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How to get a VAT refund from Switzerland purchase

I am traveling from Lucerne to Stuttgart by train tomorrow. I have a train ticket already. How do I get the VAT refund if we don’t stop at the border?

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You will have to get out in Schaffhausen, find the Swiss customs there (and hope they are open) and then get on the next train.
But given that Swiss VAT is only 8% is it really worth? The VAT processor will take his cut too.