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kiwiluvesyew
Joined: 29 Apr 2008
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 Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 4:57 am Post subject: Pay As You Go Phones |
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| Any advice on getting a Pay As You Go phone in Korea? I don't know Korean. We want the cheapest phone possible - it could be a banana as long as I can make emergency calls. |
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ben-ja-mas
Joined: 20 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 5:01 am Post subject: |
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| I just got a pretty nice LG Cyon(SK Telecom) 40K. Show your passport and you are all done. 10K for 27 minutes. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 5:05 am Post subject: Re: Pay As You Go Phones |
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| kiwiluvesyew wrote: |
| Any advice on getting a Pay As You Go phone in Korea? I don't know Korean. We want the cheapest phone possible - it could be a banana as long as I can make emergency calls. |
Hit a few of the neighborhood phone shops.... look for a used phone. EVERY phone can be set up as a PAYG phone (card-uh pone). It doesn't matter which network (SK, KTF/show or LG) - they are all the same when it comes to prepaid phones.
If you are close to Yongsan station, across the tracks you will see a large blue building. behind that is the Nanjin arcade. In the basement there are tons of phone shops...
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm77/ttompatz/yongsan2.jpg
or the yongdongpo-gu market... or just bout any subway station has a phone shop or 10 close by.
30-50k won for a decent used phone.
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kiwiluvesyew
Joined: 29 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 5:12 am Post subject: |
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Someone left a phone w/charger in the apartment we now live in - can I bring that phone to the shop and they set up the pay as you go on a phone I already have?
Would I still need a passport for that? I'm currently going through the No Passport Dance with my school right now (because I'm getting my ARC card). |
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ben-ja-mas
Joined: 20 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 5:29 am Post subject: |
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Not too sure but I doubt it.
I lost my previous phone and when I went too buy a new one last weekend I was able to keep the same number as the old phone. The dude in the shop called someone/somewhere and matched my passport details with what they had on record. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 6:02 am Post subject: |
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| kiwiluvesyew wrote: |
Someone left a phone w/charger in the apartment we now live in - can I bring that phone to the shop and they set up the pay as you go on a phone I already have?
Would I still need a passport for that? I'm currently going through the No Passport Dance with my school right now (because I'm getting my ARC card). |
Yes, you will need a passport at a minimum to get a card phone.
If you have your ARC and bankbook you can get a plan phone from LG.
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BigMikeAbroad
Joined: 12 Jun 2008
Location: US, for now
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:13 am Post subject: Technomart |
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Technomart like 8th floor I got one for $40 bucks
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phillyb
Joined: 09 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:45 am Post subject: |
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i didnt have my passport or ARC with me when i got mine... the dude at the phone shop already had a stack of his own passport photocopied and ust faxed that in haha.
although im not sure how you go about convincing a shop clerk to do that if they dont already have it. |
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