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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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Hmmmmmm ... i tried to find the place a number of times. All to no avail. My understanding is that it was near Abby's / the Mosque / Hooker Hill.
Where exactly i have NO idea. A new MAP would indeed be ideal.
| Saxiif wrote: |
Aaaaaw now I won't have to dodge scary aged hookers in order to buy books anymore  |
Scary as in too old OR too young ???  |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| My wife actually told me a very interesting story about the store. A few years ago, perhaps when it was the song room, it was a place where all the TV personalities in Korea went to get their drugs. That's right, they were dealing right out of the place. The coppers caught on as they wondered why the hell all these famous people were coming in and out of this place. My had to sign a special contract stating that we would not sell drugs there (seriously). |
Wow. You should have a bong placed in your store to honor this location's unique position in Korean history. |
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chiaa
Joined: 23 Aug 2003
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| igotthisguitar wrote: |
Hmmmmmm ... i tried to find the place a number of times. All to no avail. My understanding is that it was near Abby's / the Mosque / Hooker Hill.
Where exactly i have NO idea. A new MAP would indeed be ideal.
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| Aaaaaw now I won't have to dodge scary aged hookers in order to buy books anymore |
Scary as in too old OR too young ??? |
I cannot begin to tell you how many people have simply walked right past the store. And I dont just mean people who were coming for the first time. People who have been there a dozen times walked right past it.
The new store is easy to find and there will be a new map up shortly (will post a link to it here) |
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teachingld2004
Joined: 29 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 1:33 pm Post subject: new store. |
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| This question is a little off, but can you please explain the danicing girls? First time I saw them (was at a bakery opening) I thought it was a promotion for a new bar. where do u find these girls, and why do they dance in front of stores? |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 4:26 pm Post subject: Re: new store. |
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| teachingld2004 wrote: |
| This question is a little off, but can you please explain the danicing girls? First time I saw them (was at a bakery opening) I thought it was a promotion for a new bar. where do u find these girls, and why do they dance in front of stores? |
These women are trained professionals. DON'T CONFUSE THEM FOR MERE DANCING GIRLS! I believe their called Narrator Models. Or maybe those are the women in plastic mini skirts who try to sell you soap at Lottemart. But anyway, I suspect it's part of the Korean legal code. You can't operate as a legitimate business in Korea unless you make your employees bow before a pig head and you have two 21 year old women gyrate under a balloon arch. It's a helluva country. |
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komtengi
Joined: 30 Sep 2003
Location: Slummin it up in Haebangchon
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| Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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| wow, chiaa I was browsing the site yesterday and have developed a huge wish list. there were some "really" pleasant surprises in there. your site will no doubt send me broke soon |
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chiaa
Joined: 23 Aug 2003
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This is 100% serious.....
FREE BEER ON SATURDAY until supplies last
From 1-6 we will be serving ice cold domestic brews at the store as a thank you to everyone who has helped us get to where are. There will be a limit on how many free ones you can get, but the limit is not one (you know how some people are). A map to the new store will be up shortly. |
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calypso
Joined: 31 May 2004
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| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 8:24 am Post subject: |
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| when can we burn it down and pee on the ashes? |
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chiaa
Joined: 23 Aug 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 8:32 am Post subject: |
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| when can we burn it down and pee on the ashes? |
Nazi |
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calypso
Joined: 31 May 2004
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| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 8:33 am Post subject: |
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just joking dude.
all the best with the store. |
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chiaa
Joined: 23 Aug 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 8:37 am Post subject: |
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just joking dude.
all the best with the store. |
I know. Hence the reference to book burning. |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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| Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 12:16 am Post subject: additional fee |
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On the what the book web site, some books such as this one have an additional fee. there's a link (explain this), but it just leads to a FAQ and I can't seem to find the reason for the additional fee on the FAQ page.
Any tips? |
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pegpig
Joined: 10 May 2005
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Here is a before picture:
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Saw the before picture. Kinda curious about the after. It looked it would take quite the work to transform it. Am not in Korea to see. |
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chiaa
Joined: 23 Aug 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 7:14 pm Post subject: Re: additional fee |
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On the what the book web site, some books such as this one have an additional fee. there's a link (explain this), but it just leads to a FAQ and I can't seem to find the reason for the additional fee on the FAQ page.
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We are very short staffed so that's why I have not gotten around to adding that information to the help page. I will make sure to do that this week. The reason for the additional fee is that certain books are short discounted by the publisher or in some cases no discount is given to the retailer at all. Since we have lots of fees in getting you books: credit card fees, international shipping, domestic shipping, packing supplies, labor handling the product, we have to pass the costs over to our customers. You will notice that these books are never on sale on Amazon (or very very rarely). In most cases it is still faster and cheaper to get these short discounted books through us than through Amazon--when everything is totaled up.
If you take a look at the books on our site that have these additional fees you will see a sliding scale percentage wise. This is based on how short the short discount from the publisher is.
Off the top of my head the additional fee is less than 10% of our 1,000,000+ catalog.
I hope this explains it all. |
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travel zen
Joined: 22 Feb 2005
Location: Good old Toronto, Canada
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| Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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Congrats for expanding. You really saved me from some down-time in China with those books.
I miss Korea (and the beauties there) so much that I'm comming back in 2007.
I'll visit your new store.  |
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