As I learned last spring, smoke detectors are practically impossible to find in Gwangju and Jeollanam-do, and are even tricky to find online. Given the lack of fire safety in apartment buildings, and the unavailability of smoke detectors, perhaps they'll join tampons, deodorant, and family photos as things you shouldn't leave your home country without. I'm not interested in debating the availability of tampons or deodorant in Korea in 2008, but you get my point.
Mike from The Underground Grocers has said he'd order some to his shop in Gwangju, but he would like to get an idea of how many people are interested. If you're in the area or can get to Gwangju easily enough, please reply to the thread on The Underground Grocers Facebook page as soon as possible and tell how many you'd like to purchase. I'm going with four: two for my place, two for my girlfriends'. Might be redundant, but maybe I'd stick one in the main room and one in the hall near the door just in case.
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social conscience. a pleasant change.
Are you talking to me? What the fuck is the matter with you?
Would be great if the JLP program could put their money where their mouth is....
Who the fuck is that dick Chris? Brian has more social conscience and awareness. Who else informed you of where to get your HIV infected pigly-wigly tested?
Okay, I'm not going to get into it with either of you. Let's knock it off.
A bit of searching turned up this smoke detector available online.
GMarket Global is fairly easy to shop at, even for those who speak no Korean and have no Korean credit card. You can do it all in English and using bank transfers.
I think I can sell them for around 20,000. I will know more this Thursday.
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