Yeah, Nah: Would you pay $11 for a block of Whittaker's chocolate?

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You tin drawback a 250g artifact of Whittaker’s cocoa for arsenic debased arsenic $4.99 successful immoderate Pak’nSave stores, but successful Christchurch Airport, as 1 rider found, a artifact was going for an eye-watering $11.

Aelia, which runs the duty-free store astatine Christchurch Airport, said the higher prices were owed to precocious expenses, and that their goods were chiefly aimed astatine planetary and not home markets.

But Consumer NZ’s communications and campaigns adviser, Abby Damen, said the pricey chocolate was grossly unfair.

“If thing is advertised arsenic being ‘duty-free’ it’s just to presume it’s cheaper than the regular retail price. However, this is intelligibly not the lawsuit here,” she said.

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What bash you think? Is splashing retired connected an $11 artifact of cocoa acceptable successful immoderate circumstances, oregon is determination nary mode you could bash it?

Vote successful the Yeah, Nah canvass above, and stock your thoughts successful the comments below.

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Chocolate successful  immoderate   stores goes for treble  what it costs successful  supermarkets. (File photo)

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Chocolate successful immoderate stores goes for treble what it costs successful supermarkets. (File photo)

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