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seoulsucker · Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 10:05 pm Post subject: Discriminatin' Dominos?

Out of curiosity I decided to switch to the English menu function on the Dominos website. Upon completion of the order I was only provided one option, to pay by credit card. This also required several "activeX" installments. Rolling Eyes

Under the same account/username, I switched back to Korean, made the same order and was provided with cash/bankcard/credit card options.

Can anyone think of any reason they wouldn't allow a non-Korean speaker/reader to pay in cash other than some sort of trust issue? Help me out here.

Juregen · Joined: 30 May 2006

seoulsucker · Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 1:11 am Post subject:

They also require non-Korean readers/speakers to prepay with a credit card through a third-party, as opposed to the Korean option, which is swiping it on the delivery guy's mobile device. Confused

Joe Boxer · Joined: 25 Dec 2007 Location: Bundang, South Korea

Reminds me of the KB ATM.

After hours, if you are using the "English" option, it doesn't allow you to deposit the 100,000 won checks. Yet if you switch to "Korean", there's no problem.

hockeyguy109 · Joined: 22 Dec 2008 Location: Daegu

Seoulsucker- They don't trust foreigners to pay for the bloody pizzas. We are thieves - it's a scientific fact in Korea.

Collect yourself, pay with a bloody credit card or get off your bum and order the pizzas in person.

I'm no Picasso · Joined: 28 Oct 2008

The funniest part about it is that, as an E2 foreigner, even with my co-teacher going around to all the banks vouching for me and arguing with the tellers, I can't get anyone to give me a credit card, unless I make a deposit in the amount of the credit limit that can't be touched for a year.

It's a bloody pizza. Good to know if I switch to Korean, I can pay in cash though. Thanks for the tip.

PS -- Given that Domino's is a foreign company, I'm sure they'd be interested to hear about this little "glitch" with their Korean branches....

hockeyguy109 · Joined: 22 Dec 2008 Location: Daegu

You guys can order with foreign credit cards. It doesn't matter. Pay with foreign debit or credit cards. It doesn't matter.

definitely maybe · Joined: 16 Feb 2008

pkang0202 · Joined: 09 Mar 2007

I prefer paying with my card. You open the door, get the pizzas, and the guy leaves. You don't gotta stand there waiting for the delivery guy to figure out the card machine. You don't have to wait for the guy to count his change to give to you.

I got couple cats, and its butt freaking cold outside. I dont' like to keep my front door open. In the summer you are just inviting a mosquitos to come right in.

crossmr · Joined: 22 Nov 2008 Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul

Gmarket used to not show the discount option on the foreign site. I don't know if it shows it for all now or not. Some people would give a discount if you pushed a button (not sure why it wasn't included) but ordering from the english site hid that button.

definitely maybe · Joined: 16 Feb 2008