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[Pspazzboy]

I lived about an hour south of Seoul last year, and now I'm staying in a ���ÿ� in Seoul, taking it easy and looking for my next position. All my stuff is stored down where I used to live, and I can't figure out how to move it. The best I've got so far is renting a car, but that'll be about 100,000��. I'm hoping someone on here has experience and can give me a better idea.

Thanks~!!

[peppermint]

well, you can rent a bongo truck with a driver for about that price or less. Your best bet is to call a moving company. Try the first three digits of your landline + 2424 ( if your number is 555-1234, try calling 555-2424) It's one of those Korean style number puns ( saying 24 in Korean is the same as the word for move or moving)

Make sure they understand you only want basic service- because if you're willing to pay, Korean moving companies will come, pack everything, move it to the new place and unpack for you.

[mindmetoo]

I've tried to keep my stuff down to no more than two cab rides.

[JongnoGuru]

To the OP, if you've contemplated renting a car, it would seem you don't have all that much stuff. Ideally, someone has a friend with a car or SUV for things like this. A truck, and even a "bongo", rather seems like overkill. If it fits in a rental car, it'll fit in a taxi. What's the cab fare to Seoul from an hour away?

[Pspazzboy]

Thanks for the replies~

Actually, I'm at about 2 taxi rides myself, but I'm living about 1 hour into Seoul too, so it would come out to about 2 hours depending on traffic. Two 2-hour cab rides with a full backseat and trunk seems a bit overkill for me. I thought about doing a moving service kind of thing...no landline at a ���ÿ� though. I'm not sure what the numbers are around here.
If I rent a car, I'll need a SUV or a van. It might stuff into a car, but I don't really want to take my chances.

Most of my friends are in the younger, living in Seoul and using public transportation variety, so not too many cars to borrow. That would be ideal though, huh? I've never been much good at asking people to borrow stuff anyway - I hinted around a bit, but no bites, so it looks like I'm on my own. Sadly, I've found often that my Korean friends are SUPER helpful as long as you don't really need them. I think a lot of them think I'm so good at getting around on my own, I don't need any help.

I debated on walking around to some random hagwon and asking them if I can rent out their van for a Sunday while there's no class...I think it'd be less trouble to rent a car though.

Oh well - thanks for the group brainstorm. Looks like my best bet is either find a moving service or rent a car. I'm still looking for other options, if anyone has ideas~ ^^

[Pyongshin Sangja]

Taekbae. Door to door anywhere in Korea in 24 hrs, cheap as chips. Go to the local Family Mart, 7-11 or so on and ask them about it. You will give them your address, they will come to your house and take it anywhere you want to go on a huge truck with a bunch of other stuff. It'll arrive in a day (maybe two.) A scooter from outside Daejeon to my house in Seoul was W35,000 and took 36 hrs. Taekbae.

[mindmetoo]

[buymybook]

[Pspazzboy]

Thanks all~

It turns out the Korean co-teacher at whose house I had stored my stuff took it upon himself to call the taekbae for me - so now I'm just waiting 'till it arrives and they'll tell me how much it is...

Thanks for all your input~!! ^^