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[mj roach]

pre-ubiquitous computer those stamps would get you sent to a control station at the airport on departure

you'd be asked to show that legal income was sufficient to cover the amount

looking for blackmarket/illegal/untaxed monies

bureaucracies of all stripes are slow to change - guess it's just a 'hold-over' from another era

[atwood]

I'd have to agree with those who say it's a holdover from the old days when the amount of money you could send back was limited. At one time it was 66% or so of what your contract said. People used to exchange cash for dollars and find ways to get it home.

I remember having my passport stamped by the bank with the amount written in but that hasn't happened in a long, long time.

I have to agree that bank service here usually sucks. I've been going to the same Hana Bank branch for seven years and even if I want to exchange the few measly dollars I have left over from vacation, worse, even if I want to pay a bill with a teller instead of at the ATM, I've got show my ARC and passport and bankbook. Of course after waiting while they chat up the Korean customers.

[Who's Your Daddy?]

The one I don't get is I've often been asked for ID when paying bills? Like I'd pay someone else's bill, or is it a crime to pay another persons bill? I've been asked, "is this your bill?"

I said, "what's the problem, here's the bill, here's the money?" They can never explain, and just give up and pay it, but it pisses me off. I think if I didn't get pissed off I'd have to go home to get ID.

[CentralCali]

Are you paying in cash or having funds transferred from an account? If the latter, then it makes sense.

[TheUrbanMyth]

[Wishmaster]

Yes, let's not confront the problem. Let's just avoid it. Sooooooooo Korean of you. Okay, I'll do a movie analogy for you, short stuff. Remember the X-Men movie...I think it was the 2nd one. The scene between Nightcrawler and Mystique. And they were discussing about mutants being persecuted.Nightcrawler says something like, "since you(Mystique) can change shapes, why don't you just change into a human(and not deal with the stigma of being a mutant)? And Mystique's answer was: "We shouldn't have to." And that is my answer to you. We shouldn't have to sidestep things. We shouldn't have to avoid going to the bank in person. We shouldn't have to do banking online. The bottom line is that we should be able to transfer money without an ignorant bank teller perpetuating such garbage.

[ChopChaeJoe]

I'm kinda surprised to be the first one to say it, but why do you even care if they write in your pasport. Is it some kind of Qu'ran you're afraid to be adulterated? Is there some consequence or is this just typical foreigner biotching?

[naturegirl321]

I jusdt went to KEB to send money. It wasn't stamped. Here's my experience:

Stamped: KB and Nonyhup
Not stamped: KEB and Woori

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[runthegauntlet]

[runthegauntlet]

[Wishmaster]

Oh, no shit sherlock, I know that we can't change it. Our numbers in this country are too small. This is Korea, of course. However, it doesn't mean we have to accept it. Just because it never happened to you has no relevance in the argument. I should not have to "find a new bank" because of an incompetent "policy." But I guess that running is more your style, but not through a gauntlet. Are you from France?

[runthegauntlet]

[naturegirl321]

[sojusucks]