Quote from: Aristocrat on April 10, 2019, 08:06:03 amQuote from: Mister Tim on April 10, 2019, 07:48:57 amQuote from: Aristocrat on April 10, 2019, 07:45:23 amI thought only Gmarket had this issue, but it seems a problem with every Korean online market/shop I've dealt with.I tried ordering some music equipment off Coupang, paid the cash and was told it would ship within 2 days. 4 days later, no activity. I send a message, no reply. After 8 days, I get told it's out of stock! Pissed that I wasted 8 days for a reply to tell me it's out of stock, I decide to try Buzzbee.co.kr, a dedicated music instrument marketplace. They have a pretty awesome selection and each product has a detailed video review. I endured exactly the same ordeal with them, order, wait, no reply, week later get a message saying it's out of stock.WTF would you list items which are out of stock!? Urgh, guess I've got no choice but to drag my ass all the way to Seoul to buy my bass. Try Freebud, Schoolmusic, or Musicforce. I've bought from them, and they're usually pretty good about marking items as out of stock. Musicforce is especially good about it (they usually don't even display an item on the site if they don't have it in stock), but they also cater mostly to boutique stuff, so unless you're after a high-end bass, the other options might be better, haha.Yeah, I'm guitarist not a bassist, and I'm not looking for a Fodera or a Stuart Zender signature, just looking for something decent for studio recording so I'm going for the Yamaha TRBX304. I'll check the the other 2, thanks.Out of stock on Freebud, but...http://www.schoolmusic.co.kr/Shop/index.php3?var=Good&Good_no=38920&version=pcIf it's out of stock, they haven't marked it as such yet.EDIT: Just realized that's the 5, not the 4. I'd get the 5 instead anyway if I were to only have one bass, especially for recording purposes.
Quote from: Mister Tim on April 10, 2019, 07:48:57 amQuote from: Aristocrat on April 10, 2019, 07:45:23 amI thought only Gmarket had this issue, but it seems a problem with every Korean online market/shop I've dealt with.I tried ordering some music equipment off Coupang, paid the cash and was told it would ship within 2 days. 4 days later, no activity. I send a message, no reply. After 8 days, I get told it's out of stock! Pissed that I wasted 8 days for a reply to tell me it's out of stock, I decide to try Buzzbee.co.kr, a dedicated music instrument marketplace. They have a pretty awesome selection and each product has a detailed video review. I endured exactly the same ordeal with them, order, wait, no reply, week later get a message saying it's out of stock.WTF would you list items which are out of stock!? Urgh, guess I've got no choice but to drag my ass all the way to Seoul to buy my bass. Try Freebud, Schoolmusic, or Musicforce. I've bought from them, and they're usually pretty good about marking items as out of stock. Musicforce is especially good about it (they usually don't even display an item on the site if they don't have it in stock), but they also cater mostly to boutique stuff, so unless you're after a high-end bass, the other options might be better, haha.Yeah, I'm guitarist not a bassist, and I'm not looking for a Fodera or a Stuart Zender signature, just looking for something decent for studio recording so I'm going for the Yamaha TRBX304. I'll check the the other 2, thanks.
Quote from: Aristocrat on April 10, 2019, 07:45:23 amI thought only Gmarket had this issue, but it seems a problem with every Korean online market/shop I've dealt with.I tried ordering some music equipment off Coupang, paid the cash and was told it would ship within 2 days. 4 days later, no activity. I send a message, no reply. After 8 days, I get told it's out of stock! Pissed that I wasted 8 days for a reply to tell me it's out of stock, I decide to try Buzzbee.co.kr, a dedicated music instrument marketplace. They have a pretty awesome selection and each product has a detailed video review. I endured exactly the same ordeal with them, order, wait, no reply, week later get a message saying it's out of stock.WTF would you list items which are out of stock!? Urgh, guess I've got no choice but to drag my ass all the way to Seoul to buy my bass. Try Freebud, Schoolmusic, or Musicforce. I've bought from them, and they're usually pretty good about marking items as out of stock. Musicforce is especially good about it (they usually don't even display an item on the site if they don't have it in stock), but they also cater mostly to boutique stuff, so unless you're after a high-end bass, the other options might be better, haha.
I thought only Gmarket had this issue, but it seems a problem with every Korean online market/shop I've dealt with.I tried ordering some music equipment off Coupang, paid the cash and was told it would ship within 2 days. 4 days later, no activity. I send a message, no reply. After 8 days, I get told it's out of stock! Pissed that I wasted 8 days for a reply to tell me it's out of stock, I decide to try Buzzbee.co.kr, a dedicated music instrument marketplace. They have a pretty awesome selection and each product has a detailed video review. I endured exactly the same ordeal with them, order, wait, no reply, week later get a message saying it's out of stock.WTF would you list items which are out of stock!? Urgh, guess I've got no choice but to drag my ass all the way to Seoul to buy my bass.
Quote from: Mister Tim on April 10, 2019, 08:43:25 amQuote from: Aristocrat on April 10, 2019, 08:06:03 amQuote from: Mister Tim on April 10, 2019, 07:48:57 amQuote from: Aristocrat on April 10, 2019, 07:45:23 amI thought only Gmarket had this issue, but it seems a problem with every Korean online market/shop I've dealt with.I tried ordering some music equipment off Coupang, paid the cash and was told it would ship within 2 days. 4 days later, no activity. I send a message, no reply. After 8 days, I get told it's out of stock! Pissed that I wasted 8 days for a reply to tell me it's out of stock, I decide to try Buzzbee.co.kr, a dedicated music instrument marketplace. They have a pretty awesome selection and each product has a detailed video review. I endured exactly the same ordeal with them, order, wait, no reply, week later get a message saying it's out of stock.WTF would you list items which are out of stock!? Urgh, guess I've got no choice but to drag my ass all the way to Seoul to buy my bass. Try Freebud, Schoolmusic, or Musicforce. I've bought from them, and they're usually pretty good about marking items as out of stock. Musicforce is especially good about it (they usually don't even display an item on the site if they don't have it in stock), but they also cater mostly to boutique stuff, so unless you're after a high-end bass, the other options might be better, haha.Yeah, I'm guitarist not a bassist, and I'm not looking for a Fodera or a Stuart Zender signature, just looking for something decent for studio recording so I'm going for the Yamaha TRBX304. I'll check the the other 2, thanks.Out of stock on Freebud, but...http://www.schoolmusic.co.kr/Shop/index.php3?var=Good&Good_no=38920&version=pcIf it's out of stock, they haven't marked it as such yet.EDIT: Just realized that's the 5, not the 4. I'd get the 5 instead anyway if I were to only have one bass, especially for recording purposes.How did you go navigating through the Korean website in Korean and also adding a credit card and address info to your account? I managed to create an account on school music but as yet have not managed to go much further with Credit cards and other info. My wife usually handles all the internet shopping for me but i don't always want to ask her to do everything for me. I am looking for drumsticks and other drum products. I have found the things i want but have not proceeded to the point of putting up credit card info and addresses. Seems a bit difficult for the first time. I haven't done it before.
How did you go navigating through the Korean website in Korean and also adding a credit card and address info to your account? I managed to create an account on school music but as yet have not managed to go much further with Credit cards and other info. My wife usually handles all the internet shopping for me but i don't always want to ask her to do everything for me. I am looking for drumsticks and other drum products. I have found the things i want but have not proceeded to the point of putting up credit card info and addresses. Seems a bit difficult for the first time. I haven't done it before.
Quote from: sbk on April 10, 2019, 10:41:08 amHow did you go navigating through the Korean website in Korean and also adding a credit card and address info to your account? I managed to create an account on school music but as yet have not managed to go much further with Credit cards and other info. My wife usually handles all the internet shopping for me but i don't always want to ask her to do everything for me. I am looking for drumsticks and other drum products. I have found the things i want but have not proceeded to the point of putting up credit card info and addresses. Seems a bit difficult for the first time. I haven't done it before. I didn't, haha. You don't need an account for freebud, and you might not need one for schoolmusic, either. The site tries to steer you towards buying one, but there's generally an option to go to checkout without an account. That aside, I've gotten a coteacher to help me each time I've bought something online. I can navigate the sections of the site easily enough, but I haven't actually gone through the checkout process on my own.
Aside from IE, I've discovered 2 main obstacles when setting up accounts on Korean stores and/or checking out.1 - The payment methods vary and aside from bank transfers, NaverPay seems to be used most. NaverPay is essentially a ripoff of PayPal. You have to register an account on Naver. I haven't had luck with credit cards, so I just use bank transfer.2 - Inputting your address is a royal pain. Usually, most sites wont give you the option of simply typing out your address, even in Hangul. You'll have to open a popup to select your province, then your city. Then, you click on the 2nd tab and find your building/street, by inputting your postal code... it can be a very long list of places to scroll through. This doesn't always work and you'll have to use trial and error to figure out the correct combination. It took me 2-3hrs to order my Axe Fx. Use CTRL+F and input your building code/postal code to speed it up.
@Mr TimI considered the 5-string, but settled on the 4. I don't think I'll need the extended range of a 5 for the music I play. A 4 string demands more maneuvering across the neck, which is what I want, as I'm trying to keep guitar habits out of bass technique. If I need another octave, I've got the Digitech Drop pedal, I highly recommend this pedal for people like me who DETEST constantly de-tuning guitars.
setting it up only takes a couple minutes if you've already got a Naver account, which I'm pretty sure anybody who's been here for more than a year or so already does.
Quote from: #basedcowboyshirt on April 10, 2019, 01:12:20 pmsetting it up only takes a couple minutes if you've already got a Naver account, which I'm pretty sure anybody who's been here for more than a year or so already does. I've been here since 2012 and I don't have one, haha.
Got my new card. I had to leave in the middle of a class to go to the admin office to get it, because not only did they need to see my ARC or passport, there was paperwork I had to sign in five goddamned times. Now I have the card, and I tried to go to the Hanacard site to get info in English (all the paperwork it came with is in Korean, naturally). It being a site related to Korean banking, I of course had to make sure I have four different Korean security programs installed on my computer. I only have three of the four installed already, but when I clicked on the fourth to DL/install it...404 Error.Brb. Seppuku.
It's just a plain ol' check card. It isn't anything new, it's just a replacement for a check card that's expiring this month. I don't have a Korean credit card, and I'm in no particular hurry to get one.
Ah - you said you were trying to get info on your card, so I figured you'd gotten something new and wanted to check out the benefits.
Quote from: Aristocrat on April 10, 2019, 12:16:57 pmAside from IE, I've discovered 2 main obstacles when setting up accounts on Korean stores and/or checking out.1 - The payment methods vary and aside from bank transfers, NaverPay seems to be used most. NaverPay is essentially a ripoff of PayPal. You have to register an account on Naver. I haven't had luck with credit cards, so I just use bank transfer.2 - Inputting your address is a royal pain. Usually, most sites wont give you the option of simply typing out your address, even in Hangul. You'll have to open a popup to select your province, then your city. Then, you click on the 2nd tab and find your building/street, by inputting your postal code... it can be a very long list of places to scroll through. This doesn't always work and you'll have to use trial and error to figure out the correct combination. It took me 2-3hrs to order my Axe Fx. Use CTRL+F and input your building code/postal code to speed it up.Naver Pay is actually pretty great once you get it set up, though. And like, setting it up only takes a couple minutes if you've already got a Naver account, which I'm pretty sure anybody who's been here for more than a year or so already does. It's basically exactly the same as Smile Pay. It just saves your card and all your addresses and then whenever you want to check out, all you have to do is punch in whatever your pin was, and it's like one-click shopping for any shop that accepts Naver Pay - which is almost all of them. A good tip for putting your address into sites is a) Naver Pay saves your address so you only ever have to do it once, and b) if you're having difficulty, just punch your address into Naver search it'll spit it out in the exact, acceptable format. That way you don't have to mess with any trial and error, and you'll save a lot of time. That sounds like it would've been really frustrating to spend a couple hours messing with trying to get the address right.
Left my first bad review for a Kakao Taxi driver. **** that guy.
I think basedcowboy knows most people don't have a naver account. It's just his passive aggressive way of trying to be condescending. I've been here years and don't have one, don't know a single person that has one, and have no intention of getting one. I get along just fine. And don't give him an in to start going off on his various credit card points and benefits. People can just search the topic instead of listening to him try and gloat about saving 30k a month whenever he can sashay the topic over to his cc benefits scheming.
Quote from: Chinguetti on April 11, 2019, 10:07:28 amLeft my first bad review for a Kakao Taxi driver. **** that guy. What'd he do?