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tefain
Joined: 19 Sep 2007
Location: Not too far out there
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 Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 12:33 pm Post subject: Condoms Selling Fast |
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People will need to start buying them in bulk!
Amazing how fast word gets out for this here. No one can say Koreans aren't savvy consumers.
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2010/11/117_75852.html
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Condoms are flying off the shelves at drugstores as motel operators and other �entertainment businesses� in red-light districts are hoarding them amid fears of price hikes following recent sharp gains in rubber prices.
A pharmacist who runs a drugstore in Ingye-dong, a district packed with glitzy signs for bars, night clubs and motels in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, said condom are his best-selling item these days.
�Only two or three packs that contain 10 condoms each were sold a week on average just a few months ago. But now, nearly 30 packs are sold a day,� the pharmacist said.
A convenience store manager in the area also said a motel manager recently purchased all condom boxes at his store. �Those engaged in the sex business have started hoarding,� he said.
The buying spree is expected to continue for a while as Southeast Asian countries, the major rubber producers, were severely battered by storms this summer, resulting in steep gains in natural rubber prices worldwide.
A domestic condom maker UNIDUS said a price increase is inevitable due to a supply shortage.
�We imported natural rubber, a key element in making condoms, at 1,970 won per kilogram early this year. But it surged nearly 80 percent in September to 2,690 won,� a UNIDUS spokesman said. �The climb is expected to continue. Considering this, we have no choice but to raise our prices.� |
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nathanrutledge
Joined: 01 May 2008
Location: Marakesh
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| Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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Open wide, baby...
problem solved. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Korean men use condoms? |
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hamsteRRiFic
Joined: 22 Nov 2009
Location: going around in circles...
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| Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 4:29 am Post subject: |
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| OP, your avatar is creepy. Even more so considering the thread topic. |
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