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The contagious malaise of modern South Korea
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World Traveler



Joined: 29 May 2009

PostPosted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 4:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Weigookin74 wrote:
I saw a smart phone price and I was smart enough to avoid one. I saw the overinflated price of new cars here and I was smart of to avoid those too.

Korea leads world in most expensive phones
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2013/07/116_140106.html
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Korea has the highest cellphone prices in the world.
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Julius



Joined: 27 Jul 2006

PostPosted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 6:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Waygeek wrote:
chaz47 wrote:
I am making an effort to avoid negativity in general.


You're in the wrong place. Laughing


You just have to make your own comfort zone .

To me that means things like avoiding public transport or eating out unless absolutely necessary. I will even take a taxi over walking on the street for half an hour. Anything that works for you to reduce the daily stress factor.
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12ax7



Joined: 07 Nov 2009

PostPosted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 8:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

World Traveler wrote:
Weigookin74 wrote:
I saw a smart phone price and I was smart enough to avoid one. I saw the overinflated price of new cars here and I was smart of to avoid those too.

Korea leads world in most expensive phones
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2013/07/116_140106.html
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Korea has the highest cellphone prices in the world.


"“Smartphone producers should test drive their prototypes in Korea. How early adapters respond to new products may give constructive feedback on the product.”"

That's basically what some of them do, so Korean consumers who buy the latest models end up with phones that are full of bugs and then must wait until the phone is released abroad in order to get a better functioning update...or at least that's been my experience with buying a phone that was at the cutting edge of technology at the time.
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