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gweet4
Joined: 12 Dec 2006
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 Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 10:36 am Post subject: do they take discover? |
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| I am moving to Korea and only have some cash and a discover card. Do most places take Discover? |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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| Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 10:38 am Post subject: Re: do they take discover? |
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| gweet4 wrote: |
| I am moving to Korea and only have some cash and a discover card. Do most places take Discover? |
Do not ever count on any kind of plastic in Korea. Murphy's Law will prevail. |
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Delirium's Brother
Joined: 08 May 2006
Location: Out in that field with Rumi, waiting for you to join us!
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| Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 10:47 am Post subject: |
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| Take out a cash advance on your card before you leave home, and then pay it back right away when you get paid. |
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dogshed
Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 11:34 am Post subject: |
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| I've never seen a discover sign here. -Jeff |
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gweet4
Joined: 12 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 12:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah, I was thinking on doing the cash advance just in case, but I now I definitely will. Thanks. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 12:46 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't remember seeing a Discover card sign here either. I have both Visa and MasterCard and have never had any problem with either one. |
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djsmnc
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Dave's ESL Cafe
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| Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 2:06 pm Post subject: |
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As an informed credit card user who is concerned about the security and usability of his/her credit, you are surely making jest when you ask whether or not your preferred credit provider is available in Korea.
A carousal through the Discover website would surely provide you with the information necessary to ascertain that no, Discover is not available in Korea. |
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dogshed
Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:26 am Post subject: |
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| djsmnc wrote: |
As an informed credit card user who is concerned about the security and usability of his/her credit, you are surely making jest when you ask whether or not your preferred credit provider is available in Korea.
A carousal through the Discover website would surely provide you with the information necessary to ascertain that no, Discover is not available in Korea. |
The poster asked if you could use it hear not if you could get one here. You might be able to use it in an ATM to withdraw cash.
Keep in mind that any time you use a credit card in Korea and pay the bill in US dollars you are loosing twice. First you loose a little bit on the exchange rate when you make the purchase and then you loose some more when you convert won into dollars to pay the credit card bill. |
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Hyeon Een
Joined: 24 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:55 am Post subject: |
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| dogshed wrote: |
Keep in mind that any time you use a credit card in Korea and pay the bill in US dollars you are loosing twice. First you loose a little bit on the exchange rate when you make the purchase and then you loose some more... |
I'm gonna be really annoying here.
The only three spelling things which really, really wind me up are:
"looser" for "loser"
"loose" for "lose"
and
"wierd" for "weird"
Write down the second one. Please. Please. I promise I won't bother you again. Feel free to "right" your/youre/you're or anything else, I don't care about those. But "loose"... arrrrgh.. I'm going to scream and go to bed. Sorry again for being pedantic. (I think I've 'loost' it, I'm making anal spelling posts..) |
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djsmnc
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Dave's ESL Cafe
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| Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 12:06 pm Post subject: |
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Well, grammar flubs aside, this bunched pantied poster also said:
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| The poster asked if you could use it hear not if you could get one here. |
APPARENTLY regarding my comment:
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As an informed credit card user who is concerned about the security and usability of his/her credit, you are surely making jest when you ask whether or not your preferred credit provider is available in Korea.
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...which doesn't refer to obtaining a card. It refers to the fact that the credit card company in question and the services it encompasses are not available in said country.
I weep for the future of his students... |
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kat2
Joined: 25 Oct 2005
Location: Busan, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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um, i wouldn't count on anything working here.
First year here (2003-04)had a visa checkcard through my US bank. Never got the thing to work once in a year. Tried every bank in teh country's ATMs. Several different cities. Nothing. WOrked fine in Japan, just not in Korea.
My main credit card (use it for airline miles) only works about half the time. Its a visa. However, when i use my visa check card here (different US bank now) it works everytime.
I would bring over a good bit of cash, and just open a bank account wen you get here. |
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enchoo
Joined: 04 Jul 2004
Location: Heading to a reality show near you
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| Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:08 pm Post subject: They do not take DISCOVER CARD |
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| Korean stores/establishments do not take it. Beware that they will take American Mastercard and Visa, but those cards might charge foreign currency transaction fee or some similar fee along those lines. |
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