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Knappstar
Joined: 05 Jan 2005
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 Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 6:17 am Post subject: CHANGE-EEEEEE!! |
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Hey Guys,
I'm a bit poor at the moment, and I have about 50 pounds in bek and o-bek wons lying around. Is there anywhere in Korea where I can cash them in for bills? A coin-star equivalent? Maybe the bank? How much of a percentage would they take?
Thanx
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Corporal
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 6:21 am Post subject: |
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Just take them to any bank. Some banks are supposed to only change them on specific days (Nonghyup, anyway, had this policy for a while) but if you rattle your buckets of coins loudly enough and feign ignorance of Korean, and repeat yourself in English several times, they should get to you before long.
(I always pretended I didn't understand when they said they couldn't do it, and after deciding they didn't want to try to explain themselves in English, they just sighed and took the coins.)  |
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Knappstar
Joined: 05 Jan 2005
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| Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 6:40 am Post subject: |
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Corporal Sir,
You're the shiz. Thanx for the fast reply.
How much will they charge me?
So far its lookin like I have about 70 bucks: 15 in o-beks and the rest in beks.
Word
Andy |
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uberscheisse
Joined: 02 Dec 2003
Location: japan is better than korea.
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| Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 7:53 am Post subject: |
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my former bank (KB) has two separate machines - one you can operate yourself if you speak enough korean or the staff are friendly enough... it's like an ATM, you put in your card, dump your change in a tray and it counts it and debits your account.
once tho i came in with about 300 bucks in coins. they took it into the back and rolled it for me. it was cool, almost like getting free money. |
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Corporal
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 7:53 am Post subject: |
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| Knappstar wrote: |
Corporal Sir,
You're the shiz. Thanx for the fast reply.
How much will they charge me?
So far its lookin like I have about 70 bucks: 15 in o-beks and the rest in beks.
Word
Andy |
Ma'am, not sir. 
At ease. I don't believe they charge you--seems to me I've always gotten exactly whatever I put in, down to the last ship won. But are you sure you don't want to fly down here and buy me some roses with all that extra change? We can order in, drink some champagne, have one last, crazy night together.  |
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cruisemonkey
Joined: 04 Jul 2005
Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.
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I think uberscheisse means "...credits your account.", not "...debits...".  |
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uberscheisse
Joined: 02 Dec 2003
Location: japan is better than korea.
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| Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 3:20 pm Post subject: |
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| cruisemonkey wrote: |
| I think uberscheisse means "...credits your account.", not "...debits...". |
you are correct, yes i do. late night post, duhhhhh.
though one time i did this and i ended up with a negative amount in my account.
one of the reasons i switched to woori... |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Large banks have a machine that will take mixed coins. Smaller branches need you to pre-sort them. |
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