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R. S. Refugee
Joined: 29 Sep 2004
Location: Shangra La, ROK
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 Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 7:08 pm Post subject: How expensive is shipping for books from Amazon? |
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| I expect that once I get there I'm probably going to want to buy books that are most cnveniently available from Amazon. How expensive are shipping charges in that situation, eh? |
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JacktheCat
Joined: 08 May 2004
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| Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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From www.amazon.com ... very expensive
from www.amazon.co.jp ... less expensive
from www.yesasia.com ... cheap
from that guy, whose name I forget, who runs the Whatthebook bookstore in Itaewon ... very cheap |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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before worrying about stuff like that, yeah check out http://www.whatthebook.com/
Support a local business that caters to foreigners, and get free coffee if you go into the shop. |
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kangnamdragon
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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What the Book ships for free and is probably just as cheap as amazon.
www.whatthebook.co.kr |
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R. S. Refugee
Joined: 29 Sep 2004
Location: Shangra La, ROK
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| Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks.
Since I posted this, I came across yesasia with free shipping for books at least. Good to hear about whatthebook, also.
Cheers,
RSR |
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J.B. Clamence
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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| amazon.com charges $6.99 per order for shipping plus an additional $4.99 for each book. It adds up, but sometimes it can be cheaper than Kyobo. if you look at some of the prices at Kyobo, sometimes they are more than $5 more expensive than amazon, so if you order a bunch of books, it can be cheaper. Not to mention the selection is much better. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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| I use yesasia. Best place. |
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Tiberious aka Sparkles
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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| kangnamdragon wrote: |
What the Book ships for free and is probably just as cheap as amazon.
www.whatthebook.co.kr |
Too bad they don't carry region 1 DVDs. Hey Chiaa! Start carrying region 1 DVDs!
Sparkles*_* |
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articulate_ink
Joined: 23 Mar 2004
Location: Left Korea in 2008. Hong Kong now.
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 12:01 am Post subject: |
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Interesting. Whatthebook carries my books (eg, the ones I wrote), but yesasia.com doesn't. I know who's getting my business when I get there.  |
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R. S. Refugee
Joined: 29 Sep 2004
Location: Shangra La, ROK
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 1:06 am Post subject: |
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| Tiberious aka Sparkles wrote: |
Too bad they don't carry region 1 DVDs. Hey Chiaa! Start carrying region 1 DVDs!
Sparkles*_* |
I sorta have an idea, but what are Region ! DVDs? |
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Tiberious aka Sparkles
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 1:22 am Post subject: |
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| R. S. Refugee wrote: |
| Tiberious aka Sparkles wrote: |
Too bad they don't carry region 1 DVDs. Hey Chiaa! Start carrying region 1 DVDs!
Sparkles*_* |
I sorta have an idea, but what are Region ! DVDs? |
North American region DVDs. If a DVD isn't available in Korea (City of God, for example), I order the region 1 version from Amazon -- but the shipping costs are a b*tch.
Sparkles*_* |
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chiaa
Joined: 23 Aug 2003
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 1:36 am Post subject: |
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| Interesting. Whatthebook carries my books (eg, the ones I wrote), but yesasia.com doesn't. I know who's getting my business when I get there. |
Yesasia has cut their book database by 90% the first of this year. In fact, if you go on their website you will see that they only have 1159 books in the general fiction section, general biography 171, general history 238. For books, yesasia has basically gone out of business unless you are looking for ones on the NYT bestseller list. The days of Yesasia are basically over (the company is run by idiots anyways) and I would like to think that I have had a small part in making that happen.
On the other hand, our website has over 1.000.000 titles to choose from and in most cases we are cheaper than Amazon because of their shipping charges. We also provide people with many different ways to pay (you dont need a credit card) and we are always available to assist you either on the phone or you can use our chat function located on every page on our site (please just dont bug me, read the help page first .  ).
DVDs, I am still mulling over bringing them here. It is a big step and I am trying to decide if I just want to concentrate on books or do like a whole internet mall. If I do sell DVDs, it would be the whole shabang. Just about every DVD currently being manufactured in the states. Don't know how many titles that is off hand. |
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JongnoGuru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 1:44 am Post subject: |
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Refugee, buy from Chiaa. If I could read, I know I sure would!
| Tiberious aka Sparkles wrote: |
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What the Book ships for free and is probably just as cheap as amazon.
www.whatthebook.co.kr |
Too bad they don't carry region 1 DVDs. Hey Chiaa! Start carrying region 1 DVDs!
Sparkles*_* |
Sparkles, how did you eventually manage with the Region 1 disks? |
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Tiberious aka Sparkles
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 1:55 am Post subject: |
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Sparkles, how did you eventually manage with the Region 1 disks? |
They haven't arrived yet. I'll have no problem with them, though, because they're not brand new (Rounders SE and Ran), but I'm worried about when I switch from my PS2 to a region-free player. Maybe I'll do like you suggested and buy a region 1 player.
Sparkles*_* |
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SpecialK
Joined: 25 Nov 2004
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 11:42 pm Post subject: |
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| I have a region 1 player from Canada but it doesn't play the Korean movies I rent. I recently bought a laptop which I thought had solved my problems but it only let me switch the region codes on the dvd player 3 times and than it was permanent. Not sure if a complete restore would give me 3 more times but that would be a huge pain to do if I had to do that after every 3 movies. I've seen some places on the internet though that have the region free DVD players for 119 US. Anyone know of a place to get them in Seoul or anywheres for a good price? |
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