This is a bit different:
I need to buy a PS4 Pro for somebody for Christmas in South Korea.
But I have no idea how to do that.
I could send the kid the money but even that isn't all that easy. I asked if they use PayPal…nope. Amazon Korea? Nope.
Maybe a Korean department store of some kind that I can buy online and have them pick it up?
So does anyone know?
How can I buy this thing for a kid in Korea?
That's a really good idea.
Edit:
Oh seems to be out of stock at the moment. http://store.sony.co.kr/handler/mobile/ViewProduct-Start?pro…
Good luck. As far as I know, South Korea got miniscule amount of stock of PS4 Pro allocated. I've checked the website I usually go for electronics that, I couldn't find one which is saying something because that place is like camelcamelcamel for almost all eBay like sites in Korea (they had one at around $800, secondhand?).
Plus buying crap online in Korea is simply awful for foreigners because they expect phone number and other junk + they will make you install tonnes of crap.
I'd probably send money to him, it'd be less painful.
EDIT: The next batch for PS4 is planned for 20th of December apparently and no one knows how many PS4 Pro it'd be.
Hey thanks,
Sounds like you really know about this subject. I don't, so you saved me a lot of time learning.
I think they can get it at a local mall, so they say.
Can you recommend any easy way to send the money?
I have a 28 degrees card if there is any way I can pay for it from here. They don't seem to have Won as a currency in PayPal, so that's out.
I could go into my bank and do a transfer but it looks l like a really bad rate and expensive transfer fee.
I wouldn't have a clue on sending money to Korea, I usually have money sent to me from Korea.
Only way that I kinda know how to do is via bank transfer which you've said you didn't want to do, so yeah.
Perhaps others can help you with that?
Hey thanks again.
I'll do a bank transfer if necessary, just with my bank sending Aus>Sth Korea seems like bad value. PayPal would really help in this situation, I wish that was possible.
This looks promising as a transfer method without paying too much in fees. https://transferwise.com/au
OK I sent the money over with Transferwise above and the kid will be able to buy it in person at a local mall.
They are an excellent solution way cheaper than banks, easy to use.
Really recommend this way if others need to do something similar.
About to move there for work, shame they don't do KRW to AUD :(
http://store.sony.co.kr/
And get it delivered