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agentX
Joined: 12 Oct 2007
Location: Jeolla province
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 Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:39 pm Post subject: The "Around Seoul" Card |
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http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2891496
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With �Around Seoul Card,� foreign residents or even tourists can purchase meals at 10 percent discounted in dozens of restaurants in Seoul, Swiss-helm said.
�There was no way for foreigners to get discounts in Korea,� said Swisshelm, who has lived in Korea for a decade, in a recent interview. �There are a lot of Korean marketing companies, but they tend to forget hundreds of thousands of foreigners.�
It was the winter of 2005 when Swisshelm took on the idea of a discount card business. Swisshelm, who taught English for seven years in Korea, immediately transformed himself into a businessman.
It was, however, a series of trials and errors, he said.
�Teaching gives one a very different mind set, and it takes a while to develop a business mind after teaching for so long,� he said. |
Does anybody have this card? If so, is it effective? |
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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
Location: I love baby!
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Bill Swisshelm. Yeesh. What a dweeb. |
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indytrucks
Joined: 09 Apr 2003
Location: The Shelf
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Pyongshin Sangja wrote: |
| Bill Swisshelm. Yeesh. What a dweeb. |
Why exactly? The way I read it, he's charging 25k per card for something Koreans get for free, that lets whitey have even more opportunity to ram down curry or kebebs or Thai or tacos all around Seoul, just in case Itaewon doesn't doesn't have enough of that stuff already.
Talk about knowing your audience. From what I've seen with the Seoul expat community in recent years, flogging that card should be like shooting fish in a barrel. Sounds pretty shrewd to me.
My favourite bit:
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| �Selected by authenticity, most of them are either owned by foreigners or Koreans who have lived in those countries and fell in love with their cuisine,� he said. �Not only the food is authentic but the atmosphere is authentic and the music is also from those countries, so it is a real cultural experience.� |
Does that mean I can find a real Italian place that doesn't charge through the roof for spaghetti with corn in it? |
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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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You'd really have to know the guy. |
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sundubuman
Joined: 04 Feb 2003
Location: seoul
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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It seems like Seoul expats need more dweebs.
Seems to me that if more people started a business like this guy, we'd all be better off and a bit more empowered. |
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sundubuman
Joined: 04 Feb 2003
Location: seoul
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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| and I and several friends have had the card for a few years. I've saved 100's of thousands of won. Well worth the price if you are a fan of any of the restaurants included. |
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crescent
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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| I liked the card SO much, I bought the company! |
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PeteJB
Joined: 06 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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Since when can foreigners not get discount cards?  |
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