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aphong420



Joined: 06 Feb 2007
Location: KOREAAAAAAH

PostPosted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 5:50 pm    Post subject: Lost My Wallet .... oops Reply with quote

Damn, I was wasted last night.

Anyone have the phone # for KB ?? - I need to make sure someone isn't having a little joyride with my card right now.
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Straphanger



Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Chilgok, Korea

PostPosted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 6:33 pm    Post subject: Re: Lost My Wallet .... oops Reply with quote

aphong420 wrote:
Damn, I was wasted last night.

Anyone have the phone # for KB ?? - I need to make sure someone isn't having a little joyride with my card right now.

You need to call immigration and get your ARC reissued. Go to your KB branch with your passport and explain the situation, they'll issue you a new card on the spot.
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Joined: 14 Jan 2008

PostPosted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 6:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If your bank card is just for ATM withdraws, you shouldn't have anything to worry about. Most of the cards they issue to foreigners can not be used like a debit card to charge items with. Without your pin number the card is worthless.
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Chris_Dixon



Joined: 09 Jan 2008

PostPosted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 6:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

bet it comes back in the post in a few days. koreans are amazing like this...has happened about 4 times at my hakwon with wallet....twice with cell phones
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Straphanger



Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Chilgok, Korea

PostPosted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 6:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Chris_Dixon wrote:
bet it comes back in the post in a few days. koreans are amazing like this...has happened about 4 times at my hakwon with wallet....twice with cell phones

I lost my wallet for five minutes in Busan back in July. Some guy was trying to track me down using the photo on my ARC.
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Yu_Bum_suk



Joined: 25 Dec 2004

PostPosted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 6:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Chris_Dixon wrote:
bet it comes back in the post in a few days. koreans are amazing like this...has happened about 4 times at my hakwon with wallet....twice with cell phones


If there's no credit card in there I'd also wait before cancelling everything and then having to get everything again.
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Joined: 14 Jan 2008

PostPosted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 6:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Chris_Dixon wrote:
bet it comes back in the post in a few days. koreans are amazing like this...has happened about 4 times at my hakwon with wallet....twice with cell phones


I would second this. The few times I have lost items in Korea they have been returned to me.
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thatwhitegirl



Joined: 31 Jan 2007
Location: ROK

PostPosted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not me. Had my wallet stolen the first day in Korea. Thankfully I hadn't gotten my ARC yet.
It was in Daejon at Homever.
Sucked. Good welcome to Korea. Good thing I only had 100,000 in it.
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tzechuk



Joined: 20 Dec 2004

PostPosted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 1:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah.. I lost my wallet 4 years or so ago due to being overly tired due to being overly pregnant.. never got it back.
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wylies99



Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!

PostPosted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 1:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

thatwhitegirl wrote:
Not me. Had my wallet stolen the first day in Korea. Thankfully I hadn't gotten my ARC yet.
It was in Daejon at Homever.
Sucked. Good welcome to Korea. Good thing I only had 100,000 in it.


Stolen? A pickpocket?
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thatwhitegirl



Joined: 31 Jan 2007
Location: ROK

PostPosted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 6:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

wylies99 wrote:
thatwhitegirl wrote:
Not me. Had my wallet stolen the first day in Korea. Thankfully I hadn't gotten my ARC yet.
It was in Daejon at Homever.
Sucked. Good welcome to Korea. Good thing I only had 100,000 in it.


Stolen? A pickpocket?


Yup. But whatever, guess it happens everywhere. Would have LOVED to have some Korean mail it back to me or chase after me in the store. The security guards said they 'checked' the cameras but didn't see anything.

Oh well. Must have been to jetlagged to let it ruin my first impression.
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sojourner1



Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug

PostPosted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 6:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You what? What a terrible nightmare.
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thatwhitegirl



Joined: 31 Jan 2007
Location: ROK

PostPosted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 7:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yea, it really did suck! But for some reason (again, it may have been the jetlag, or not wanting to cause a scene), I really didn't react too aggressively. I also felt bad for the young 1st year KET sent along with us to immigration, and didn't want her to feel to blame.

But it did set us back....shocked us, really. We'd been living in China for 2 years prior, and had never been pickpocketed or robbed. And I was under the impression that Korea would be more....ahem...well....'civilized'? Or maybe pick-pocketing is a more advanced crime.....hmmm...
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