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bangbayed
Joined: 01 Dec 2005
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 12:58 am Post subject: Re: Sounds to me like price isn't a big deal either way.. |
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| wanderingsalsero wrote: |
It sounds to me like the price differential either way isn't enough to really care about. As for any functionality sacrificed on a Mac.......I don't know. Maybe.
But I don't think I do any of those things online that the one poster mentioned. I'm really primarily concerned with having a maching that not as prone to quirks and malfunctions as all my Windows machines have been.
Yeah, I play games too. But only Command and Conquer. I know I can get that for Mac or I can get the Windows software for the Mac and play the game on that.
I'd probably get a mid range power iMac. Just enough to play Command and Comquor, do my blogging and run some of my internet marketing operations.
Are there multiple places to buy Mac's in Korea? I live near Daegu now but I also go to Seoul maybe once a month. And yeah....I know where Yongsan is.
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Art |
You can get Macs in Daegu here:
Aplus 053-609-2599 대구시 중구 사일동 15-1 롯데 영플라자 1층
(주)종로맥시스템 053-256-1383 대구시 중구 하서동 2-3번지
픽스딕스 대구동성로점 053-716-7030 대구시 중구 사일동 15-1번지 롯데영플라자 건물 지하 1층
롯데백화점 대구상인점 053-258-3646 대구시 달서구 상인동 1502번지 6층 픽스딕스
Full list of Korean Apple retailers:
http://www.apple.com/kr/buy/authorized_resellers.html |
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Bucky
Joined: 19 Jul 2009
Location: Vancouver (formerly Yongsan-gu, Seoul)
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| Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 1:17 am Post subject: |
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| ppcg4 wrote: |
Apple stuff is a bit more expensive here than back home. OF course, having it shipped from back home will get you an English keyboard, which will allow you a better resale price later on, should you decide to sell it.
You may get hit with import taxes if you have it shipped from home though... |
I bought a mac here in Korea. They have English keyboards with Hangeul secondary on the keys. I don't see how that affects resale, especially since one could sell it here before leaving.
Import taxes are guaranteed if the computer is in original packaging, or if you claim a certain amount for it's value when you insure it during transit.
In short, purchase price is reason enough to buy at home. |
It depends on your taxes, and this would depend on where home is. In Vancouver, sales tax totals 13%, so although the list price is cheaper back home, it actually ends up being slightly better here after you factor in the sales tax you'd be paying in Vancouver. |
I was at I'Park mall yesterday and looking at the prices, and was thinking the same thing. A low-end Mac was around $1000 CAD, and it would cost at least that much back in Richmond, even before GST/PST (and soon-to-be HST). |
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crescent
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: yes.
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| Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 2:12 am Post subject: |
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How can you guys be sure they aren't selling you floor models for these prices? I've been to i'Park, and something about that place tells me something is not all above-board. |
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