Did you indeed "go back to where you came from " ? Which is another dull response to negative comment on swiss life.

AYB

Yes went on Vacation a view times

Cannut felt in love with winter, huge open space, friendly population and white socks.

And low Prices of "Canadian Club "/ "Crown Royal"with "Canada dry" and Canadian ice , Molson Candian ETC.ETC.

And Root beer my friend!

Thats american!is it ?

I grew up with it and Soda cream!

Rip-offs and scam prices are an old and well respected tradition in Switzerland. it's all about the culture.

Hey, I am a wet blanket today, am I not, but you can find a giant can of baked beans in CH Aldi for not even a franc (885gr). So, I am sure the middle class workers have found their supplies, as did many others, last time Aldi was packed.

Today's biggest rip off was a sack for the kindy gym. Something pink and shiny, for 30 chufs

1st day of the school, or, la rentree as it is called here, is a major opportunity to have matching this and that uber expensively pushed on kids and parents.

Make your own, and write on it to personalize it with a permanent marker, sew some applications, or buttons, make it different. It will cost you 5fr of material.

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But, if you make your own, you might have to fake 'American Apparel' or whatever slogan is current here.
With my grandchildren in the UK, everything has to be some 'designer' or other, and that seems to start horribly early.
With any luck that isn't how it is here, which would certainly be one thing to be grateful for.

If you don't mind your kid being called "Gypo".

Naw...she was pretty proud and demanded I teach her to work the sewing machine, hahaha, like, NOW!

She'll grow out of it



Actually, I hope she doesn't. Hopefully CH doesn't pick up the "Dress Code" competitiveness of UK schools.

Not sure, I tried to, as well, but once you start, and young on top, it's addictive. A tad granola, embarrassingly enough, but thankgod it's getting a little more chic these days.

(I grew up in matching outfits with moms' she made us )

Ok, back to rip offs. Fabric stores here. Ugh. Lyon is luring me.

living in lausanne i have found it still significantly cheaper to rent a car at the weekend (chf 170ish) and do a months shopping in Carrefour in France, spend EUR 400 for what would cost at least 900 chf in Migros/Coop....nice saving and still ahve use of a car for the sunday.
My favourite Swiss rip off is: 200g jar of nescafe (swiss product) 13chf in Coop, or 5.49 eur in france. Even before the currency shift it was 52% more in its home nation! And rice...the special 10% off that has seen Uncle Bens plummet to 3.50 a kilo here! Its still EUR0.71 a kg in Carrefour. Only 300% more in Switz then!

Food, food and food - in the grocery. We spend 200CH to eat at home a week for 2 people. Meat, poultry, fish - only deal is sometimes when produce is in season. Clothes - outrageously expensive for quality I think is poor (ugly cheap shoes), and items that say "swiss made" can be the worst in quality. When we go home to American we buy all essentials there. Try to avoid buying anything here.