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[UrbanStyle]

How much does an Air conditioner cost in Korea?

[andrewchon]

Small 'boxy' are like 800,000 won. Tallboy standy are like 1,800,000.

[blade]

I paid about 300,000 for mine last May from gmarket.com

[GoldMember]

Gee that's a really tough question. I mean how difficult is it to walk into an Emart or a Homeplus, meander over to the electrical department, spot a whole row of airconditioners on display and read the price tags. Tough call that one!.

In anticipation of some of your next questions on where to buy/and how much in Korea.

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[UrbanStyle]

Hey goldmember, im not in korea - you dooshbag

[Ya-ta Boy]

I paid W300,000 for mine too (in 2007), from Hi-Mart. It's a wall-mounted type with the motor outside (they drilled a hole thru the wall to connect them). I only turned it on 3 times last summer.

[bassexpander]

Depends on the size of your place.

You can go as low as 150,000 for a decent used 4 to 6 pyung wall hanging unit (for a small efficiency place), plus about 50,000 to 70,000 for installation. A new one in 4 pyung will set you back around 250,000-300,000 or so once it's all said and done. If you want to get a stand unit, then you'll look at 500,000 and higher.

See units here, and click on horizontal square photos near top for more choices.

http://www.enuri.com/view/List.jsp?menu=1&cate=0501


If your apartment is just an efficiency, like most teachers apartments, then 6 pyung will do. If it is a basement apartment without a lot of windows, you can do just fine with a 4 pyung unit. If you have a place larger than 16 pyung, you might want to look at a used standing unit, although the wall units come in sizes that will cool as much as 9 to 12 pyung. I'm guessing your apartment won't be that big, anyway. The pyung measurements for these units are rated very conservatively, so a 6 pyung unit will work in up to a 12 pyung place, in my experience.

[blackjack]

you probably can't read korean but this should still give you an idea

http://www.gmarket.co.kr/challenge_eng/neo_category/category.asp?gdmc_cd=200000977&link_type=LIST&search_err=

http://www.gmarket.co.kr/challenge_eng/neo_category/category.asp?gdmc_cd=200001117&link_type=LIST&search_err=

http://www.gmarket.co.kr/challenge_eng/neo_category/category.asp?gdmc_cd=200001120&link_type=LIST&search_err=

one pyeong (평) equals 3.6 square metres

for comments

http://translate.google.com/?hl=en&langpair=ko%7Cen#

not perfect but gives you an idea

[ticktocktocktick]

If I were to buy an air conditioner from Gmarket, how would I get it installed?