veronicalawrence2 Posted October 28, 2017 Posted October 28, 2017 Cash? (bit difficult if you're having multiple surgeries), card and dealing with the exchange rates? Cheque? Orrr?If you have personally had surgery in South Korea, how did you pay if I mind asking?
granges Posted October 28, 2017 Posted October 28, 2017 i took cash to pay for surgery, put it in a fanny pack under my clothes. anything else, I paid with my card
kpsa Posted October 30, 2017 Posted October 30, 2017 You have quite a few options in the way that you pay for PS in Korea, but the more popular options are either by credit card or cash. A few also mentioned they paid in advance, which if you do your research is not recommended not only because of the costs involved, but more importantly that it is not recommended to decide on any clinic in advance before having F2F consults. When paying with cash, you should take into account that max. amount you can bring to Korea without having to do paperwork is 10K USD. Hope this helps.
miame44 Posted March 13, 2018 Posted March 13, 2018 Most surgeons prefer cash if you want to negotiate the price with the cash is the best.
jtaime Posted March 13, 2018 Posted March 13, 2018 what about international debit cards? visa debit cards?
miame44 Posted March 13, 2018 Posted March 13, 2018 Yes, make sure you apply those with no international 3% fees and also Korea if you pay credit card they charge extra 1% of the amount of your total. Yes, They all take cards. Also, negoicate on prices even though you pay cards.
minigenji Posted March 13, 2018 Posted March 13, 2018 I paid In full cash and it is a better option because you can negotiate the surgery price.
miame44 Posted March 13, 2018 Posted March 13, 2018 No problem! I love to share my experience so other people don't have to go through what I had to 3 years ago. Because if we don't speak Korean they do take advantage of us. Just be careful. Now I know so much. I would love to share.
jtaime Posted March 13, 2018 Posted March 13, 2018 don't mind me asking this but are you an asian or a caucasian girl/man?
tsbartels Posted March 26, 2018 Posted March 26, 2018 Debit cards are also an option, but typically you will have to pay a small fee when for instance getting cash from the ATM and on top of that you will likely have a limit on how much cash you can withdraw per transaction. And then you also have the exchange fees that your bank put on top of it. So unless your bank has very favorable rates, it is not a recommended option. Credit cards would be better, but still you also have exchange rate fees that you need to take into account.
sheonlylooks25 Posted March 26, 2018 Posted March 26, 2018 Also not to mention some clinics are accepting Bitcoins. LOL
yiseul Posted March 26, 2018 Posted March 26, 2018 Is there any clinic that accepts paypal??? I heard from somewhere but not sure.
tsbartels Posted March 27, 2018 Posted March 27, 2018 I know people have paid via Paypal before so you can always check with the clinics you're interested in. A tip is to ask for the Korean and USD price though so you can found out the exchange rate a clinic uses.
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