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merlot
Joined: 04 Nov 2005
Location: I tried to contain myself but I escaped.
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 Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 6:31 pm Post subject: Your ideas for best & worst entrepreneurial ideas in ROK |
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Two of mine:
Worst: tattoo parlor
Best : ��cute�� miniature golf course
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the saint
Joined: 09 Dec 2003
Location: not there yet...
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| Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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worst: another hairdresser's or estate agent's
best: if someone here had the means to start a second hand furniture/household goods business with a van, a warehouse and did this all in English every expat would use it and the markups on stuff would be very lucrative. Just think how much stuff from this site alone you'd be able to pick up for next to nothing and sell at a reasonable price. |
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Mashimaro
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: location, location
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| Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 6:40 pm Post subject: Re: Your ideas for best & worst entrepreneurial ideas in |
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| merlot wrote: |
Two of mine:
Worst: tattoo parlor
Best : ��cute�� miniature golf course |
When and If tatoos become legal I'd say a good tattoo parlour could
be a very good business. Tatoos are much more popular in the west, and every trend seems to make it here eventually (it has already started really)
Much, much lower startup costs than the miniature golf course which requires a big area and of course you have
to build the course.
I am keeping my good ideas to myself for now. |
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poker player
Joined: 27 Sep 2004
Location: On the river
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| Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 6:54 pm Post subject: Re: Your ideas for best & worst entrepreneurial ideas in |
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| Mashimaro wrote: |
When and If tatoos become legal I'd say a good tattoo parlour could
be a very good business. Tatoos are much more popular in the west, and every trend seems to make it here eventually (it has already started really)
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Tattos are illegal here? I notice a few at the gym especially on the arms of guys who have managed to develop what they think are big arms |
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zappadelta
Joined: 31 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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Yea, illegal is a pretty strong word. |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Guys with tattoos are exempted from military service, so getting one is considered a form of draft dodging. The tatoos themselves aren't illegal though as far as I know. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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It's illegal to make tattoos or to have the equipment if you aren't a certified doctor. It's slightly more legal to have tattoos on you, but there are limits and it's unpredictable.
Worst idea: English hakwon
Best idea: the mini-golf course |
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the eye
Joined: 29 Jan 2004
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| Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 9:17 pm Post subject: |
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| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
It's illegal to make tattoos or to have the equipment if you aren't a certified doctor. It's slightly more legal to have tattoos on you, but there are limits and it's unpredictable.
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interesting.
how do you know this?
i ask because there are two tatoo parlours with big signs near my house here in Daegu...and the artists surely aren't doctors. |
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canuckistan
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Joined: 17 Jun 2003
Location: Training future GS competitors.....
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| Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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Best: Subway Kimchee vending machine
Worst: toilet roll dispensers for restaurant tables |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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(With apologies to canukistan)
the BEST: designer toilet paper for restaurant tables
2nd BEST: spitoons
WORST: a hakwon specializing in Appreciation of Japanese History |
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poker player
Joined: 27 Sep 2004
Location: On the river
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| Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:53 am Post subject: |
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Best: Driving school that teaches how to be the most extreme aggressive driver on the road
Worst: Driving school that teaches how to be a more courteous driver. |
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coffeeman
Joined: 24 Nov 2005
Location: Korea
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Best Idea: Baby Sitting Services In Department Stores & Restaurants for those little punks that run around disturbing everybody.
Worst: Manners Village - a very non-Korean place where people show courtesy and respect for each other. A one week intensive course in manners. |
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chotaerang
Joined: 23 Mar 2004
Location: In the gym
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| That miniture golf idea struck me as particularely good. So good that I was going to swipe it whole and make my first fortune .. until my girlfriend alerted me to the multitude of existing mini golf places around town. Back to the drawing board. |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| the eye wrote: |
| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
It's illegal to make tattoos or to have the equipment if you aren't a certified doctor. It's slightly more legal to have tattoos on you, but there are limits and it's unpredictable.
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interesting.
how do you know this?
i ask because there are two tatoo parlours with big signs near my house here in Daegu...and the artists surely aren't doctors. |
It is technically illegal to tattoo someone, but it isn't to have been tattooed unless one gets large tattoos in order to dodge the draft.
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200506/09/200506092110210209900091009101.html
The National Human Rights Commission of Korea has filled a complaint on behalf of a 25 year old man recently who have failed the police physical exam simply because he had tattoos.
"In ancient times, Korean fishermen turned to full-body tattoos believing they brought protection from sea beasts and shipwreck. In old Korea, authorities tattooed "Thief" or "Stealer of Government Money" on the foreheads of criminals. Slaves wore tattoos on their forearms showing who owned them."
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-06/25/content_241020.htm |
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marcus
Joined: 12 Sep 2005
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Best: do they have Scientology here yet?
Worst: lesbian electroclash band
but maybe they could get tattoos and play minigolf after shows. |
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