Before I start, this is not a complaint!! Just curious if I could have done something different...
Just got back from 1st trip to Switzerland and we loved it. 1 night Zurich, 2 nights Lucerne and 4 nights in the BO. Can't wait to get back. I loved it so much, in fact, I decided to buy a souvenir/retirement gift for myself. Nothing too crazy, but after 30 years I wanted a decent watch. Tissot makes a Jungfraubahn special edition smart watch which I saw and really liked. Anyway, I paid 38 CHF in tax. The sales person explained that if I was leaving from Switzerland, she could take off the tax. But we were going to Italy for a week and leaving out of Milan. So she gave me all the forms and explained that I needed a stamp from customs in Milan (at least I think that is what she said, I can't remember exactly). But when we got to Milan MXP, they said I needed to get the stamp at Swiss customs, when I crossed the border (because CH is not in the EU). Well obviously, the train didn't stop at the border for customs, so I never got the stamp or my tax refund..
Again, I'm not complaining here... Just curious, was there anyway for me to get a customs stamp somewhere along the line? Or was I just destined to pay the tax???