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dracorealmss Joined: 22 Jul 2006 Total posts: 3 Gender: Unknown |
 Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 12:29 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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erm i think u all got it wrong... =p i think what jason901 meant is something in a situation like :
girl has to pay fathers debt (10,000) and in the scene it looks like DAM big money which is hard to get and which we know is only (10 usd)...
only explanation i think its, the subtitler canceled the 3 back zeroes (so its in usd)? or probably maybe cuz in korea perhaps ppl consider 1000 won as a "dollar term"
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mkaymrxoJoined: 18 Jul 2006 Total posts: 13 Location: Texas Gender: Female |
| Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 1:34 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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In the drama series "Ruler of your own world - as you wish"
the doctors said that the girl need 5,000,000 for her operation...so does that mean the operation only costs 5,000 in USD??
thats cheap!
&& her illness wasnt common either.
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beerJoined: 28 Jan 2004 Total posts: 556 Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 6:12 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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I seriously wish fansubbers would leave currency alone! If it's a won deal, then it's a won deal, not a dollar deal.
E.g. in 101st proposal the auction ends in ep03 with 4,099,199 won. In ep04 the recap of the scene shows the bid as 4,999.99 dollars.
- You bought this for 5000 dollars?
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- Even if you had a lot of money, you wouldn't buy this for 5000 won.
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If you give me 5000 won, I'll give you 10 cents back in cash.
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Lady, give me 10 cents for change.
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5,000 dollars?
[...]
What made you buy this for 5000 dollars?
It doesn't add up in any currency!
As it has been pointed out - converting currency doesn't work. You cannot even gauge the prices of goods in any relevant manner. Have a look at http://www2.acnielsen.com/news/20060424_Image_detail.shtml - the cheapest potato chips and most expensive soft drinks are both sold in Denmark.
If a soft drink costs 1,000,000 won, let it cost 1,000,000 won. It either makes sense in Korea or not, but it sure as hell doesn't for me if I get it listed in approximate dollars that have right now a record low exchange rate with euro.
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marvelousJoined: 20 Jan 2006 Total posts: 144 Location: PLANET K Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 3:27 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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| Tristiseye wrote: | 10,000 won is quite a bit of money...
Minimum wage in Korea is around 4000-5000 won an hour. Someone asked how much a bowl of ramyeon would be-- average is around 2000-2500 won. So, if you do the math, that's about 4-5 meals on 10,000 won alone.
A meal is around 4000-5000 won, but it usually consists of a ton of food- around 10-15 side dishes, soup, plus your main entree.
An expensive meal is around 8000-10,000 won. For example, a meal of shabu shabu is around 8000 won. (at least in my city- but it's not Seoul.)
Seoul IS expensive, but that's due to people buying non Korean food. I went to an Indian restaurant, and the average entree was 20,000 won-- that's really expensive in Korea.
Korea isn't as cheap as it used to be, especially with the won becoming stronger, but it still can be cheap, if you know where to shop and where to eat!
I live three hours away from Seoul, and an express bus ticket is only 15,100 won (about 15 USD)-- pretty damn cheap, if you ask me.
Hope that answers your question---
P.S. And why they didn't make denominations higher than 10,000.. that goes into economics, but esentially, if they started producing them now, it would cause inflation, unless the money produced is taken out to equalize the flow of cash.. Anyway, haivng the bills they way they are is more precise..the value is... hard to explain-sorry. |
The prices are same in Korea as here... Some stuff might be cheap some stuff more expensive...
Buying a bowl of Ramyun is cheap... But that is Ramyun... The cheapest food you can get... Sort of like double chesseburger at McDonalds...
If you eat decent stuff it's more expensive... Like seafood for instance is more expensive in Korea... Meat is probably little more expensive too..
10000 is nothing in Korea just like it's nothing here... You can buy food... Maybe 3 meals if you eat cheap... Or buy cheap clothes in street vendor...
Lot of places to go for entertainment... You've got all these BANG's to goto for cheap...
I think people are ripping people off here when it comes to surgery or medical crap.. No one can afford surgery here without health care or some kind of AID..
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