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br1027
Joined: 06 Apr 2010
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 Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 10:33 pm Post subject: Buy laptop in States or wait until Korea? |
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I want to get a laptop but am not sure if I should buy it here in the States before I go or just wait until I get to Korea.
I was thinking of getting something at Costco here. They said I could return it to any Costco worldwide so if I run into problems I can return it to their store in Seoul.
Though on the other hand, I don't want to buy something with everything all in Korean. Yes, I know you can change languages, but if you can't read korean, even that task can be a challenge.
Any thoughts or advice? Are prices comparable for name brand computers? (I want a Dell or Sony). |
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blade
Joined: 30 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 10:45 pm Post subject: Re: Buy laptop in States or wait until Korea? |
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| br1027 wrote: |
I want to get a laptop but am not sure if I should buy it here in the States before I go or just wait until I get to Korea.
I was thinking of getting something at Costco here. They said I could return it to any Costco worldwide so if I run into problems I can return it to their store in Seoul.
Though on the other hand, I don't want to buy something with everything all in Korean. Yes, I know you can change languages, but if you can't read korean, even that task can be a challenge.
Any thoughts or advice? Are prices comparable for name brand computers? (I want a Dell or Sony). |
Even though it's easy to buy laptops with Windows in English here in Korea, you won't be able to buy one Korea anywhere near as cheaply as you can in the US. |
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Bloopity Bloop
Joined: 26 Apr 2009
Location: Seoul yo
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| Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 1:19 pm Post subject: |
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| OHGODDON�TBUYELECTRONICSINKOREAIFYOUAREFROMYHESTATES.SERIOUSLYTHEREISNOCHEAPERPLACETOBUYELECTRONICSINTHEWORLDTHANAMERICA.G U A R A N T E E D. |
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Richard Krainium
Joined: 12 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 1:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Bloopity Bloop wrote: |
| OHGODDON�TBUYELECTRONICSINKOREAIFYOUAREFROMYHESTATES.SERIOUSLYTHEREISNOCHEAPERPLACETOBUYELECTRONICSINTHEWORLDTHANAMERICA.G U A R A N T E E D. |
what he said...lol |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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If you want a laptop - bring it from the States.
If you want the power of a desktop - get it here; too bulky to bring from home unless you can rip it down and rebuild.
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itsjustverbs
Joined: 05 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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| I think a desktop is a good way to go, buy it in Korea as cheap as possible and then sell it when you go. |
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young_clinton
Joined: 09 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 11:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Buy all of your electronics (including computers) and software (whatever you need on your computer) in the USA. Store like Staples sell computers and computer software very cheap and you are buying stuff that is marketed for the USA (When you take it back to the USA you will be able to find parts and people that can work on it.) |
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Bloopity Bloop
Joined: 26 Apr 2009
Location: Seoul yo
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| Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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| itsjustverbs wrote: |
| I think a desktop is a good way to go, buy it in Korea as cheap as possible and then sell it when you go. |
Too bad "as cheap as possible" here means about 30-50% more than in the States. |
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Johnwayne
Joined: 28 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 4:50 am Post subject: |
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| Bloopity Bloop wrote: |
| itsjustverbs wrote: |
| I think a desktop is a good way to go, buy it in Korea as cheap as possible and then sell it when you go. |
Too bad "as cheap as possible" here means about 30-50% more than in the States. |
This isn't necessarily true. I know because I have been looking for parts to assemble a new pc these days.
If you want the latest greatest thing, then yeah you will probably pay extra here depending on what it is. For example, the Nvidia GTX 460 runs a little more here than back in the U.S. Certain premium cases are more.
However, for most parts, like the CPU, Memory, MB, etc. the prices are mostly similar when taking into account the exchange rate.
If the places you are look are showing a 30-50% markup, then you need to look harder and find other places to shop.
Laptops are a different story.
I have been using about.co.kr to do my price comparisons, etc. these days. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 6:07 am Post subject: |
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| young_clinton wrote: |
| Buy all of your electronics (including computers) and software (whatever you need on your computer) in the USA. Store like Staples sell computers and computer software very cheap and you are buying stuff that is marketed for the USA (When you take it back to the USA you will be able to find parts and people that can work on it.) |
Bull-crap.
Desktops and laptops are the same globally. Parts are universal and any (trained) tech anywhere on the planet can fix, change, upgrade or alter it.
Like I said above - if you want a laptop (demand the portability of it) then buy it in the states. Prices here are higher for laptops.
If you want the power of a desktop, unless you are able to part shop, tear it down, dump the case and PS and then rebuild it here after you land then just buy the desktop here.
The cost and/or hassle of bringing a fully assembled tower and monitor in your luggage (to save about ~100k won) is simply crazy.
Caveat: IF you want bleeding edge technology (eg: a core i7-980X CPU) then buy the parts in the states, bring there with you and get it assembled here at your local computer shop.
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