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Prices also reflect people’s purchasing power which is rather high in Switzerland.
by Swenrekcah 4y ago
Prices also reflect people’s purchasing power which is rather high in Switzerland.
- ajsnigrutin 4y agoYep, also wages are higher there so there is a higher cost of running stores there. This is especially visible in stuff requiring manual work (eg. premade sandwiches in a store). On the other hand, everyone I know from switzerland goes (usually) to germany to shop there, and our balkan "gastarbaiters" go home, and do "everything" here (dentist, haircuts,...).
- vinay427 4y ago> everyone I know from switzerland goes (usually) to germany to shop there This is common in border cities such as Basel, but seems relatively unusual in my experience for people living in Zurich, Bern, etc. It's often not worth the extra few hours of travel from these cities on top of potential customs formalities.