40 EUR FINE? Truth Behind Prague Scams Shared by You

0:00 Viewer Submitted Scams
0:22 The Mysterious Lamp Post Guy
2:53 Sailors Selling... Newspapers?
5:22 SurfsharkVPN (partner of the video)
6:35 Public Transport Scam
8:52 The Broken Machine
10:13 Czech Word

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Janek Rubeš & Honza Mikulka, Prague based journalists
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[CaptainKremmen]

If a company sells you a faulty ticket and then fines you because the ticket is faulty, they should be prosecuted for fraud.

[SwindonSwine]

That ticket printing problem is really concerning. I wonder if there's anything that could be done if someone gets handed a ticket like that.

[milanweb]

2:34 when you overhear and realize you've been lied to in short videos :D

[gvlllo]

My friend bought 2 tickets from one of those machines that didn’t print at all.
The man in the kiosk was lovely and walked us through the process of getting a refund via a phone call, the money was back in my friend’s account within 3 days.
The man also advised going to a manned kiosk instead of a machine.

[gabrielmarostica]

I had an issue with a ticket i bought from a machine in prague: the ticket was oversized and wouldnt fit in the stamping slot. I actually went to the local transportation office in Sokolska, where they told me, I kid you not, I should contact ''the company that maintains the ticket machines''. It was a 3 day ticket, which costs a considerable amount of money, my only way out of it was to buy a new one. Not cool.

[onkelklaujo]

9:39 Ticket machine doesn't have activated Windows lmao

[plshelp]

Hey i am the person from the ticket story. I actually ended up not paying a fine and just had to buy another ticket. This happened at the cable car and luckily they checked downstairs still. So i just had a very angry agent accusing me of “trying to sneak in” and didn’t allow me in. Threatened me of a fine because even though i didn’t ride i was already past the ticket gate. But after arguing convinced me to only buy a new ticket which i did.

[thundergod]

On my first tram ride in Brno I put my ticket into the validation machine and nothing happened, so I walked further down the tram and used the next machine. When I put the ticket in, it made the stamping noise noise, and when I looked at the ticket it seemed like something was stamped on there, but since it was my first time validation a Brno metro ticket, I wasn't sure. Sure enough at the next stop, Metro ticket checkers came onboard and the agent said my ticket wasn't validated. Luckily her associate saw that the machine was malfunctioning and took me to the 3rd machine which was functional, and validated my ticket. So at least 1 of the 3 machines worked, and they didn't give me a fine.

[hassanalihusseini]

Had a similiar problem in Belgrade once. I bought a ticket and I should validate it, but somehow I got it wrong. Ticket inspector came and he pointed out that I did something wrong. But this guy was so nice he did not only not fine me but showed me how to validate ticket correctly.

[singami]

If you're a local and you get fined for that, you can fight the fine in court and probably win - but no tourist is going to do that, so I definitely consider that a scam.

[KaliThai-tynn]

I'm favoured, $22K every week! I can now give back to the locals in my community and also support God's work and the church. God bless America.

[mathieuvdc]

One day I bought a ticket on PID Lítačka and activated it outside the metro. And directly at the entrance of the metro I was controlled and the guy saw that the one minute counter before real activation was still red and decided to give me a fine. I love Prague but It was the first time I took a fine with a valid ticket. And it's the first time also I saw a control at the entrance of the metro, for me it was in general at the exit after the travel. As*h***.

[MohcineJabairi]

PID app should be promoted, they can advertise it next to every station and even make it visible on the ticket machines.
Buying tickets from the app is better in every possible way as long as you have a phone and internet :)

[Anthro_dude]

Had a lovely time in the Czech Republic, thanks to your guides, visited Prague, Ceske Budejovice, Hluboka nad Vltavou and Cesky Krumlov

[KujarPlayer]

The ticket inspectors are sadly incentivized to have no remorse and no feelings as they get a bonus for every person they catch that doesn't have a ticket, every fine paid is a salary increase, that's why they are "assholes" sometimes. They would be spineless because it's in their interest sadly.

[JoeHarkinsHimself]

Always love your videos. You do so much credit to Prague. May I ask that in future videos about your wonderful public transport system that you explain the fare for a seniors? I am a big fan of public transport. I grew up in the NYC area, quite accustomed to that being an important element in urban life. Cities are only possible due to public transportation.

So, once I started visiting other US cities and even Europe as a young American soldier more than 70 years ago, riding every new city's system has been a high priority. I've done that in Beijing, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Mexico City, Santo Domingo, Key West, Berlin, Dresden, Munich, Amsterdam, Paris, Moscow, San Fran, Chicago, New Orleans, Budapest, London, etc and . . . of course . . . PRAGUE.

It was a delightful surprise when I stepped into the office near The Clock and said I wanted to buy a multi-pay pass and wanted to know if there is a senior discount. The woman behind the counter asked me how old I am. I think that my status is obvious, but she asked so pleasantly and respectfully, I told her. "I turned 90 three months ago."

She smiled and said, "You don't need a ticket. Seniors ride free. Just have an official document with you to confirm that."

SENIORS RIDE FREE! Thank you Prague.

[psbelljr]

Experienced something very familiar.

On one of the trams, the ticket validator machine was not printing validation when you stuck the ticket in. Five high school students I was with were fined 40 euro… but the validator machine was broken.

But since the inspectors kicked the kids off the tram, they couldn’t show them the broken machine. Very frustrating.

[generalgrafx]

Nowadays gaslighting means something completely different.

[RandomHacks]

Funny, I was there in May and the same ticket machine charged me but did not give me a ticket at all. I had to talk to that same lady to get a ticket. I see they still haven't activated windows 😅
I remembered to validate the ticket because of your videos otherwise, I would have just gone through without knowing I had to do it, like the 10 or so people in front of me.

[AnItalianGuyOnYT]

9:40 " activate windows. go to settings to activate windows "💀