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Derrek
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2003 9:42 pm Post subject: Storage facilities?? Where to store for 1 month vacation? |
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I will finish my Hagwon contract in May, and need to find a place to store things for a month.
With the exception of locking stuff in a Goshiwon, I'm out of ideas. My Korean friends don't seem to know of such places either. Where does a foreigner put their stuff for a month in-between jobs? I'd hate to sell all of my stuff off only to buy it all again.
I'm in Seoul. Anyone have a similar experience in the past? |
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Magog
Joined: 09 Feb 2003
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Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2003 11:36 pm Post subject: |
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I'd go with the goshiwon, at least that way the owner can keep an eye on your room? And you could sleep there a few days after you vacation. |
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captain kirk
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2003 11:58 pm Post subject: |
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i too would like to know where to store baggage during vacations between contracts. something like a storage facility where one rents a locked cubicle. i was just in taiwan and such a facility had just been established in taipei. pardon me but what is a goshiwon? i know what a yogwan is. and a yoinsuk (smaller/cheaper version of a yogwan). I've left stuff with friends but it's a spatial imposition on them (a stack of boxes and bags). |
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Zyzyfer
Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Location: who, what, where, when, why, how?
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Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2003 12:01 am Post subject: |
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That's a toughie. I left stuff with various people, so that I had belongings scattered across Asia. But if you don't have any good acquaintances who have room to stash stuff, I think you're outta luck, aside from a goshiwon. |
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Magog
Joined: 09 Feb 2003
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Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2003 12:05 am Post subject: |
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Goshiown is a small room, traditionally for students to sleep and study. You pay anything from 200-400 a month-no deposit. Share bath & kitch There is usually someone at a front desk keeping an eye and whats going on. |
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Anda
Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: South Korea
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Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2003 5:26 pm Post subject: Um |
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I checked this out in Kwangju with Korean business friends. It's a no go situation here. In Australia they're everywhere but expensive for what they are. |
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Dazed and Confused
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
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Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2003 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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I've heard some of the house moving companies will store things for a price. I think this is what Korean do when they are having their house redecorated. Don't know if it's cheap or not.
sorry not to be more help. |
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dutchman
Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: My backyard
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Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2003 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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Funny you should ask that. I've been talking with a Korean friend of mine about opening just such a place. A mini-storage business like you see all over in the States.
Anyone want to invest?
By the way, the moving companies do offer storage but they are incredibly expensive. I don't remember exactly how much (it was a few years ago) but I do remember laughing when I heard the price. |
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dutchman
Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: My backyard
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Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2003 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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Oh, I do remember seeing something that looked like it might be a storage facility but haven't had a chance to check it out yet. It was near Nambu Bus Terminal, across from the Seoul Arts Center. |
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Rand Al Thor
Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Location: Locked in an epic struggle
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Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2003 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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I can't imagine storage being cheap in this country. Space is at a premium and if you want to use it for storage it's gonna cost you. |
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Captain Obvious 2.0
Joined: 09 Jan 2003
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Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2003 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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dutchman wrote: |
Funny you should ask that. I've been talking with a Korean friend of mine about opening just such a place. A mini-storage business like you see all over in the States. |
In North America, land is cheap. My family built a mini-storage place once before we sold it to a Korean business group.
In Korea, land is not so cheap. Very not cheap. The exact opposite of cheap. |
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dutchman
Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: My backyard
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Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2003 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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Captain Obvious 2.0 wrote: |
In Korea, land is not so cheap. Very not cheap. The exact opposite of cheap. |
Thanks capt., well aware. |
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