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BobbyLove
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Location: Montreal
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 Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2003 11:48 am Post subject: Buying Electronics in Korea |
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| I plan to go to Korea, probably Busan, sometime after April or May and I plan on buying a laptop. Would anyone know if buying a laptop in Korea be cheaper than buying Canada? |
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kimcheeking
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| Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2003 3:08 pm Post subject: |
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| buy it in Canada, much cheaper... desktops are comparable, but laptops are not. |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2003 3:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Buy it in Canada for a number of reasons, but also see if they have an int'l. warranty and if it can be serviced in Korea. For example I went with Toshiba (6 years ago when they were still the laptop leaders) because of their 3 year Intl'l. warranty. The hard drive crapped out on me after 2 years and I was able to get it replaced for free at the Toshiba service center in Yongsan. |
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BobbyLove
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| Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2003 1:23 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the advice!!!  |
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exportedhabster
Joined: 10 Feb 2003
Location: Suwon
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| Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2003 3:05 am Post subject: |
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| Make sure you get a good adaptor, you don't want to blow it out your first day in Korea. |
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Bulsajo
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| Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2003 11:11 am Post subject: |
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| Make sure you get a good adaptor, you don't want to blow it out your first day in Korea. |
Only the crappiest of low-end laptops won't come with an multi-voltage adaptor, either built-in or as a small box in the middle of the power cord. Check the bottom of the laptop if you're not sure, the specs should be there. You'll just need to pickup a small adaptor to change the plug from NA slots to Euro prongs (used in Korea) and a surge protected power-bar, cheap and found everywhere. |
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