Black Friday
Black Friday is approaching next week (November 29). Black Friday is the name of a sale on Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, but more and more consumers are accustomed to it as more sales are modeled after it. It is easy for overseas 'fastballs' to buy products directly from foreign online shopping malls, and domestic consumers are also waiting.
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There are many reasons for waiting for Black Friday, but you can buy expensive electronics at 4K TVs as well as accessories such as high-capacity SSDs. In fact, even at less than half the price, sales rumors spread every year in the domestic online community.
Don't worry if you don't play fastballs or feel like it's hard. Here is a summary of how you can shop for your favorite items on this Black Friday sale.
Create a shipping address
To buy something at an online store in the US, you first need an address where you can receive goods in the United States. If you do not have acquaintances in the United States is no problem. This is because there are a lot of companies that accept goods and act as agents for fastballs. Many companies come up just by searching for the word 'delivery agency' on an internet search site.
Getting a US address is simple. Sign up for a shipping agency site. Once you have signed up, you will be prompted to attach an individual number, such as a membership number, to the address of the delivery center. Write this address to the Shipping Address when you pay at a US shopping mall.
Large shipping agencies often have delivery centers in different states within the United States, so you can use addresses that are good for delivery times or US consumption taxes. This is described in detail later in Ordering products.
Many products can be shipped directly to Korea.
Some US shopping malls also ship directly to Korea. Amazon is a prime example. When Amazon enters the shipping address in the domestic address and pays, it receives a certain shipping fee and sends the product immediately. Shipping prices aren't too expensive unless they're heavy or bulky. It's also often easier and faster than getting it through a shipping agency.
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The availability of the same product may change when you ship to the United States and to Korea (direct delivery).
However, the availability of direct delivery from domestic shopping malls such as Amazon varies by product. Some products may not be available when you set them to a domestic address, so it's best to first find them with a US address and then switch to a Korean address on each product's description page to check for direct delivery.
Order a product
Ordering products is no different from domestic online shopping malls. Search for the item you want, click the Order button, enter your shipping address, and pay. However, in this section, you should consider which of the shipping address addresses mentioned earlier.
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The United States pays excise taxes separately when buying goods. It is the same concept as VAT in Korea. In Korea, a 10% VAT is included in the price of goods in the first place, but the price is displayed. When I actually make a payment, I pay the consumption tax rate set by the state (where consumption takes place) where I receive the goods. For example, if a TV ordered to a California address is $ 500 (free shipping in the U.S.), the actual payment will be $ 536.25 for $ 500 + 36.25 (tax consumption of 7.25%).
Shipping agents have centers in the United States where there is a lot of air logistics coming into the country. Representative places are California (CA) and New Jersey (NJ). It uses airports in large cities Los Angeles and New York. But US consumption taxes vary from state to state. Therefore, the difference between the consumption tax paid in the United States and the shipping charges based on the weight and volume of the product should be considered.
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Many shipping agencies often have additional centers in duty-free states where there is no need to pay excise taxes. Oregon (OR) and Delaware (DE). If you buy a $ 500 TV at these two addresses, you just pay $ 500. You can save $ 36.25 compared to your California address.
However, the state where the center is located may or may not have a small number of logistics flights to the country. Shipping prices vary by volume, so it's worth looking at which one is more advantageous.
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When you have a hard time calculating things, it's easy to just use addresses from Oregon and Delaware. For reference, apparel and footwear are NJ-free.
Also consider adding up the purchase price. In the United States, most products, including electronics, are exempt from tax when they enter Korea if they are within US $ 200 including consumption tax and shipping charges. This will be further explained later.
Black Friday Tips
Black Friday is the biggest sale event in the United States. Maybe you've been waiting in line to pick things up at an American store on Black Friday, or you've heard a news story about a fight in the store. The same is true of the sale products that are not infinite online. It is easier if you prepare in advance.
Black Friday's representative sale items are announced before each sale in large shopping malls. You can check it in advance in the shopping mall, or you can see it in a smartphone app that organizes the sale list. Search for `` black friday 2019 '' in the smartphone app store.
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If you have a product you want, add it to your shopping cart. Unless it is a specially designed product, discount rates are usually applied to existing products. When the Black Friday discount starts, the discount price is reflected in the shopping cart.
Many people overlook it, but if you really want a product, it's a good idea to check the start of the Black Friday sale. If you buy a product immediately when the sale starts in US time, you don't have to run out of stock.
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The sale doesn't really start with Black Friday. As online purchases increase, there are 'Cyber Monday', which refers to the online mall sale event next Monday, and many shopping malls start the sale in advance. In the case of Amazon, the sale starts one week earlier from the 22nd.