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hmmm....What should I do with all my stuff?

 
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khyber



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Compunction Junction

PostPosted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:34 pm    Post subject: hmmm....What should I do with all my stuff? Reply with quote

So it turns out that my school is unwilling to reimburse me for things I bought last year with the credit the new teachers got to furnish their apartments.

That leaves me with quite a bit of stuff I don't want them to have.
The bedding related materials can stay, no problem, but I'm thinking of the dresser, iron, iron board, humidifier, computer desk, a few other knicks and knacks.
I'm thinking give stuff to my friends and have a big bonfire.

Should I chase after them? At last year's school i was given 2million of whiched I used about half.

BAH! I'm stpuid.
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Fishead soup



Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea

PostPosted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I wouldn't do it. Schools are known to send supervisers with lists to do a double check before you move out.
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littlelisa



Joined: 12 Jun 2007
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

But if he paid for them, and they didn't reimburse him, then he can do what he likes with it, no?
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some waygug-in



Joined: 25 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You could just throw it out on the street like the Koreans do...

Are you sure you can't sell some of it?
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Pak Yu Man



Joined: 02 Jun 2005
Location: The Ida galaxy

PostPosted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sell some of it. Some people try to sell useless things like half used food items. Sell it cheap. Get a little back.
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mehamrick



Joined: 28 Aug 2006
Location: South Korea

PostPosted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

littlelisa wrote:
But if he paid for them, and they didn't reimburse him, then he can do what he likes with it, no?


I am with you on this one.. The OP spent his money and didnt get reimbursed for it then its his stuff to do as he pleases with no worries. I say sell away or do whatever you want with it. Very Happy
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icicle



Joined: 09 Feb 2007
Location: Gyeonggi do Korea

PostPosted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 11:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I thought what he was saying was he didn't want to leave what he had brought with the set up money we get at the start of the contract ... Rather than not being reimbursed ...

No point being upset about not being reimbursed for what you have brought for the flat beyond this amount because contract clearly states that nothing else can be expected ...

At the same time ... there should be no expectation that he leave anything that he has brought with his own money ... What should be left ... and will be checked for is the things which the school provided ...

I guess if I was leaving the country ... I would probably just leave the things that I couldn't take ... that my friends didn't want or I couldn't sell that I had brought with my own money ... for the next teacher ... Nothing is gained by destroying ... or just throwing it away ...

Icicle
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