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Yongsan Shopping Guide- 10 Year Thread! - Upd 2/2013
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Don Mario



Joined: 28 Jun 2007
PostPosted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 2:16 pm    Post subject: Where to buy an electric guitar in Seoul? Reply with quote
I checked out the Yonsang Electronics market but didn t see
any electric guitars.

Where are they sold in Seoul?

Is there a district in the city that sells good quality (and grey market)
musical instruments?

DM
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The Lemon



Joined: 11 Jan 2003
PostPosted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 2:58 pm    Post subject: Re: Where to buy an electric guitar in Seoul? Reply with quote
Don Mario wrote:
I checked out the Yonsang Electronics market but didn t see
any electric guitars.

Where are they sold in Seoul?

Is there a district in the city that sells good quality (and grey market)
musical instruments?

DM


Yes, Nakwon. It's right by Insadong off of Chong-no.

http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=2306
http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=32874
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The Lemon



Joined: 11 Jan 2003
PostPosted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 3:10 pm    Post subject: Re: Laptop prices in Yongsan 2007 Reply with quote
Kynan wrote:
Hi,

This thread has mentioned several times in the past that laptops are the one thing that tends to be more expensive (even in Yongsan) than back in the USA or Canada. How true is that now? Are prices still discouraging?
I'm in the market for a new laptop, mostly for writing and web surfing. Nothing fancy.


If you're going to Canada or the US anytime soon, Dell has a decent laptop (the 1501) that they've been selling on and off for 499 Canadian. I'm trying on one right now, in fact. Possibly the best deal in the world for a basic laptop.

Korean laptops are running around 600,000w for a basic model on www.omi.co.kr.
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blade



Joined: 30 Jun 2007
PostPosted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 6:55 am    Post subject: Re: Laptop prices in Yongsan 2007 Reply with quote
ttompatz wrote:


Laptops will run 800k+ for a new one and then you have the language issue to deal with (getting it changed or an English system in the first place).

I don't think this should be an issue as far as I can work out most retailers in Yongsan will install an English version of windows for no extra charge.
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boatofcar



Joined: 20 Dec 2006
Location: Sheffield, UK
PostPosted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 6:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
What about used electronics stores? Any recommendations?
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eliross



Joined: 14 Jun 2007
PostPosted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Can anyone recommend a good vendor for putting together a machine?
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cbclark4



Joined: 20 Aug 2006
Location: Masan
PostPosted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
http://www.globalcomputer.com/

http://www.tigerdirect.com


http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=62899
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bondjimbond



Joined: 29 Dec 2007
Location: Seoul
PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 6:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've been to Youngsan a couple of times now, casually looking for a digital multimedia projector. I've only been able to find one shop that sells them, though, in the Digital Living building, and the guy there doesn't speak any English, and even with a Korean woman helping me out would not show me the boxes or any documentation which might reveal the specifications.

Is there anyone more familiar with Yongsan (or elsewhere) who might be able to point me in the right direction? Also, any knowledge as to pricing here versus North America? Thanks.
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ItalianCanuck



Joined: 05 Mar 2007
Location: Seoul, South Korea
PostPosted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 6:20 am    Post subject: Went to Yongstan today!! Reply with quote
Bless you, Lemon, I followed your directions to the T and I got me a copy of Windows WX and even Office 2003 from the dude at the end of the tunnel--and wow--so much to see outside the tunnel....so many vendors of cheap DVD movies, and moderately or cheaply price computer accessories!! Just an awesome place!
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The Lemon



Joined: 11 Jan 2003
PostPosted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:40 am    Post subject: Re: Went to Yongstan today!! Reply with quote
ItalianCanuck wrote:
Bless you, Lemon, I followed your directions to the T and I got me a copy of Windows WX and even Office 2003 from the dude at the end of the tunnel--and wow--so much to see outside the tunnel....so many vendors of cheap DVD movies, and moderately or cheaply price computer accessories!! Just an awesome place!


You mean he's still there?! I've all but led the anti-piracy cops to the guy by a leash with this thread for the last five years, and he's still in operation? And he's still got the cellphone and the smoke? If the police hadn't gotten him, the brain cancer from the phone or the lung cancer from his This Plus would have done him in by now....