IS it possible to buy in duty free on Apple store in france

Buying duty free is only possible at duty free shops. When you bring your purchase back to your home country you will have to declare your purchase and show your duty free receipt. If you are taking the machine out of the EU, you may be able to get a refund on your VAT. You may still have to pay tax when you bring the machine in. Tax and duty are not the same.

The moral of the story? Don't try to save money by buying computers abroad. It isn't worth it.

Can't see what benefit that would give you. In order to register for warranty and Applecare (essential) the item should be bought in the country that you reside. Hence duty free would be a no no. That's how I see it anyway.

realise this is a few months old... but have to set a few things right.

All applecare protection is worldwide. No exceptions. You can get it fixed anywhere. It used to be only on mobile devices ( meaning movable - so laptops / phones etc ) for a number of years it's everything including macpro's etc

You can buy the Applecare up to 1 year after your purchase to continue it anywhere in the world

I bought a macbook in Dixons Duty Free on my travels in 2008 for £800 saving £175

Not sure how it stands on when you return to home... but have you ever been asked to provide a Proof of purchase for a laptop?!

I am not sure what the cheapest option at the moment is. I think buying at a US store and even paying the Sale tax is cheaper than duty free in the UK and you can claim the sales tax back. You can even preorder a UK or whatever keyboard you want.

Where were you when you bought the MacBook ... in the UK? As it was 2008 both warranty and Applecare are now expired. I doubt that duty could be applied to that one because of its age ... and you could prove that via the serial number.

But it now seems you are thinking to make a new purchase in the US and bring it back to the UK or France. It's not clear where it will end up. If you do, you will have to pay duty in whichever EU country you return to, BUT, once duty has been paid, you should not have to pay duty again in any other EU country provided you retain the duty receipt.

You should not need to produce the receipts as proof of purchase once you have registered the machine with Apple for Apple Care should you need service.

Sure. I know it's exprired I am just correcting your statement....

" In order to register for warranty and Applecare (essential) the item should be bought in the country that you reside."

You don't - You can buy it anywhere.

My point about duty is if you buy a laptop or any electric device anywhere in the world and it's not still boxed why would you offer to pay duty!?

Have you or anyone been asked to provide proof of purchase for a device.

Why do you seem so unwilling to say which country you are or will be living in.

It is the general expectation that If you are carrying back into a country you reside in, goods on which you have not paid duty, you should declare them. Your point, on that basis, would be invalid.

I have not been asked to produce proof of purchase but I could well have been. The rules vary from country to country but the basic tenet that ignorance of the law is no excuse for not abiding by it, is universal. If you think otherwise, do as you will.

Well you didn't ask me where I live. Not that it matters I am not buying anything?! The UK.

So everything you have ever bought abroad and brought back to the UK you have Declared? Perfume/after shave Chocolates, those giant bars of toblerone. There is a reason Duty Free shops exist you know.

Clearly you have never done anything remotely in the grey area of legality... so you better go wipe all those TV recordings you have - anything over 28 days is illegal don't you know... oh and lets arrest all the Taxi Drivers for not having a Bail of hay in the back too.

What an unnecessarily aggressive post.

In these columns people try, entirely voluntarilly, to answer questions. While their answers may not always meet the expectations of the questioner, they are usually written with good intent. Right or wrong they would never merit some misguided lecture on morals for their trouble.

I suggest you read and digest the tutorial on Community etiquette on the Apple Support Communities welcome page.

seventy one wrote:

What an unnecessarily aggressive post.

Not only that, it is wrong as well. Only Apple computers have a worldwide warranty. iOS devices do not.

In those cases where you do have a worldwide warranty, it is designed for people traveling or moving. Trying to get around duty and customs law (in the "grey area") is just a scan.

Not remotely aggressive. sarcastic possibly.

If anything you demanding to know where I live came across aggressive.

I posted to point out that MacBook warranty have international warranties.

I suggest you lighten up.

Nope iOS devices have international warranties. The only exception is the CDMA device that woul not be fixed in the uk, they would be returned to the USA.

Apple will and have fixed / replaced various of my devices in the last 4 years in 3 different countries.

onelife2000 wrote:

Apple will and have fixed / replaced various of my devices in the last 4 years in 3 different countries.

That is just the kind of company that Apple is. Apple has a proven track record of providing support above and beyond published warranties. But there is no guarantee of warranty service beyond what is statement in your Applecare agreement.

You can apply for a refund of VAT if you're taking the Mac out of the EU. Talk to a specialist at the Apple Store. Otherwise no, there is no "duty free" purchasing that I can find.

Regards.

Wrong, all iPhones, regardless of whether it is a CDMA phone, has a warranty limited to the country of purchase.