>>What I don't like is that 2% should be about $40 not $4 and not only that but I have to pay 25% of 85% of the $4 in taxes so my net is $3.15. I'm not sure you could buy very many flowers or even 1 beer in HNL for $3,15.
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>Not going to get a beer in any airport for $3.15 -- if you go to a store and buy a single beer (which they let you do in Hawaii) you can get one that cheap in Hawaii though.

Never crossed my mind to do that while I was in the US. First it was hard to find beer, and then when I did I would buy at least a sixpack, or a dozen, because as a rule the next time they wouldn't have any.

But really... there are places where you can't buy one beer (or whatever they sell under that name)?