How to get a discount at a Korean department store that only Korea knows.

Korean department stores are really convenient to shop for. However, only those who know how to get a discount use it. People who don't know this buy it at all prices. From now on, we will reveal the discount method that only Koreans know.

Use of gift certificate exercise period

Shinsegae, Lotte, and Hyundai Department Store all hold such events. It is an event where 50,000 won gift certificates are given when purchasing 1 million won. If you have anything to purchase, you can go and buy it during this gift certificate event.

But we don't always have events, right? It's a way to buy something when it's not during the period, go back to the event period later, cancel the payment, and re-pay. At this time, the gift certificate received as an event can be paid at a discount on the product price in advance. It's easy if you're close to a clerk. If you are close, the clerk will contact you for these events in advance.

Get a discount with a gift certificate

There is this culture of department store gift certificates in Korea, but I don't know what other countries are like. Korean department store gift certificates have a market price. For example, if the market price of a 1 million won gift certificate is 97%, you can buy it at 970,000 won.

However, some department stores have gift certificate stores that sell exclusively, so you can buy them at a discount in advance at the market price. Simply put, we will go to a gift certificate store near the department store and buy a gift certificate worth 1 million won for 970,000 won and buy a product worth 1 million won at the department store. But the store serves this on behalf of us.

Use two methods at once

Combining the above two, 50,000 won gift certificates can be exercised when you buy 1 million won, and 920,000 won can be purchased if you use a discount on gift certificates. In particular, electronic products have a lot of department store events and department store stores have a lot of free gifts, so if you use them well, you can buy them cheaper than the lowest online price.