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Quote: Originally Posted by ThePixelDoc Why? It "still" looks like a decent strategy... because even the "suits" didn't expect the iPhone to do as well as it did... even SJ was shocked. So... why pay up front when everybody and his dog thoug…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ConradJoe Apple knew EXACTLY what it was doing. Apple knew EXACTLY what the stakes were. Apple tried to sleaze its way into profits, but has been caught with its hand in the cookie jar. Didn't Apple try this be…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Radar Uh-huh, and that's obviously done wonders for your sense of logic. Seems like my remarks about Korean universities hit a raw nerve. Sorry, but there are reasons why they rank so low and why Koreans will save ever…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Radar HAHAHA, it got even better while I was out. Thanks man. So NOW you're saying that the majority of Koreans live on side streets that are inaccessible by pretty much any foreign vehicle, but are magically accessibl…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Radar Uh-huh, and that's obviously done wonders for your sense of logic. Seems like my remarks about Korean universities hit a raw nerve. Sorry, but there are reasons why they rank so low and why Koreans will save ever…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Radar Even GM Korea (itself a third-owned by the Korea Development Bank) has a market share in Korea of less than 10%, despite having the factories right on the ground. Did it ever occur to you that GM Korea under G…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Radar What I'm doing is comparing Korea Now with Most of the Rest of the World Now and seeing a Korea that continues to be hostile to most foreigners who try to do business there and make a return on their investment…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Radar Your arguments are quickly atomizing my man, just as they always do with Korean nationalists. (Tip: get some new material but fast!) We're all having a great laugh at this thread in my office. Please keep t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Radar Again you simply refused to answer the question and provide any logical refutation. Reminder: Why then don't Koreans buy smaller French or Italian cars, etc. if "the roads are too narrow" Why don't you name some…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Radar That's only on the inter-city highways, not IN the cities themselves. If so what you'd be implying is that the bus lanes on those highways are wider than the car lanes? Which is both absurd engineering and a fa…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Radar Again you simply refused to answer the question and provide any logical refutation. Reminder: Why then don't Koreans buy smaller French or Italian cars, etc. if "the roads are too narrow" Why don't you name some…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Radar Wow, thank you for that illuminating lesson. Very informative. Yes, yes, yes. You're welcome.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Radar I don't know where you went to school but it's frankly quite amazing that now you're saying that Koreans buy 90% Korean cars because *drum roll* "American vehicles are too wide for Korean roads"???? If so, then …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Radar Maybe the price of imports could change if the Korean government dropped the tariffs on imports. BMW prices there are the highest in the world. BMWs cost more in Germany than they do in South Korea. That's m…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Radar By the way many of the examples you listed as being profitable for western companies are legitimate, but these aren't the kinds of businesses we're talking about. Why not? The difference with the examples you j…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Radar And YES I do call that protectionism and so would most other people. But you seem to have your own definition. Protectionism is a situation where a country makes it impossible for a foreign company to come int…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Radar Oh, the 'logic' of Korean nationalism. Look, man, you can't just cite some exceptions to the rule hoping it will disprove the rule. Every foreigner I met in Korea and about every Korean too observed—like th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Radar Actually I DO blame the shop owners, the Korean chaebol, their media (Korea Herald for example which consistently runs 'articles' about how Korean products are superior to western ones) and millions of the people…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Radar Imitators like SamDung don't usually last in the long run, true innovators like Apple often do. I know where my purchase money will be going. If you read Steve Job's biography and watch some of his interview…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Radar As another example, I can distinctly remember trying to find the latest Nokia cell phones there always to be told by shop owners that they were "out of stock". In fact they never carried the latest foreign models…