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emboli
Joined: 20 May 2009
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 Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 11:50 pm Post subject: Best things you have bought in Korea? |
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Im compiling a list of things to buy in Korea before I return to Australia. Things I am most satisfied with are things I cannot buy back home or are very cheap. If you guys have anything to add to the list, please let me know =)
1. Electronic Door Lock (amazing design and they dont sell those back in AUS)
2. Clothes (everyone knows about clothes shopping in Korea). Have some super unique looking stuff including costumes and ofcourse Traditional clothes.
3. Laptop (got one of those tiny ones)
4. Electronics (16GB USB stick for 50 000won bargain)
Thats all i can think of now but ill add more to the list as i buy em.
Again please let me know of your best deals and unique stuff you have bought to take back home.
Cheers |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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| Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 11:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Daelim 125cc scooter. Great machine, until it was stolen. |
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Beeyee
Joined: 29 May 2007
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| Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 12:47 am Post subject: |
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Cleaning robot, seriously cool  |
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okokok
Joined: 27 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 2:54 am Post subject: |
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Plane ticket home.
I win.  |
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Joe666
Joined: 19 Nov 2008
Location: Jesus it's hot down here!
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| Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 3:01 am Post subject: |
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okokok: Plane ticket home. I win.
You funny waygoogin - Absolutely beautiful! I thought I was the only one going mental in this country! |
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espoir
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Incheon, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 3:27 am Post subject: Re: Best things you have bought in Korea? |
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| emboli wrote: |
| 4. Electronics (16GB USB stick for 50 000won bargain) |
50,000won really?!?! I bought mine for 30,000won back in November in yongsan. Sorry mate you got ripped off.
Then again they seel for over 100$ back home so its still a deal. |
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Robot_Teacher
Joined: 18 Feb 2009
Location: Robotting Around the World
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| Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 4:02 am Post subject: |
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Very intelligent choices. Mine was German and Belgium beer. Yes, just ol' beer to drink my lonely night away in fear the world is going to come to a crash. What BS times. I'd have to say I really like those embroidered Bamboo Cay tropical men's Hawaiin button shirts with palm trees a Korean man sells in his shop in Itaewon past McDonald's going toward the US Army garrison on the same side of the street. Korea makes these high quality expensive shirts for export to Hawaii, but sells some in a small shop here for 1/3 the retail Hawaii price.
Wait...
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Internet service....
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I bought the idea to learn about another culture, especially one of the strangest and least understood cultures of the world where the ol' cold war still rages on just outside my Korean window as military jets incessantly fly over head on an hourly basis with threats of war and the truce abandoned as of today. Just sweet and lovely. I'm lovin' it in the land of milk, honey, and kimchee. |
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ManintheMiddle
Joined: 20 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 5:29 am Post subject: |
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1. Value-packs of boneless chicken breasts at Costco
2. Cinammon rolls at Costco (not great but ok and cheap enough)
3. Double packs of Special K rice/wheat cereal with freeze dried strawberries, also at Costco
4. Smoked Alaskan red sockeye salmon, also at Costco
5. Dole fresh sliced Hawaiian tropical fruits in plastic jars at...Costco |
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polonius
Joined: 05 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 6:25 am Post subject: Re: Best things you have bought in Korea? |
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| emboli wrote: |
3. Laptop (got one of those tiny ones)
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I checked the prices out. What I found was that here in Korea, an LG or Samsung go for 800,000 won. In Canada I can get a Dell, Toshiba or another brand that I can't remember offhand, for $400 Candian. That to me is the better deal. I don't need a bunch of the bells and whistles. Just word processing, surfing at a quick speed (but bandwidth has more to do with that than just RAM)
What I can't believe is how much stuff I have accumulated over 7 years (wife and son included) and now I have to get a shipping company to send it all home. I have done the math, it is better for me to send it all home, rather than sell at a discounted price and then rebuy. |
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moosehead
Joined: 05 May 2007
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| Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 7:34 am Post subject: |
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| kimchi pot |
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jahson4
Joined: 17 Feb 2009
Location: Jamsil
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| Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 10:45 am Post subject: |
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| My bike. |
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gangwonbound
Joined: 27 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 10:54 am Post subject: |
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| I'm surprised no one has said their Wife or Husband |
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madoka
Joined: 27 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 11:12 am Post subject: Re: Best things you have bought in Korea? |
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| espoir wrote: |
| Then again they seel for over 100$ back home so its still a deal. |
It's $100 if you are buying your flash drives from Tiffany's.  Otherwise, a 16gb flash drive is $26 from newegg.com shipped free. |
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Forward Observer
Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Location: FOB Gloria
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| Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 11:58 am Post subject: |
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| If you're into buying household goods like dishes, china, silverware, etc. Dongdaemun underground has a lot of discounted stuff with great designs you don't find anywhere else. |
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Adjumas Cheekbones
Joined: 26 May 2009
Location: director's pocket
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| Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Pencil sharpeners the size of a Korean tank. |
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