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lukas
Joined: 22 Aug 2009
Location: Bucheon
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| AHawk843 wrote: |
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| If you don't speak Korean (like me) you accumulate a lot of change in Korea. This is because you don't understand when someone tells you how much something costs so you just thrust a 20 at them and shove whatever change they hand you. |
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Baffling you've been here for four years and haven't learned the Korean money system. My hats off to you sir.
As for me, when I get about a pocketfull of change I bring it to the T-money reloader in the subway station and use that as opposed to paper money. I've been here almost a year and have only used paper money for my subway card twice. The rest of the time it's been change. |
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Globutron
Joined: 13 Feb 2010
Location: England/Anyang
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| Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 7:46 am Post subject: |
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Cool so when I raised this point I was announced an idiot who cheated the education system, but when everyone else says the point at a later date it's considered logical and correct.
Sigh, such is life. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 2:24 pm Post subject: |
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| rumdiary wrote: |
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Boy do we have some delicate flowers on this site...
I carry around change, doesn't upset me in any way...
Maybe i'm wierd. |
You're not weird!! Don't worry!!
When the change in my pockets starts building up. like to over 15 coins, then the next time I go into a shop I'll spend it!! It's easy! Buy a soda or something. When I used to smoke I usually spent my coins on cigs....
Take it out, let the store clerk count it out for you if you're lazy....they actually appreciate it....more change in their cash register....
It's actually less hassle than putting all your coins in a big massive jar, then having to haul that big massive jar to a bank and wait while they count it out for you......and the bank clerks hate that job (and you!), I guess......at least the store clerk wants your change! |
So you chose to waste your change on a soda because its annoying to carry around. I'm not sure how thats any better or worse than throwing it into a change jar because you don't want to carry it around. |
Waste? I don't mean buy something you don't want. I mean buy something you want.
This is not rocket science.....you have coins in your pocket. Spend them. Ice cream. Soda. Cigarettes. Chips. Nuts. Gatorade......anything you want... |
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rumdiary
Joined: 05 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
| rumdiary wrote: |
| eamo wrote: |
| Hotwire wrote: |
Boy do we have some delicate flowers on this site...
I carry around change, doesn't upset me in any way...
Maybe i'm wierd. |
You're not weird!! Don't worry!!
When the change in my pockets starts building up. like to over 15 coins, then the next time I go into a shop I'll spend it!! It's easy! Buy a soda or something. When I used to smoke I usually spent my coins on cigs....
Take it out, let the store clerk count it out for you if you're lazy....they actually appreciate it....more change in their cash register....
It's actually less hassle than putting all your coins in a big massive jar, then having to haul that big massive jar to a bank and wait while they count it out for you......and the bank clerks hate that job (and you!), I guess......at least the store clerk wants your change! |
So you chose to waste your change on a soda because its annoying to carry around. I'm not sure how thats any better or worse than throwing it into a change jar because you don't want to carry it around. |
Waste? I don't mean buy something you don't want. I mean buy something you want.
This is not rocket science.....you have coins in your pocket. Spend them. Ice cream. Soda. Cigarettes. Chips. Nuts. Gatorade......anything you want... |
Sorry if I misread your post. It just sounds like you're spending the change just to get it out of your pocket. But as long as you're buying something you want. I just don't think its much of a hassle to bring it ti the bank. You can do it once or twice a year. They love using the machine that counts your change. Love it! They told me to come back soon. |
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rumdiary
Joined: 05 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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| lukas wrote: |
| AHawk843 wrote: |
| rumdiary wrote: |
| If you don't speak Korean (like me) you accumulate a lot of change in Korea. This is because you don't understand when someone tells you how much something costs so you just thrust a 20 at them and shove whatever change they hand you. |
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Baffling you've been here for four years and haven't learned the Korean money system. My hats off to you sir.
As for me, when I get about a pocketfull of change I bring it to the T-money reloader in the subway station and use that as opposed to paper money. I've been here almost a year and have only used paper money for my subway card twice. The rest of the time it's been change. |
I wasn't in Korea the entire four years I was a member of Dave's. |
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mj roach
Joined: 16 Mar 2003
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we make a point of keeping all the 500W
coins each day and every evening enjoy counting
them out into one of those huge red plastic piggy banks
like a kid's game to see how many we accumulated that day
the fun part is... the money saved is not for us
but a travel fund for our nephew so it's a focused way
to think of him and talk about him every day |
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Hotwire
Joined: 29 Aug 2010
Location: Multiverse
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| Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Wow 3 pages. |
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Gnawbert
Joined: 23 Oct 2007
Location: The Internet
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| Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 9:16 pm Post subject: |
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| mj roach wrote: |
we make a point of keeping all the 500W
coins each day and every evening enjoy counting
them out into one of those huge red plastic piggy banks
like a kid's game to see how many we accumulated that day
the fun part is... the money saved is not for us
but a travel fund for our nephew so it's a focused way
to think of him and talk about him every day |
My girlfriend and I do the same thing, but we're not as kind. It's for *our* travel fund.
We have a massive vase with markings on the side from the middle of each month denoting the height / date. We have the names of different cities / countries we want to visit, most of which we'll probably never go to, but still, it's more fun to dump coins into a vase labeled "St. Petersburg / Casa Blanca / Marakesh / Ulaan Batar / Penang" than it is to just fish out an extra obaek won for my daily soda.
Last year our change vase had around 500,000 by the end. T'was a pain to sort but fun to see the look on the tellers face at KEB when we brought them this mass of presorted coins for deposit. ^_^ |
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machoman
Joined: 11 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Wow 3 pages. |
yeah, people want to brag about their 'putting change in jar' skillz or their disdain for it.  |
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madtownhustl
Joined: 04 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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| i hate paying in change and i usually lose it... so, personally, i'm saving money... |
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PatrickBateman
Joined: 08 Jun 2009
Location: American Gardens Building, West 81st Street
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| Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't deal with any loose change. If it's change, it's going in my piggy bank. Even if I have the right amount in my pocket, I just pay with a bill. |
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sligo
Joined: 15 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 10:34 pm Post subject: |
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| I am mildly addicted to the vast array of gambling machines on the streets, let alone the arcades with shooting games. If i pass one of the like, i usually empty my spare change into the machines, all the time thinking "It's only a few hunderd won, almost nothing in England". By tipping all my money into a jar at home, i have no change in my pocket, and as such just walk past the machines (i only use the machines if i have change hence "mildly" addicted!). I have a jar bursting with money, so in that respect, i have saved money i would have just wasted. the only problem is, it is too heavy for me to lift and take to the bank, so it is just getting fuller! |
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redaxe
Joined: 01 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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| If you don't speak Korean (like me) you accumulate a lot of change in Korea. This is because you don't understand when someone tells you how much something costs so you just thrust a 20 at them and shove whatever change they hand you into your pocket. Also, you can just bring the whole jar into the bank and have them deposit it into your account and not pay a fee. Back home the bank won't take it unless its in rolls. There are machines in grocery stores that charge almost ten percent to change it to paper money. |
A 20 what?
Did they start making 20,000 won bills in Korea when I wasn't looking? |
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Hotwire
Joined: 29 Aug 2010
Location: Multiverse
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| Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 3:11 am Post subject: |
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| If you don't speak Korean (like me) you accumulate a lot of change in Korea. This is because you don't understand when someone tells you how much something costs so you just thrust a 20 at them and shove whatever change they hand you into your pocket. Also, you can just bring the whole jar into the bank and have them deposit it into your account and not pay a fee. Back home the bank won't take it unless its in rolls. There are machines in grocery stores that charge almost ten percent to change it to paper money. |
A 20 what?
Did they start making 20,000 won bills in Korea when I wasn't looking? |
YES!! I call troll - rumdiary has never set foot in Korea and lives in his 'momma's basement because he can't get a job flipping burgers or something!!!! |
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rumdiary
Joined: 05 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Hotwire wrote: |
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| rumdiary wrote: |
| If you don't speak Korean (like me) you accumulate a lot of change in Korea. This is because you don't understand when someone tells you how much something costs so you just thrust a 20 at them and shove whatever change they hand you into your pocket. Also, you can just bring the whole jar into the bank and have them deposit it into your account and not pay a fee. Back home the bank won't take it unless its in rolls. There are machines in grocery stores that charge almost ten percent to change it to paper money. |
A 20 what?
Did they start making 20,000 won bills in Korea when I wasn't looking? |
YES!! I call troll - rumdiary has never set foot in Korea and lives in his 'momma's basement because he can't get a job flipping burgers or something!!!! |
Right. Because getting a job in Korea is hard to do. Try getting a job teaching in the U.S and we'll see how far a B.A gets you.
I taught in Korea for a year and still come on here when I'm bored.
Sorry you missed the point. |
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