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Insidejohnmalkovich
Joined: 11 Jan 2008
Location: Pusan
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| People only drink soju because it is cheap. Why buy imported, taxed crap? |
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mises
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
Location: retired
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| Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 6:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
| It is exported. Once you add the local taxes onto it, it becomes less appealing. |
Yeah, I bought a bottle this week for 14$CDN. Got some good Saki for 4$. Odd, that. Korean kimchi is three times the price of Japanese Kim-o-chi too. I guess we pay for quality?? |
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Xuanzang
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang
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| Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Rae wrote: |
The cheapest I've seen soju in San Diego was on sale at a Korean market for $1.49. Here's a link - it looks like it's on sale now for $1.99:
http://www.zionmarket.com/sandiego.php |
Koreans should go to San Diego then |
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Rae
Joined: 10 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 2:43 am Post subject: |
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| Xuanzang wrote: |
| Rae wrote: |
The cheapest I've seen soju in San Diego was on sale at a Korean market for $1.49. Here's a link - it looks like it's on sale now for $1.99:
http://www.zionmarket.com/sandiego.php |
Koreans should go to San Diego then |
Bite your tongue! Kidding ... kidding ...  |
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visitorq
Joined: 11 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 4:46 am Post subject: |
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| Because it's rubbish. Pointless to export it anyway since it's basically on par with rubbing alcohol; you can just get a chemist to whip up a batch anywhere and save on shipping costs. |
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blade
Joined: 30 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 7:16 am Post subject: Re: Why don't they export soju? |
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| I think that if Soju was on sale in Ireland for 3 euro it would be a big hit with the college crowd and unemployed alcoholics. |
Soju is piss and besides college students already have buckfast if they're desperate for cheap alcohol.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckfast_Tonic_Wine
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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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| Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Because soju sucks and it's peasant alcohol. |
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Guri Guy
Joined: 07 Sep 2003
Location: Bamboo Island
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| Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Soju is utter garbage alcohol. I'd rather drink urine. |
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5600
Joined: 07 Apr 2008
Location: At an undisclosed FEMA camp.
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| Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:13 am Post subject: |
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| Because the rest of the world drinks vodka...except for me...I drink S. Comfort....the best 14 bucks I spend each week. |
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petethebrick
Joined: 25 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:59 am Post subject: |
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| Soju is fantastic, I don't care what anyone says! It used to be a lot cheaper in Ireland until last year. Now it's classified as a spirit whereas before it was classified as a wine. There is a huge difference in terms of government tax. So in Ireland it's best just to stick to vodka I reckon |
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CeleryMan
Joined: 12 Apr 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:53 am Post subject: |
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a) The Korean PR agency won't know how to market soju appropriately
b) The international marketplace has spoken. soju is nasty
c) The makers of soju have already signed a global no compete clause with Lysol, 409, and Clorox. |
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Doogie
Joined: 19 Jan 2006
Location: Hwaseong City
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| Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 11:33 am Post subject: |
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| I've been back in Canada for quite some time now (and ,yes, I still read Dave's now and again to remember old times). I went into a liquor store (Edmonton) the other day and was shocked to see Soju on the shelf. I never see it hear. What was even more shocking was the price.......$8.00!!! Koreans must be devastated when they immigrate to Canada. |
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Chuvok
Joined: 25 Jan 2009
Location: Russia
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| Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 11:46 am Post subject: |
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I tried soju once with a Korean university room mate. It just tasted like bad strong white wine, as I recall. Nothing special.
In Russia a 500ml bottle of the cheapest vodka (40% alc.) goes for 70 Rubles. Very cheap, and enough to knock down any but the hardest alcoholic. |
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