Korean Job Discussion Forums

deetah · Joined: 14 Nov 2004

I think, after my 2 year stint here, that i will be sending 3 boxes home to Canada. Don't ask me how I managed to collect all this sh*t. How about you? How many boxes?

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

Ten or eleven. And then turned around and sent them back here.

SirFink · Joined: 05 Mar 2006

Hopefully none. I'm getting ready to leave soon and, if anything, I'm going to be throwing stuff away or selling off what I can to lighten the load.

jlb · Joined: 18 Sep 2003

I plan on none. I plan on selling or giving away what won't fit into my suitcases. I also live a pretty minimalistic lifestyle so try not to collect junk (clothes, books, etc). I borrow books or buy and sell. I have a few clothes that I like and wear a lot. Who really needs more than 4 pairs of pants or 3 sweaters?

ilovebdt · Joined: 03 Jun 2005 Location: Nr Seoul

The first time I left Korea after a year and ahalf it was about 4 or 5 boxes. But then I hate throwing things away.

This time around it will definately be only one or two.

ilovebdt

crazy_arcade · Joined: 05 Nov 2006

so how much does it actually cost to ship a box via surface? I'm expecting to have a couple.

ilovebdt · Joined: 03 Jun 2005 Location: Nr Seoul

kiwigirl :O) · Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Location: Bundang

i send home a large box every 3months...ive been here almost a year
and im a girl who likes to buy stuff

cheers
kg

princess · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: soul of Asia

After 2 straight years here, I sent home 6 or 7 boxes. I am trying so hard to not collect so much stuff this time.

desultude · Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 6:46 am Post subject:

After fours years in Korea, I sent home at least 30 boxes. Embarassed

sid · Joined: 02 Feb 2003 Location: Berkshire, England

pdx · Joined: 19 Jan 2007

anybody know how much 20kg costs via a service like mailboxes etc? I dont' know what EMS is.

I just know I have the post office option (i'm assuming those are the 50,000 and 133,000 options), and mailboxes, etc.

I'm probably only going to send one box, and definitely not more than 20kg.

pdx · Joined: 19 Jan 2007

anyone?

ella · Joined: 17 Apr 2006

Not Korea, but I FedExed one or two large boxes home from India every time I lived there. I'm not a clothes person but they have the best clothing in the world there, and I stocked up.

crazylemongirl · Joined: 23 Mar 2003 Location: almost there...

I'm thinking 4-5. I'm trying to cull as much as possible outside of my ridiculously large wardrobe (yet I still find myself saying 'I have nothing to wear.' Do I really need to send all those books? DVDs on the other hand.... they're coming with me along with my great DVD player.