Comments on: Bucharest’s Otopeni Airport: Free of Duty Free http://www.bucharestlife.net/2009/08/10/bucharests-otopeni-airport-free-of-duty-free/ Capital living in Bucharest, Romania Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:44:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Davin Ellicson http://www.bucharestlife.net/2009/08/10/bucharests-otopeni-airport-free-of-duty-free/#comment-1030 Davin Ellicson Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:26:16 +0000 http://www.bucharestlife.net/?p=1787#comment-1030 Parmalat, I bring my new Mac computers with me from the US as well as my contact lens solution and toothpaste. I have never been to a McDonalds since the 1980s and don't drink any Coca Cola. I want to be healthy! Romanians should realize that just because Mcdonalds and Coco Cola are Western they aren't necessarily 'good'. Any educated person I know in West Europe or the US doesn't go near Mcdonalds or Coco Cola or fast food. It's recipe for disaster. a Mcdonalds hamburger has more than 4,000 different 'part's to it. It is no ordinary piece of meat you'd get in rural Romania, trust me. Parmalat,

I bring my new Mac computers with me from the US as well as my contact lens solution and toothpaste. I have never been to a McDonalds since the 1980s and don’t drink any Coca Cola. I want to be healthy! Romanians should realize that just because Mcdonalds and Coco Cola are Western they aren’t necessarily ‘good’. Any educated person I know in West Europe or the US doesn’t go near Mcdonalds or Coco Cola or fast food. It’s recipe for disaster. a Mcdonalds hamburger has more than 4,000 different ‘part’s to it. It is no ordinary piece of meat you’d get in rural Romania, trust me.

]]> By: Parmalat http://www.bucharestlife.net/2009/08/10/bucharests-otopeni-airport-free-of-duty-free/#comment-1026 Parmalat Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:04:01 +0000 http://www.bucharestlife.net/?p=1787#comment-1026 It's very interesting how the US prefers to work with China so much and Europe avoids them. And also it's very interesting how Chinese factories can make goods with such a variable quality. You can buy from China both rubbish as well as top-quality goods. I remember since I lived in Paris (more than 10 years ago) that Coca Cola company for example had a variety of flavours for its drinks in Paris hypermarkets while in Romania there were only 4 drinks available (Coca Cola, Fanta Orange and Lemon and Sprite). Also I heard that Procter and Gamble has a factory somewhere in Romania and the workers don't really respect the recipes so the final products are of somewhat a lower quality than it's supposed to be. But this is quite an old story maybe things have changed... So, I presume that since you got straight to the laptop part, skipping other consumers' goods, you haven't encoutered much difference in Colgate toothpaste or Mc Donalds or Coca Cola for example...? It’s very interesting how the US prefers to work with China so much and Europe avoids them.
And also it’s very interesting how Chinese factories can make goods with such a variable quality. You can buy from China both rubbish as well as top-quality goods.
I remember since I lived in Paris (more than 10 years ago) that Coca Cola company for example had a variety of flavours for its drinks in Paris hypermarkets while in Romania there were only 4 drinks available (Coca Cola, Fanta Orange and Lemon and Sprite).
Also I heard that Procter and Gamble has a factory somewhere in Romania and the workers don’t really respect the recipes so the final products are of somewhat a lower quality than it’s supposed to be. But this is quite an old story maybe things have changed…
So, I presume that since you got straight to the laptop part, skipping other consumers’ goods, you haven’t encoutered much difference in Colgate toothpaste or Mc Donalds or Coca Cola for example…?

]]> By: Davin Ellicson http://www.bucharestlife.net/2009/08/10/bucharests-otopeni-airport-free-of-duty-free/#comment-1025 Davin Ellicson Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:18:37 +0000 http://www.bucharestlife.net/?p=1787#comment-1025 Again, Romania is BACKWARD. Parmalat, I have heard this claim before about inferior products being shipped to the East. Certainly, for instance, if you buy a Macintosh computer in Bucharest you get one made in Hungary as opposed to China when you buy it in the US. Whether or not though a Hungarian assembly line worker produces an inferior Mac compared to his/her Chinese counterpart is up for debate. Again, Romania is BACKWARD.

Parmalat, I have heard this claim before about inferior products being shipped to the East. Certainly, for instance, if you buy a Macintosh computer in Bucharest you get one made in Hungary as opposed to China when you buy it in the US. Whether or not though a Hungarian assembly line worker produces an inferior Mac compared to his/her Chinese counterpart is up for debate.

]]> By: Parmalat http://www.bucharestlife.net/2009/08/10/bucharests-otopeni-airport-free-of-duty-free/#comment-1019 Parmalat Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:31:44 +0000 http://www.bucharestlife.net/?p=1787#comment-1019 There's no real duty free shop in Bucharest. You can check the other ones too and you'll see that the prices are at least of the same value as in hypermarkets. But for someone who wants to eat some quality (foreign - made for the western markets) chocolate, buying from the Gara de Nord so-called duty free would be ok. And since we got to this part - Craig, Davin, can you confirm me that certain well-known brands like for example Procter & Gamble offer the same products but of a lower quality in the Eastern countries than in the West? Or is it just my imagination? Thanks! There’s no real duty free shop in Bucharest. You can check the other ones too and you’ll see that the prices are at least of the same value as in hypermarkets.
But for someone who wants to eat some quality (foreign – made for the western markets) chocolate, buying from the Gara de Nord so-called duty free would be ok.
And since we got to this part – Craig, Davin, can you confirm me that certain well-known brands like for example Procter & Gamble offer the same products but of a lower quality in the Eastern countries than in the West? Or is it just my imagination? Thanks!

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