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peppermint · Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2005 11:28 pm Post subject:

Danawa is a mail order site, and it tends to be cheaper than most of the brick and mortar stores out there. When I'm going electronics shopping, I usually print out the price and info of the item from Danawa and bring it with me. This makes explaining exactly what I want easier, and also works as a bargaining chip when you try to negotiate a price. They probably can't quite match it, but they will drop their asking price for sure, and generally come close.

Don't even try this at the Apple Store though.

BigBlackEquus · Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 12:38 am Post subject:

I've gotta get one of these shipped from home pronto, just so I can sit with it on the subway and attract sexy korean men who are into electronics.

yummy!

The Kung Fu Hustle · Joined: 30 Jan 2005 Location: Incheon

Sounds great, I guess that answers my question of "Which mp3 player to get?"

Will hit Yongsan as soon as the word goes up here that they're available =)

hypnotist · Joined: 04 Dec 2004 Location: I wish I were a sock

Danawa has a price comparison service for stores (particularly those in Yongsan), too. Fantastic.

poddubny · Joined: 03 Aug 2004 Location: i have NO avatar privileges!

Bulsajo · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

Thanks. There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. Sad

If there are any Canadians who are doing price comparisons on the NANO:

$307.00 CDN + sales tax.
4GB model of course

http://www.pccyber.ca/scrItem.asp?product_id=7288&product_subtypes_id=&product_types_id=41

steveohan · Joined: 24 Apr 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

^ you can get it cheaper at the canadian apple store website...

steve.

Bulsajo · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

You're right, $8 CDN cheaper.

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

Swiss James · Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Location: Shanghai

krats1976 · Joined: 14 May 2003

I hadn't even heard of the Nano until a student told me about it a couple of days ago. She's in sheer agony that she can't buy one in Gwangju yet! Laughing

At first I thought I'd just go ahead with my plan to buy a Mini since I don't care much about a color screen and I figured the Mini's would drop in price since they're being discontinued. However, I have yet to see any drop in price (The 4GB was still listed at 214,000 at Costco on Saturday), and the more I look at the Nano, the more attractive they are to me.

So, I guess I'll be jumping on the Nano bandwagon pretty soon. The only real question is: Do I buy it here in Korea or suffer through a Nano-less 15 hour flight at home at Christmas and then buy one in the States?

Walter Mitty · Joined: 27 Mar 2003 Location: Tokyo! ^.^

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

dandoeskorea · Joined: 10 Apr 2005 Location: London

Have to wait a little longer: -

"Apple Korea said it would hold a press meeting on Sept. 22 regarding the launch of the iPod Nano in Korea, while adding that the new iPod may hit the shelves of Korean stores by end of this month."

Full story here: -

http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/biz/200509/kt2005090919201311880.htm

blue1 · Joined: 09 Sep 2005

Don't have to wait that long...

From very reliable sources, the plan is for Nano to reach Korea in the week after Chuseok, probably around Wednesday.

You'd receive it faster if you order from the online store.

And the delay is not cos of some conspiracy theory, but simply becos they are waiting for the certs that allow them to sell in Korea.