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seasghost · Joined: 09 Oct 2006 Location: USA

I want to buy a North American Video game consules (XBOX, DS, PS2) and have them shipped here in South Korea. First, I'm assuming I can do that . I figure there will be import fees and taxes, something like that.

I want to buy them from Amazon and have them shipped to my home address in Pennsylvania, then have my family in Pennsylvania send them to me in Korea. Is this okay?

The only reason I'm doing it this way is because Amazon doesn't ship video games/counsules to South Korea. Are there any reliable sites that will ship North American consules/games to South Korea?

Thanks for the help. I need it.

Ramones · Joined: 23 Oct 2006 Location: In Hell in my own mind...

Once you get to Korea take a quick vacation, go to China, buy a MODDED PS2 for about $120 +/- and stock up on NTSC games that cost about .60 cents U.S. - you will have a good time in China and get a new PS2 and stock up on 50 or 100 PS2 games for next to nothing.

The money you save on the game cost will outweigh the shipping costs from the USA to Korea, and you will marvel at the selection of games available in China and for such a low cost...

My 2 cents... And my kids have a modded PS2 from China and about 200 PS2 games from China... As opposed to the $39.99 my X wife just spent for a copy of BULLY for them...

smogdonkey · Joined: 19 Dec 2006

FYI, I just got my buddy to ship a PS3 over here for just under $100 insured from America. If it gets here ok, I'll update the post. They didn't say anything about taxes or customs.

I could have ordered it for slightly less from playasia.com (now that the prices have come down), but then it'd be a Japanese version, and while games are not region-coded, they don't work online when you cross regions, and I wouldn't be able to watch American dvds (though in bluray, apparently US and Japan are same region).