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napoleon8
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 Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 5:07 am Post subject: Does the Korean post office have tracking? |
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| If I ship something back home from Korea, and use the regular Korean post office, is it trackable on-line? |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
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napoleon8
Joined: 18 May 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 5:21 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks for the website. The EMS service looks rather expensive, up there with FedEx and the other big international carriers. I was wondering if a tracking number would come with with cheaper option, Parcel Post. It doesn't look like it, from what I've seen on their site. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 5:25 am Post subject: |
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Yes, you can use international recorded or registered. There is a difference in names, but generally the post office people just use *deung kee*, which means registered. I think it's just 2500 won on top of your normal postage.
Deung kee, in hangul, is ���. I hope you can read that. |
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napoleon8
Joined: 18 May 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 5:34 am Post subject: |
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| tzechuk wrote: |
| Yes, you can use international recorded or registered. There is a difference in names, but generally the post office people just use *deung kee*, which means registered. I think it's just 2500 won on top of your normal postage. |
My understanding of registered mail is that you only get a signature at delivery. With deung kee, do you get a tracking number that you can use to track the shipment on-line? |
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kprrok
Joined: 06 Apr 2004
Location: KC
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| Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 5:51 am Post subject: |
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EMS is a great service. Fast, not too expensive (as long as what you're shipping is not too heavy), and the tracking is excellent. I paid 80.000 for a package that was 8.5 kg, versus my parents sending a 7kg package for 85.000 via USPS.
This is how the tracking looks, quite wonderful in my opinion.
It is a good option, and I recommend it to anyone.
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peppergirl
Joined: 07 Dec 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 6:12 am Post subject: |
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I can also recommend EMS, but if you want to know if your package arrived asap, use the Korean language tracking page...apparently they update the English version later  |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 6:55 am Post subject: |
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| napoleon8 wrote: |
| tzechuk wrote: |
| Yes, you can use international recorded or registered. There is a difference in names, but generally the post office people just use *deung kee*, which means registered. I think it's just 2500 won on top of your normal postage. |
My understanding of registered mail is that you only get a signature at delivery. With deung kee, do you get a tracking number that you can use to track the shipment on-line? |
Absolutely!
I do it all the time for things that are not so urgent. They will give you a receipt with a number on it and you can just go to their website: www.koreapost.go.kr for this page:
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napoleon8
Joined: 18 May 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 4:11 am Post subject: |
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| tzechuk wrote: |
They will give you a receipt with a number on it and you can just go to their website: www.koreapost.go.kr for this page:
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Thanks tzechuk. I'll probably give this service a try. And yes I can read �ѱ�. I just can't communicate in it! |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 10:42 am Post subject: |
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I miss the efficiency of the Korean post office. The quality of service of Canada Post makes me want start a firebomb campaign or go totally Kazinsky on them. They're an utter disgrace.
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