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epsilon_publishing · ‎08-08-2023

This is street address:

Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang-daero, Ilsan-dong 620

Dong-mun 2nd.apt. 202-1503

However, Ebay says the first line is too long (over 40 characters)

So, can I move the "620" to the next line like this: ?

Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang-daero, Ilsan-dong

620 Dong-mun 2nd.apt. 202-1503

I asked the buyer to write his address in Korean, he wrote:

경기 고양시 일산서구 고양대로 620 동문2차 202동 1503호
10352

I can paste this on the box as backup

Ebay won't print the label if the line is over 40 chars

감사합니다 (thanks for help)

1tuna · ‎08-08-2023

I have been in this situation many times

you just need to break it up anyway that works

sometimes no matter what you do it wont go thru to print

I also tape the original to the box and you can also tape the Korean characters to the box

@epsilon_publishing

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epsilon_publishing · ‎08-08-2023

Good for you, I think it helps the postal workers in the other country, makes their job easier.

I was curious about this one because I don't know if the "620" belongs to the previous characters or the ensuing characters.

Korea , like Russia, and many other countries, the address is "backwards" LOL! It goes country, then city, then street, person's name, reverse from American. You probably already know that..

duffy4444 · ‎08-08-2023

About 15 years ago I had a buyer in India. In his address he included, "...almost 450 feet to the west of the shrine on the north side of the street behind the market shop selling oranges".

I kid you not. I cancelled due to problem with address, refunded, and put him on my BBL.

Cheers, Duffy

ckimodog · ‎08-08-2023

@1tuna

I did exactly the same to a customer in the Ukraine. They remitted their address in their native font, so I just added what translated in english text and added the Russian font as well on the box. She received it timely and was very happy.

lacemaker3 · ‎08-08-2023

@epsilon_publishing

According to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilsanseo-gu

"Ilsaneo-gu (literally “Western Ilsan district”) is a district in Goyang [the city], Gyeonggi-do [the province], South Korea [the country]."

The address in Korean characters, as written by your buyer, is:

경기 고양시 일산서구 고양대로 620 동문2차 202동 1503호
10352

translate.google.com translates this as:

202-1503, Dongmun 2-cha, 620 Goyang-daero, Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do 10352

The Korean format for addresses is opposite to the order used in the west. The Korean format starts at the most general and continues to the most specific, so the Korean format is province, city, district, street & street#, building #, room #. The last 5-digit number is the postal code, which is not always included.

The google translation has tried to put this into the normal order or format used in the West, from specific to more general. So this is what the characters in the address mean:

202동 1503호	Building 202 Room 1503
동문2차	Dongmun 2nd [the specific street, I think]
고양대로 620	Goyang-daero 620 [or Goyang Road 620; I think this means a group of streets]
경기	Ilsaneo-gu [Ilsaneo District, or Western Ilsan District]
고양시	Goyang-si [Goyang City]
일산서구	Gyeongg-do [Gyeongg province]
10352	[the postal code]

If you are limited to 40 English characters per line, I would put them like this:

202-1503, Dongmun 2-cha,

Goyang-daero 620, Ilsanseo-gu,

Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do 10352

If there is a separate box for the postal code, then you should use it. Also for the country South Korea, of course. The number 620 belongs with Goyang-daero.

It would be a good idea to also copy and paste the address in Korean characters onto the package/label, exactly as your buyer wrote it for you, as suggested.

epsilon_publishing · ‎08-08-2023

@duffy4444 wrote:
About 15 years ago I had a buyer in India. In his address he included, "...almost 450 feet to the west of the shrine on the north side of the street behind the market shop selling oranges".
I kid you not. I cancelled due to problem with address, refunded, and put him on my BBL.
Cheers, Duffy

Did he have feedbacks? I would have sent it if he was not a first time buyer. (And if was not a pricey item!)

epsilon_publishing · ‎08-08-2023

Yes, I pasted his address in "Hangul" on the side of the box, and alongside the label, too. I don't know, but what when it gets to the export point to leave the US, EBay pastes another label over the top of the original.

chapeau-noir · ‎08-08-2023

@duffy4444 wrote:
About 15 years ago I had a buyer in India. In his address he included, "...almost 450 feet to the west of the shrine on the north side of the street behind the market shop selling oranges".
I kid you not. I cancelled due to problem with address, refunded, and put him on my BBL.
Cheers, Duffy

That's too bad, because it would have gotten there...if you could have figured out how to enter it in our US postal system. I used to do business with a fabric broker there whose address was "next to the postal box in on southwest corner" or something like that.

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pjcdn2005 · ‎08-08-2023

@epsilon_publishing wrote:
Yes, I pasted his address in "Hangul" on the side of the box, and alongside the label, too. I don't know, but what when it gets to the export point to leave the US, EBay pastes another label over the top of the original.

Is this for the boxing magazines? That listing shows that you are sending the package to Korea first class international, not through ebay international so it doesn't go through ebay at all. I am guessing that the EIS does not ship that particular item to Korea and your listing is set up for usps international for non EIS items. If it was getting sent to an ebay shipping center, your label would only have the US shipping center address on it.

asset_liquidators · ‎08-08-2023

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epsilon_publishing · ‎08-08-2023

You are sending items to Ukraine? What city was it?

She was very happy because she received her package. I would not ship anything to Ukraine, especially not now. And for sure don't ship anything valuable there. I don;t ship to China, Ukraine and several East Europe and Mediterranean countries.

I was in Ukraine in 2012, and I went to the PO there to mail a package to myself in the USA.

I was fearful Customs would seize it if I took my market purchases with me on the airplane. It was some old Soviet "Znatchkey" - pins. They are a dime a dozen in flea markets. "Soviet pins" on ebay. At the post office, they open all packages and inspect what's inside. You have to fill out a lengthy questionnaire for each package. My package arrived 2 months later here in Kansas. There was a 2" hole in the side of the small box.

Ukraine is country of scammers. The big scammers scam the little scammers. I wanted to run a business there, but I had to have a Ukr. partner. He and others in the market, told me how many people you have to pay off on a regular basis - from local security on up to the mayor. The police are watching in the market to fine you (it goes in their pocket) when they see an opportunity to get some cash. It's their way of life. The brave local newspaper at the time I was there was running a story on the mayor's son extorting businesses.

Shipping to Ukraine from the US? I shipped two items, one disappeared. No more.

Never used Ukrainian language for anything. When I was in Ukraine I spoke Russian (badly), and packages to Ukraine, I did add the Russia characters, not the Ukr. chars. The people outside of Eastern Europe who meddled in Ukraine and started this conflict there, in 2014, I sincerely hope they have a warm place to roast in in the next life.

To Russia I was shipping 5-10 packages a year, no problems. Putin copied the US tracking system and that fixed a lot of the problems with the old system. Now Ebay has blocked Russia and is promoting Ukrainian "charity" organizations, of which 100% of them are scams.

epsilon_publishing · ‎08-08-2023

I used to do business with a fabric broker there whose address was "next to the postal box in on southwest corner" or something like that.

LOL!

mam98031 · ‎08-08-2023

Using an internet translator is really easy.

https://www.google.com/search?q=translate&rlz=1C1VDKB_enUS977US977&oq=&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCQgBECMYJ...

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epsilon_publishing · ‎08-08-2023

@pjcdn2005 wrote:
@epsilon_publishing wrote:
Yes, I pasted his address in "Hangul" on the side of the box, and alongside the label, too. I don't know, but what when it gets to the export point to leave the US, EBay pastes another label over the top of the original.
Is this for the boxing magazines? That listing shows that you are sending the package to Korea first class international, not through ebay international so it doesn't go through ebay at all. I am guessing that the EIS does not ship that particular item to Korea and your listing is set up for usps international for non EIS items. If it was getting sent to an ebay shipping center, your label would only have the US shipping center address on it.

It's a different listing on a diff. account. The label has the "Asendia" bar code. But I'm wondering if ebay replaces that label, when it gets to Elk Grove? I sent a package to Australia last month,. it got to Australia and sat there for a couple of weeks, the customer was screaming at me. I told her several times that I have no control over it, she should contact the postal authorities there. Or call Ebay. I think the problem may have been a line glitch or smear on the bar code. Finally she got it, I could tell because it was marked "delivered" and there there was a sudden and complete silence!