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orbit720
Joined: 18 Aug 2009
Location: Chicago
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 Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 6:56 pm Post subject: Sending Packages To and From Korea |
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So, I've been in Korea only a short time so far and have talked to my mom about sending packages over to me. I'm from Chicago and am now living in Bundang.
I want to send some small packages back to Chicago.
She wants to send some small packages to me here.
We both are also wondering if there is a way she would be able to send food over to Korea. Maybe like some cheese or something else that can spoil. Is there a way to send food like that over with some dry ice?
What is the best/cheapest way for my mom to send me packages?. Also, what is the best/cheapest way for me to send packages over to them? How long would it take for the packages to come? |
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bsrosenfeld
Joined: 25 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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All of the packages I have received have been non-perishable food items or non-food items so I can't help you there. They were all sent via United States Postal Service Priority Shipping and cost an an arm and a leg because they arrived in 5 days. Some of the items were fairly heavy, including restaurant size spice containers and the cost was over $100 for an 10lb box. I'm sure there are cheaper rates and longer delivery times available if you want to save some dough.
On the flip side, I have found Korean shipping rates to be somewhat inexpensive using the Korean Postal Service. I sent a friend some souvenirs including a Lakers jersey, purse and necklace (for his girlfriend) in a shoebox sized box. The cost was 22,000won with an expected delivery date of 1 month (12,000won for 2 months), but he received it in 2 1/2 weeks. I also mailed out a very light tapestry that I was able to fit into the smallest sized box and only cost 3,200won for 14 days expected delivery.
Don't worry about having cheese shipped in from the US. Instead, check out Costco for cheeses. They've got all the basics and a few specialties as well. It would cost less to buy it here than to pay for shipping. There are also a few online Costco alternatives that will deliver to our home or school: www.costlove.com and www.ezshopkorea.com. You can also check out www.nicedeli.com/main/ for various food items including cheese.
If you do decide to have some specialties shipped in from Chicago will you ask your mom to throw some kasseri cheese in there for me? I would kill for some saganaki. I hope you're enjoying Korea so far. Let me know if you have any other questions. |
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Milwaukiedave
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
Location: Goseong
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| Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 2:21 am Post subject: |
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| Costco has some pretty decent cheese, you might look there first. Then again, I'm totally bias being from Oregon because they carry Tillamook Cheese. |
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Troglodyte
Joined: 06 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2010 10:46 am Post subject: Re: Sending Packages To and From Korea |
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| orbit720 wrote: |
We both are also wondering if there is a way she would be able to send food over to Korea. Maybe like some cheese or something else that can spoil. Is there a way to send food like that over with some dry ice?
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You want to use dry ice to mail cheese from the States to Korea? Not a good idea.
First of all, you'd have a logistical problem. You would need to wrap your Cheddar in some kind of insulating material. Then you'd need an insulating container in which to put the dry ice and packed cheese. Logistically, it's not a big problem so far, but it will be a bit bulky. But wait, it gets even bulkier because even in an insulated box (e.g. one of those ice boxes you put beers in when you go to a barbecue or the beach) you are going to loose between 5-10 lb of dry ice per day. Even for a 3 day rush delivery, you're looking at upwards of 15lb of dry ice for your Camembert survive the trip. So you're going to need a fairly large ice box in which to pack your Mozzarella and dry ice. But that's a logistical (and financial) problem. Whether it's worth it depends on how much you really want your Monterey Jack.
But even if you decided that the costs involved in having a package of Gorgonzola mailed to you was worth it, you'd still be faced with another problem. When transported by air or sea, dry ice is considered a hazardous material and requires special precautions and permits.
So, maybe your mom could just anonymously mail it to you? By the time it gets to you, the dry ice will have disappeared and no one will know the difference, right? Wrong. Dry ice can't be sealed into a regular plastic ice box (or other such container). It expands when it sublimates (turns to gas). Seal it in a box and the box will explode (check out Myth Busters for more on that). If you put it in a regular unsealed box, then someone at the post office is likely to notice that one or more of the following:
A. it feels cold (in the middle of summer no less);
B. there's an unidentified gas/smoke/vapour seeping from your package; and
C. the guys who go into the same storage room as your package tend to pass out from asphyxiation.
Large transport companies use dry ice for transporting food, but they have special facilities to do it. It's not an option for you.
You CAN get most stuff here that you can get back home. It's just a matter of how much you're willing to pay for it and how long and hard you search. |
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