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machoman
Joined: 11 Jul 2007
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 Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 7:39 pm Post subject: getting ripped off |
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when's the last time you got ripped off?
i paid 500k for my scooter. i think it's worth a little less. |
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Draz
Joined: 27 Jun 2007
Location: Land of Morning Clam
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| Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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1000 won for 2L bottle of water. That brand is 750 in other stores.
MY WONS. |
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Illysook
Joined: 30 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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| A guy was selling 4 apples for 5000 won out of a truck. I offered him 4000 and he would only sell me 3 for that price, then I walked into Lotte and they were selling 4 apples for 3900 won, which is still too much. |
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Seoulmann
Joined: 27 Aug 2010
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:55 pm Post subject: |
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Ripped off ? everyday I buy anything. everything is over priced.
but what I hate the most is clubs. Come on these bars which raise the price to just think they are cool, like expensive drinks is suppose to mean the cooler club. Please! no club in Seoul is that cool. |
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machoman
Joined: 11 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 11:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Seoulmann wrote: |
Ripped off ? everyday I buy anything. everything is over priced.
but what I hate the most is clubs. Come on these bars which raise the price to just think they are cool, like expensive drinks is suppose to mean the cooler club. Please! no club in Seoul is that cool. |
yeah, a cass should never be 5000 |
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Globutron
Joined: 13 Feb 2010
Location: England/Anyang
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| Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 3:44 am Post subject: |
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Surely some of you remember England...?
Everything is too expensive here? For the first few months I was walking around like 'This can't actually be this cheap, someone must have tagged it wrong'.
I pay twice that for a bottle of coke in England. Bills are basically nothing, Bottled water is as cheap as tap water, etc etc.
However electronics are generally overpriced, I've found.
It took 45 minutes of haggling to get 100k off a laptop for a friend, which was still above the price I'd have expected. |
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the ireland
Joined: 11 May 2008
Location: korea
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| Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 6:59 am Post subject: |
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| I find the place quite cheap, but then I'mm from Ireland. England is also quite cheap to me too. No, in fact England is dirt cheap for most items to me. |
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Radius
Joined: 20 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 7:22 am Post subject: |
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| yes i agree. Everything, for most part is way overpriced. I just cant see how many people working minimum wage (around 4k won) can survive. Can we at least put to bed the notion that the cost of living is cheap in Korea like i heard so many times before i got here? |
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Globutron
Joined: 13 Feb 2010
Location: England/Anyang
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| Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 7:35 am Post subject: |
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| Radius wrote: |
| yes i agree. Everything, for most part is way overpriced. I just cant see how many people working minimum wage (around 4k won) can survive. Can we at least put to bed the notion that the cost of living is cheap in Korea like i heard so many times before i got here? |
It's a rip off compared to China, and others, That's all I'll agree with. But then you earn less there. Unless you go Shanghai or something, where the cost rises to match.
Call BS if you want, I'm actually just guessing here. |
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Caffeinated
Joined: 11 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 7:38 am Post subject: |
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Paid more to get a flu shot at a clinic in Itaewon than a local clinic. I guess it's the English convenience surcharge.
Paid several hundred thousand won more for dental work at Hu's Hu than I was quoted.
Paid 50k won/month at my current gym when I could pay 35k won/month at the new gym that just opened. |
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Stan Rogers
Joined: 20 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 10:31 am Post subject: |
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| machoman wrote: |
| Seoulmann wrote: |
Ripped off ? everyday I buy anything. everything is over priced.
but what I hate the most is clubs. Come on these bars which raise the price to just think they are cool, like expensive drinks is suppose to mean the cooler club. Please! no club in Seoul is that cool. |
yeah, a cass should never be 5000 |
I've spoken to bar owners who say that high drink prices tend to keep out the riff raft. In Korea you can be fussy about the customers you want and still make big bank. |
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redaxe
Joined: 01 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 11:46 am Post subject: |
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| machoman wrote: |
| Seoulmann wrote: |
Ripped off ? everyday I buy anything. everything is over priced.
but what I hate the most is clubs. Come on these bars which raise the price to just think they are cool, like expensive drinks is suppose to mean the cooler club. Please! no club in Seoul is that cool. |
yeah, a cass should never be 5000 |
unless it's for a juicy girl |
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Stan Rogers
Joined: 20 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 6:03 pm Post subject: |
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| redaxe wrote: |
| machoman wrote: |
| Seoulmann wrote: |
Ripped off ? everyday I buy anything. everything is over priced.
but what I hate the most is clubs. Come on these bars which raise the price to just think they are cool, like expensive drinks is suppose to mean the cooler club. Please! no club in Seoul is that cool. |
yeah, a cass should never be 5000 |
unless it's for a juicy girl |
Right |
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Seoulmann
Joined: 27 Aug 2010
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Stan Rogers wrote: |
| machoman wrote: |
| Seoulmann wrote: |
Ripped off ? everyday I buy anything. everything is over priced.
but what I hate the most is clubs. Come on these bars which raise the price to just think they are cool, like expensive drinks is suppose to mean the cooler club. Please! no club in Seoul is that cool. |
yeah, a cass should never be 5000 |
I've spoken to bar owners who say that high drink prices tend to keep out the riff raft. In Korea you can be fussy about the customers you want and still make big bank. |
like when the governments say they are raising the price of tobacco 1 dollar to prevent people from smoking. LOL
greed is good, greed works! hahahaha |
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Stan Rogers
Joined: 20 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 7:27 am Post subject: |
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| Seoulmann wrote: |
| Stan Rogers wrote: |
| machoman wrote: |
| Seoulmann wrote: |
Ripped off ? everyday I buy anything. everything is over priced.
but what I hate the most is clubs. Come on these bars which raise the price to just think they are cool, like expensive drinks is suppose to mean the cooler club. Please! no club in Seoul is that cool. |
yeah, a cass should never be 5000 |
I've spoken to bar owners who say that high drink prices tend to keep out the riff raft. In Korea you can be fussy about the customers you want and still make big bank. |
like when the governments say they are raising the price of tobacco 1 dollar to prevent people from smoking. LOL
greed is good, greed works! hahahaha |
Here's another angle on that idea.
Stupid is good because stupid keeps paying. |
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