ALDI SÜD TAX FREE KARTE - How it works

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Hi There,

Could anyone explain how this ALDI SÜD TAX Free Karte works?

I used to make purchase at ALDI, Weil Am Rhein, but since a year or so they started this scheme (see link below), which I am not able to understand.

http://www.global-blue.com/merchant-...ine-anmeldung/

WIth this scheme, is it not necessary to get the tax refund form stamped at the border post?

Thanks in advance

Ashish

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Your first step is to fill in the forms and send them off - you then receive a card in your name through the post. Present this to the cashier when you next do your shopping and you'll get a customs slip stapled to your receipt (it will be printed with your name and address). When crossing back over the border get this customs slip stamped at the German customs booth, remember to present your documentation (For EU citizens apparently it's passport and 'b' permit, I found this out during a 10 minute discussion with a rather rigid customs guy at Grenzach Whylen crossing).

Next time you go to Aldi put the till receipt and stamped customs slip into one of the envelopes they give you and then into the 'letter box' in store.

The Refund is then deposited directly in your bank account.

It sounds complicated but it's dead easy - first thing to do though is fill in the forms that you pick up in store and send them off to be processed and get your card.