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citizen erased · Joined: 06 Apr 2008

what is the best way to move your things from pusan to seoul?

i don't have much, but its too much to carry with me onto a bus. how have other people done this? ship the items? car rental?

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

I hired a moving company, but I have an entire apt of furniture so I don't think that is what you are looking for. Do you have enough for a bongo truck? It doesn't sound like it.

Think about the post office. They provide the boxes and the fees are reasonable.

KYC · Joined: 11 May 2006

bump. I would like to know as well. I have a large size standing mirror that I would like to take with me. I cant ship this via post office could I??

visviva · Joined: 03 Feb 2003 Location: Daegu

When all is said and done, a Bongo truck is likely to be competitive with renting a car (especially if you don't, for example, have either an IDL or Korean license). On the other hand, if you have only a couple of boxes the post office (or your favorite local 택배 company) is probably the best way to go.

(The post office is great if you don't have too much stuff. The first move I made was from Seosan to Daegu, back in aught-three. I sent two heavy boxes of books by post and headed out -- arriving in Daegu that night to find the boxes already delivered to my new address.)

poet13 · Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 9:12 pm Post subject:

SO how do bongo rentals go? By the hour? Kilometer? Day rate? We are rapidly acquiring the acoutrements of a family and have recently passed the postal margin.

Can a bongo move an apartment about 200 kilometers for under a million?

aarontendo · Joined: 08 Feb 2006 Location: Daegu-ish

When I moved my stuff it cost 600,000 won, including them holding it for two weeks while I was at home doing visa stuff. I don't have that much stuff though. Big screen TV, clothes, about 120 kg in books, couple of bookshelves, dvd's, etc.

All in all I think I got a pretty good deal. Though in all fairness I had to get my gf to line it up, pretty sure I would have never been able to heh.

KYC · Joined: 11 May 2006

600?? That's a lot. I just have 1 big mirror & some clothes I wanna take! I can take more...but I'd rather not. Damn. I'm cheap Very Happy

Eedoryeong · Joined: 10 Dec 2007 Location: Jeju

we did a few shipments by taekbae. Each shipment of 3-5 big boxes cost around 20,000 Won. Sometimes 30, sometimes 25. About four in all. We had someone with whom we could store everything. Perhaps you could arrange storage in the building you'll be living? Anyhow, if you can swing it with taekbae and a destination storage area, you'll probably save a bundle.

Join Me · Joined: 14 Jan 2008