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hochhasd
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 Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 3:40 pm Post subject: Can I bring a bottle of soju and pack it in my carry on |
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I do not know if I am on the right forum for this question. I am looking to bring back a bottle of soju to America and I was wondering if TSA would make me throw it out. I am going to put it in my carry on. I do not want to pack it in my regular checked luggage in fear it may break. Does anyone know?  |
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oskinny1
Joined: 10 Nov 2006
Location: Right behind you!
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| Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 3:44 pm Post subject: |
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| They'll toss it. You can probably get one from duty free after you pass through security as long as you don't have any connecting flights. |
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cj1976
Joined: 26 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 3:45 pm Post subject: |
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| They'll probably make you throw it away. Just double wrap it in a towel. If it does break, all the glass and liquid will stay in one place. I've brought litres of rum in this way, and I've never had a breakage. |
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nomad-ish
Joined: 08 Oct 2007
Location: On the bottom of the food chain
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| Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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| i brought 3 bottles of soju home last christmas in my luggage. no problem, whatsoever. i packed them in socks and thick plastic bags (in case of breakage) in between piles of clothes. |
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AsiaESLbound
Joined: 07 Jan 2010
Location: Truck Stop Missouri
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| Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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| It's glass. No way. Not only is it too large of a liquid container, it's glass. You could secure it in your check on bag. |
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Richard Krainium
Joined: 12 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 6:00 pm Post subject: |
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| You can't even carry on water, much less soju. |
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DeMayonnaise
Joined: 02 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Just buy some plastic bottles of soju... |
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Senior
Joined: 31 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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I brought some little mini packs back from emart. 3X200ml bottles. It was better that way because you can give them as gifts, and most people aren't going to want to drink a whole bottle of soju when they A) aren't in Korea, and 2)have a million other, better options.
No damages in the checked luggage.. I just wrapped them up in socks and towels and what not. |
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ThingsComeAround
Joined: 07 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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Is this for personal use or a gift?
You could buy it in any large city in America. Go to the local Asian quarter or Koreatown and ask for it by name. I've seen Jinro and Cham-I-sul in Flushing, NY (and became acquainted with it well before coming to Korea) |
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DeMayonnaise
Joined: 02 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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| ThingsComeAround wrote: |
Is this for personal use or a gift?
You could buy it in any large city in America. Go to the local Asian quarter or Koreatown and ask for it by name. I've seen Jinro and Cham-I-sul in Flushing, NY (and became acquainted with it well before coming to Korea) |
You bought soju in the US, with all those other glorious options available? Gross. |
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kiwigirl :O)
Joined: 05 Jan 2006
Location: Bundang
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| Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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hey ^^
I always buy the plastic hip flask sizes of soju (900 won each) and I put them in my checked luggage...I put them in a zip lock bag to be on the safe side and there is no problem with leakage! |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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| DeMayonnaise wrote: |
| Just buy some plastic bottles of soju... |
exactly, and put them in your checked bagage. |
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winterfall
Joined: 21 May 2009
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| ThingsComeAround wrote: |
Is this for personal use or a gift?
You could buy it in any large city in America. Go to the local Asian quarter or Koreatown and ask for it by name. I've seen Jinro and Cham-I-sul in Flushing, NY (and became acquainted with it well before coming to Korea) |
you must have been rich, with a markup at $10 a bottle. Why in the world are you working in Korea? |
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dsun1226
Joined: 27 May 2010
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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| winterfall wrote: |
| ThingsComeAround wrote: |
Is this for personal use or a gift?
You could buy it in any large city in America. Go to the local Asian quarter or Koreatown and ask for it by name. I've seen Jinro and Cham-I-sul in Flushing, NY (and became acquainted with it well before coming to Korea) |
you must have been rich, with a markup at $10 a bottle. Why in the world are you working in Korea? |
$10 a bottle at a Korean bar/lounge in the U.S. at least but at a Korean grocery store they're not that expensive. It usually ranges around $2-$3 a bottle for 처음처럼. |
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ThingsComeAround
Joined: 07 Nov 2008
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I don't know where the rest of you got yer So Juice from but I get it from the market.
$10 a bottle?? Those are the insane 위스키 바 prices (like $400 for a bottle of bourbon) Clearly you guys must be rich if that's the going rate of Soju where you come from  |
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