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Would you buy live imported lobster?
Yes
46%
 46%  [ 7 ]
No
53%
 53%  [ 8 ]
Total Votes : 15

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riverboy



Joined: 03 Jun 2003
Location: Incheon
PostPosted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 5:00 pm    Post subject: Live Atlantic Lobster! Reply with quote
Folks, I friend of mine is a lobster fisherman. I was talking to him the other day about shipping some live lobster over here. The stuff is damn expensive and if you pre order it, I can get it to you for at least half the price you would pay in a restaurant over here.

Any interest?
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lifeinkorea



Joined: 24 Jan 2009
Location: somewhere in China
PostPosted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 5:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Interested, but in a different way. I went to Yeongdeok with a student and we ate crab meat in a group. I don't know if I would be interested in just getting a delivery and having to cook/steam it all. However, if someone cooked and prepared it, then I wouldn't mind stopping by and buying some if it were at a lower price than at a restaurant.

I suggest selling it cooked outside a main station in Seoul, like a transfer station, and then people could buy some. Others might prefer an area like Itaewon, but that's too crowded for me.
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Jeff's Cigarettes



Joined: 27 Mar 2007
PostPosted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 6:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
My family has a summer home on an Island in Maine. When I used to go for summers I got my fishing license and we ate fresh lobster morning noon and night for free.
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ChinaBoy



Joined: 17 Feb 2007
PostPosted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 7:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I like how it's illegal to get something from the sea without licenses. Obviously people should be allowed to starve to death.
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skindleshanks



Joined: 10 May 2004
PostPosted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have no doubt you could get it cheaper than what you pay at a restaurant--I've gotten a lot of hard-to-find things at a reasonable price by going directly to the restaurant suppliers/importers.

What's the import duty on lobsters, anyway?
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wuzza



Joined: 02 May 2003
PostPosted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
ChinaBoy wrote:
I like how it's illegal to get something from the sea without licenses. Obviously people should be allowed to starve to death.


The licenses are to protect the average fisherman who fishes for fun and likes to eat what he catches. Without licenses there would be commercial interests involved and the fish wouldn't be allow time to re-populate.
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pkang0202



Joined: 09 Mar 2007
PostPosted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:07 am    Post subject: Re: Live Atlantic Lobster! Reply with quote
riverboy wrote:
Folks, I friend of mine is a lobster fisherman. I was talking to him the other day about shipping some live lobster over here. The stuff is damn expensive and if you pre order it, I can get it to you for at least half the price you would pay in a restaurant over here.

Any interest?


How cheap are you talking? If it is a good deal cheaper than what they sell for at live fish markets, then you could buy $1000 worth, put it in a back of a truck and sit on the side of the road by a Lotte Castle, and peddle the lobsters off. Could probably walk away with a decent profit.
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ChinaBoy



Joined: 17 Feb 2007
PostPosted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 2:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
And be jailed or deported.
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pkang0202



Joined: 09 Mar 2007
PostPosted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 5:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
ChinaBoy wrote:
And be jailed or deported.


A lobster to a hard working law enforcement officer goes a long way. Especially here in Korea where the cops *cough* aren't *cough* corrupt.
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riverboy



Joined: 03 Jun 2003
Location: Incheon
PostPosted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 8:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
[/quote]My family has a summer home on an Island in Maine. When I used to go for summers I got my fishing license and we ate fresh lobster morning noon and night for free.
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How exactly did you fish them?

Interested, but in a different way. I went to Yeongdeok with a student and we ate crab meat in a group. I don't know if I would be interested in just getting a delivery and having to cook/steam it all. However, if someone cooked and prepared it, then I wouldn't mind stopping by and buying some if it were at a lower price than at a restaurant.
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If you can cook RAMIEN you can cook lobster, you just need the right pot size. My goal is to gove popel a discout price on lobster if they pre order it and then I can make arrangements for them to have it delivered or pick it up at a prearranged location. Having it cooked increases the price to the point that it will not make financial sense for anyone.
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Bibbitybop



Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
PostPosted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 11:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Jeff's Cigarettes wrote:<