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tanklor1
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 Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 4:15 am Post subject: Anyone know where I can buy gems and other new age crap? |
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Not mean to offend anyone. but I'm going to buy a birthday present for a friend who likes gems, stones and cyrstal necklaces and bracelets. Anyone know if I can buy these type of things in Korea? Also I repeat, I was just kidding about it being crap I'm sure that each stone has its own energies and such.  |
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jkelly80
Joined: 13 Jun 2007
Location: you boys like mexico?
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| Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 4:58 am Post subject: |
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I'm not a police officer I'm a princess.
Maybe insa dong or samcheon dong. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 6:55 am Post subject: Re: Anyone know where I can buy gems and other new age crap? |
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| tanklor1 wrote: |
| Not mean to offend anyone. but I'm going to buy a birthday present for a friend who likes gems, stones and cyrstal necklaces and bracelets. Anyone know if I can buy these type of things in Korea? Also I repeat, I was just kidding about it being crap I'm sure that each stone has its own energies and such. |
Junk jewelry you can get almost anywhere.
If you mean REAL precious and semi-precious stones, they are a bad buy here (something to do with the 100% import tariff when they are imported). Wait until you can travel and hit a duty free port (like Hong Kong or Singapore).
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tanklor1
Joined: 13 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 7:06 am Post subject: Re: Anyone know where I can buy gems and other new age crap? |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
| tanklor1 wrote: |
| Not mean to offend anyone. but I'm going to buy a birthday present for a friend who likes gems, stones and cyrstal necklaces and bracelets. Anyone know if I can buy these type of things in Korea? Also I repeat, I was just kidding about it being crap I'm sure that each stone has its own energies and such. |
Junk jewelry you can get almost anywhere.
If you mean REAL precious and semi-precious stones, they are a bad buy here (something to do with the 100% import tariff when they are imported). Wait until you can travel and hit a duty free port (like Hong Kong or Singapore).
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Even with the tariff (I don't have any time to plan an international trip) where's a good place to buy some? |
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Tobias
Joined: 02 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 7:14 am Post subject: Going to Thailand anytime soon? |
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Koh Sahn Road in Bangkok is a great place to get all kinds of "crap" and things that are pretty nice, too.
Chiang Mai's night market is legendary for what you can find there.
IF you're heading that way, I'll add, which I don't recommend because of the current agitation. |
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tanklor1
Joined: 13 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 7:21 am Post subject: Re: Going to Thailand anytime soon? |
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| Tobias wrote: |
Koh Sahn Road in Bangkok is a great place to get all kinds of "crap" and things that are pretty nice, too.
Chiang Mai's night market is legendary for what you can find there.
IF you're heading that way, I'll add, which I don't recommend because of the current agitation. |
While I do like the idea of planing a trip around getting a gift that will be forgotten three weeks after it's given. (If I had the time I would seriously do it becuase of the utterly retarded nature of it) I need to try to find something "local". it doesn't help that I have absolutly no knowledge of it at all,(afterall I can't ask her becuase that would ruin the whole thing) but that's half of the fun.  Anyway I gots about a month to track down something half decent. |
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sistersarah
Joined: 03 Jan 2004
Location: hiding out
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| Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 7:44 am Post subject: |
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| In some of the jewelry stores in the Hamilton Hotel they sell crystal balls and such. I have a friend who is into this stuff so I suffered through her pricing them one day. There were some crystal and some amethyst. I remember that the prices of the same size ball varied wildly from one vendor to another. You're bound to get ripped off, but hey, if you really need something.... |
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jinks
Joined: 27 Oct 2004
Location: Formerly: Lower North Island
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| Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 2:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Have you tried online shopping? |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea
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| Go to Thailand and meet some friendly people in the Wat Pho vacinity. They seen to know the best deals. The friendy Tuk Tuk drivers will help you get fitted for a suit and a full body massage.Soapy slidy |
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
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| Amethyst seems to be popular in Korea. Not sure how "precious" it is. |
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sistersarah
Joined: 03 Jan 2004
Location: hiding out
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| Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Underwaterbob wrote: |
| Amethyst seems to be popular in Korea. Not sure how "precious" it is. |
Amethyst is mined here and is really good quality. If you're buying jewelry, you have to be careful you're buying real amethyst and not synthetic stuff, 'cause there's a lot of that around of course. |
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