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braunshade · Joined: 19 Apr 2006 Location: Somewhere better!

I have been giving mine to my boss to pay for me and then have her just deduct it from my salary. How do you pay yours?

ttompatz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea

Zyzyfer · Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 7:27 pm Post subject:

I go to the bank and use the bill-paying machine. It rocks.

braunshade · Joined: 19 Apr 2006 Location: Somewhere better!

Do you need Korean reading ability to pay at the bank or post office?

seoulsucker · Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 9:58 pm Post subject:

jinju · Joined: 22 Jan 2006

I use money.

Colorado · Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:29 pm Post subject:

I don't speak or read Korean, but I take my utility bills to my bank and put them in the little tray on the counter along with the money. The bank teller takes the money, gives me my change and my stamped receipts. No problem.

Eunoia · Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:00 pm Post subject:

Used to be, some bills could be paid (in cash) at any Family Mart. Check it out.

ttompatz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea

Hapkido-In · Joined: 24 Jun 2006

I use the direct withdrawl (from bank account) option for utilities such gas and electricity. I just asked my manager to help me set it up. It works great.

For my internet bill (which can't be done automatically for some reason) I just take the bill and my bank card to my bank (KB star). When I walk in there's usually a worker there that looks like a security guard. I show him my bill and he takes me over to a bill payment ATM type machine. Then he pushes a few buttons, scans in the bill, and asks me for my bank card. All I have to do it just put in my PIN number. It's really easy.

ChopChaeJoe · Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Location: Seoul

I just give the money to my Korean "partner" teacher. She pays it.

cypher · Joined: 08 Nov 2003

Jeonnam Jinx · Joined: 06 Oct 2005 Location: Jeonnam

For the past year or so, I just pay everything through internet banking (농협). Cell phone, gas, electricity, apartment fees, cable tv, newspaper and milk delivery, and so on.

Everything can be paid online, and it's much easier and quicker than waiting in a line (while watching others cut in), and everything you pay is printed out in your bankbook. I haven't had a problem with a payment being missed yet.

On a side note, I even wire money to my home country online (admittedly, the "English" section of the website (KEB) never worked right -- still haven't figured out why, so I use my friend's ID and bank account). Usually, I wait 2 to 3 days, and the money is waiting in my foreign account at home. Quicker, easier, and cheaper than going to the bank itself. If I go to the bank, they charge 13,000-15,000 won; online, it costs nothing. Very Happy

kermo · Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 5:46 pm Post subject:

In small towns the banks may not have one of those machines, so you'd just take your pile of bills to the counter. The challenge last year, in my teeny tiny town, was to get the meek cashiers to call my number-- they were terrified of me (I wrote about this last year, but can't find the thread.)

With something like an internet connection fee, you can arrange to have it taken out automatically (you'll still get something that looks like a bill, but the clerk will be very confused when you hand it to her.)

In a larger city, it's easy as pie to go to a bank, bat my eyelashes at the guy in the sash, wave my bills and have it done in a jiffy. Yesterday (and here we come to the whole reason for my reply) I used one of those machines by myself for the very first time. *beams with pride* Yeah, the pictures help. Embarassed