They placed an ATM in a Synagogue?!
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0:00 ATMs in Prague
0:47 How they trick tourists
1:24 Map of all the ATMs
2:04 New strategy
2:47 Breaking the law?
3:41 ATM in a synagogue?
5:28 How much do they pay?
6:56 One More Thing...
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Next time I'm in Prague If a scammer tries to mess with me I will just show them a picture of Janek
Something tells me the next crusade is afoot, this time it's these ATMs' turn. Dobrá práce, hoši!
Máte štěstí,že jedu kolem ! :D
New ATM in Petrská 29.
what you need to make is a google maps layer with all the non-euronet atms that your viewers can download. that would be helpful.
The fact that it’s financially feasible to rent an entire store space just to put an atm there blows my mind. Shows how much money they make every day.
The face that they rent a space doesn’t necessarily mean that the very ATM is so profitable. Some (like those in which they rent an entire shop) may just operate al loss but the company advertises itself by making people used to seeing their ATMs around the city
It is powered by wage gap. 50 000 CZK is two wages of employees in shops. However it is about half of average monthly wage in germany.
@@IlBarat there already 500 of them. You see and know them. Doing this shows how much they make.
Add a sticker beside each ATM that said: "This machine will scam your money."
Totally agree, I think the honest guide should produce them and charge a small fee for the stickers
Add a warning sticker with the location of a better ATM
Nonono.. A sticker that says "Out of order". It is much better...
Last year when I was in Prague there was an ATM in Rumumska upon which someone had placed a sticker, in English, German and Russian stating "Warning! This ATM will rob you!".
@@dbfi01 It might had the same immediate effect, but it doesn't spread the message.
As an Italian, I know mafia when I see it, and this definitely is.
Solves three problems for them at the same time. Laundering dirty physical cash into clean ATM transactions, plus making money scamming tourists, and stealing debit and credit card information for future frauds.
Bonasera . . . Bonasera . . . What have I ever done to make you treat me so disrespectfully
Call them unions in the states.
Here in Brazil, you will never gonna see an ATM on the street/sidewalks, only inside banks. Because you are robbed quickly if there were any...
@@tpg86 Same thing here in Indonesia, you need a place where the machine can be guarded by a security guard or at least to install a decent surveillance system around it. And It actually feels weird to see the company just simply put tons of ATM machines on a public sidewalks without thinking that many people will try to steal the cash lol
It really seems like someone is spamming those ATMs everywhere as if they were playing some kind of simulation game
The game of capitalism 😃
The synagogue was too much, but the concentration camp ATM is insane to me
That´s capitalism.
@@PROVOCATEURSK Well, people may have wanted to donate to causes that were collecting at the camp, understandably. Still, to scam off of that is eyebrow raising. One would think that if anywhere a totally honest ATM would be appropriate, it would be there.
@@PROVOCATEURSK that’s poor ethics, not everything’s capitalism’s fault
the camps were built for capitalist exploitation, and so were the ATMs. seeing them together is a morbidly perfect picture of modern eurocapitalism.
@@dechezhaast no, but these ATMs most certainly are capitalism's fault.
There's one of these Euronet ATMs where I live. Since the pandemic started, I've been masked up and put superglue where the cards goes in. They stopped fixing it after the 5th time I did it and that ATM is gone.
Not legal at all, but idgaf. If I find a new one, I'll continue to superglue it until it's gone.
Just be careful doing that. If there are camera's and you get caught, you could be pursued for vandalism.
theyr still not here in Brno (atleast I havent seen any) but when they come iam joinin your crew
@@madamnicknack that's why I'm masked up. Can't see my face. :p
@@phanaticz Shouldn't be saying that, but know I think it. 😉
@@madamnicknack It's cool, if people starts to "accidentally" do the same, it's like, not our fault right? I tried to withdraw money with a card that weirdly enough had superglue on them. ;))))
They fact that they had this on their website is hilarious, "For clarity, Euronet are not scammers, thieves or unethical, nor do we scam people. We are transparent, compliant, and regulated. Our ATM screens clearly display all and any charges, that the customer can either accept or decline. This decision lies solely with the customer." 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yes it‘s shady and they are scumbags but they are richt. Just as with the vignette. People can look up the right currency value or the vignette in 5 seconds on their phones. But they dont
During my last stay in Prague (august 2021), I did use ATM, from KB bank on Wenceslas square. Of course, as said on this channel, always decline the rate offered, and miracle : excellent rate. Besides, my card is "no fee card". When I see a euronet ATM, I just run away :D This channel is very useful.
yes, Komerční Banka is a legit one.
If you decline at Euronet, you're also fine.
@@Loettl I think, Euronet charge you 1 euro just for the withdrawing (according to Janek, the Honest Guy ;) ).
@@jfpattaya probably depends on the county. In Croatia, I was never charged any fee
@@jfpattaya I saw 4 euro in another one of this channel's videos
I really don't mind the machines, but when they brutally add them to a lovely part of a building, it's just horrible. The one in the KZ camp is a disgrace!
Yep, quite a few showed in this clip seem to have been put into beautiful old doors or windows, which will probably never be repaired well if removed. That one green door in later part of this video made my heart sink. Really?! Sad sad sad.
You don't mind innocent tourists getting inadvertently being robbed by this atm mafia? It degrades the image of the country too, the fact that they're being allowed to operate seemingly without any controls.
Why? They paid for it, so they have every right to place it there. You have no right to complain about it. If you don't like it, you should pay them to remove it.
@@davey2487
Your breathing privileges need to be revoked.
@@davey2487 Did you not watch the segment of the video labelled "Breaking the law?" We know for a fact that several of their ATMs are placed illegally - i.e. those ones for sure, they are not paying for. And if they have a few like that, for sure they have more. If you want to defend criminals, go to law school. Not the yt comments section
This is interesting. In Sweden, in Old Town Stockholm (where most of the tourists go) there are only 2 ATMs and in the central city there are 16.
I think most tourists (and of course locals) use their cards. It´s mostly the elderly who use cash, and ATMs, here I think. But most of them that I know feel safer to withdraw cash at the supermarket than by an ATM on the street. So there has been fewer and fewer ATMs since almost no one uses cash anymore. It´s been years since I paid for anything in cash here.
Yeah, we've been spared from most of these things that happen in larger European capitals. But there's other issues like old stores being converted to cheap souvenir shops with mass produced crap. And of course the cup and ball scammers. Still, there's a lot of heart in Old Town and it's still a place where locals choose to go out for drinks or dinner.
Here in Ireland, Euronet ATM's are a somewhat common sight. A lot of places have Euronet ATM's inside their stores.
The huge difference is, in Ireland it's illegal to charge an additional fee for withdrawing cash. However, they are allowed to charge fees for currency conversion.
So, if anyone is seeing this and plans to come to Ireland, be sure to select paying in Euros rather than your home currency! Ireland is very expensive already, you don't need to give these Euronet people even more money!
We are in Prague now and seen how many ATMs there are. Fortunately, we did not see many people using them. Also, we heard a tour guide warning her group how the ATM's were complete "rip offs". She suggested they just throw their money in the river instead.
We need stickers especially for those ATM's to warn people!!
Wasn't there another guy who publicly complained about moneychanging at a synagogue?
That shows how his message is still relevant today. We haven't improved since.
Technically not a synagogue, actually, but I was thinking the same thing.
Why don't the local banks cover the market?
It's not just like those ATM are a pest. But it's also the stunning lack of alternatives
I believe local banks are not interested in having "window-ATMs" in marijuana or matryoshka stores.
There are a lot of normal ATMs as alternatives, but just not every 10m..
@@jerrynovotnik My experience is to walk forever. But maybe it just feels like that because of the many scam machines you encounter on the way
Always show there videos to my friends and family and has made a huge impact of the use of these! Great to have you here!
@@lekoricovacz lol, prime example of why you don't chew on lead paint chips
A little tube of superglue would disable a LOT of those ATM's. Every Day.
ATM plague is spreading across Europe. This thing should be stopped. It is awful how they are ruining beautiful doors, windows, and buildings in general. Thank you, Janek and Honza, for your fight against scams.
At München Hbf ATM, it proposed a conversion rate of 79.5 vs. .85 here in the US plus a 21% commission. Two blocks away, the Deutsche Bank ATM offered a .81 conversion rate and NO COMMISSION! My US bank assessed a non-bank flat rate $5 per transaction fee. Caveat emptor!
I can't believe that there seems to be one at a concentration camp... I mean... Goooosh... Just why? 🤮
I am always so excited when an honest guide video goes online - the passion the team obviously has for their city/country is just so admirable. Also I like their humor 😁
everyone just greedy
The sheer amount of ATM's shown is staggering 🙄
On my first visit to Prague, I was so fascinated from the beauty of the City, but those ATM's ruined some moments. Luckily I was well prepared thanks to your videos :D
Thank you for looking out for the tourists.
I saw you with peter since they uploading the videos about prague on there channel - kinda awesome that your working together with the german tv
Love from Portugal!!❤❤
You guys do care about your country, God bless you
Thank you for your honesty!
You don't need cash in Europe 99% of the time. I use my phone to pay for everything.
I pay little amounts in cash, because I know that the margins of the bought goods are little and the store has to pay a certain amount for every transaction. We pay 20 cents, because most our costumers pay on account. Not fun if you have to do that for 1 euro.
Does not apply to the Netherlands. Some shops will reject normal cards, they only allow cards with (I think) weaker verification mechanisms - Maestro, and there is a Visa flavor of that. Normal Visa or MasterCard won’t work.
Except in Germany. We love our cash, "nur Bares is Wahres" ("only cash is real [money]") is our creed.
Sure, Covid has put a heavy dent in the acceptance of cash, but once that's sorted, we'll probably go back to expecting cash by default.
You can't get debit card info stolen or overcharged with cash tho
@@jendorei yup i had this problem in the Netherlands when i went there, my mastercard didn't work really odd tbh.
Thanks! Your videos are very helpful!
Thanks guys for the work you do.
Appreciated. Very informative.
The sticker idea someone mentioned is interesting.
Perhaps " high fee atm" sticker
Glad I don't have to live next to one anymore, but for how long... It's also a security concern actually, as they used to "plofkraak" these machines a lot in Holland...
I confirm, in Portugal we have those everywhere now, to be more precise, in Algarve because of turism..
I can imagine a post apocalyptic world where it's just you and all the ATMs
I love how they're called "EuroNet" while being based in the USA
Trdelník ATMs? I'm all for it!
Are there actually banks with atm’s ? And are they better ? I usually only withdraw if the bank machine is at an actual bank. Would that help me in your country ?
Definetly, but they are quite hard to find in the centre, try searching on maps
@@shamgli7199 thank you
@trains and trams thank you. I will try.
Yes. There are many normal ATMs around Prague too. But those are not generally embedded into protected buildings and monuments in the historical city center because they are not such huge assholes. Normal ATMs are located in stores, shopping malls or in bank branches.
@@lekoricovacz I wonder if the local gouvernment can stop this, unless on a historical place or when what they do is somehow illegal.
Many places in downtown Prague just accept cash! Fight to change that, instead.
That would not help, they would just add a hidden ridiculous fee to their transaction or something. Just be smart about exchanging money.
@@Pyrochemik007 the problem is cause just by one brand of ATM. Banks offer almost cero fee exchange. I know it by experiences.
I went to Prague last week for the first time and I visited your grass :)
These ATMs are awful, thanks to you when I went to Prague a couple months ago I always looked up local banks and got a good conversion without an outrageous fee. Also was able to try some great Czech food and not fall into tourist traps
Had an ATM at my synagogue and our JCC for many years!
I was lucky to meet a stranger in the train who warned me to be alert in Prague, against scammers everywhere. Very true and I wonder why local government doesn’t do more to sweep the scammers out. Prague Beautiful place indeed, but full of foreign scammers. I will not return to Prague, I had more than one bad experience, just enough to upset me. Thanks honest guide for trying to help, wonderful job.
Just saw you on Germany TV @ "Achtung Abzocke" haha nice.
One thing I learnt from this video is that Euronet don't care where they place their ATMs, as long as they can overcharge tourists. You're right, they only want to scam tourists, not locals. I can only imagine how their ATMs would work with cards from local banks.
I have one next to where I live (Romania). If I use my local card to withdraw our local currency, they aren't charging anything. They specifically target tourists.
@@lucanicolasstefan4788
Interesting. Thanks for answering!
There are plenty of EuroNet ATMs in Berlin as well, even in less touristy areas. They are a total rip-off, as they take a fee of €5 per transaction.
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Big Fan ur the best honest guide I LUVV UR VIDS u helped me alot from getting scammed
Didn’t Jesus flip out because of something like this?
Read your bible.
Yeah, he did. He kicked all the money lenders out of the temple...
@@201student201 If YOU had read your bible, you would know that Jesus kicked all the scammers out of the temple... So... Read your bible...
Money lenders in the synagogue...yeah, it was something like that.
"And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. And he told those who sold the pigeons, "Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a house of trade". ( John 2:13-16)
The main problem is, there is a lot of places in Czech Republic where you cant pay with card, so you have to use those ATMs. 😔
In Hungary 🇭🇺 I dont have any cash on me, because we dont need, you can pay for anything with card.
Huh? I havent paid with cash in the last 3-4 years.
You can just use an atm at a proper Bank instead
i basically never use cash in CR
It would be super helpful if you guys do a video on best supermarkets for exchange students!
Go check YT channel Dream prague. Jen was doing video about this :) It will really help you
I was just in blarney cork, and lo and behold there’s a euronet atm in the gift shop
Last time my family and I went to Greece (Crete in particular) we could only find euronet ATMs in the area we were in. We looked HARD for a bank ATM but the banks were all closed or needed a card issued by that bank to get into the bank (as they were unmanned). My relatives all had German debit/credit cards so there would be no transaction fees using the card in Greece, but it seemed like 9/10 of the places we tried to spend money were cash only. We came with maybe €50 to €100 each and that slipped away very quickly before taking money out of the euronet ATMs out of necessity. I think only once my mother accepted the conversion, but as the receipt and money came out she knew that was a mistake. This was a few years ago now so hopefully it's starting to change.
In my town, which is a busy place for visitors, we have banks and their own atm’s. The worst fee I’ve seen was $2. The generic ones in scummy fuel stations (the good ones are charge free) can get to $4. But of course they’re not every ten meters, they’re every ten blocks (at least)
That’s a brilliant idea.
I install an ATM with no transaction fee!
There’s only a €5 foreign fee, €10 card fee, €15 location fee and 110% exchange fee.
Best of all, tourists can use my ATM as many times as they want. See how nice I can be.
Pocket sized sticker bomb episode needed mate 👍
I pretty much only ever use the Raiffaisen Bank ATMs halfway down Wenceslas Square when I'm in Prague. I've used them in other European countries as well and they seem pretty reputable, although I'm not European and I can't be certain.
Incredible ...so sad 😭
Hi all, hoping to visit Prague this moth.
Am I correct in saying leaving the UK you provide your double jabbed certificate and passenger locator form and then get a predeparture PCR test in Prague and once you arrive back in the UK get a day 2 and day 8 test?
Are you allowed to travel to Slovakia for a day trip?
Great video. Just curious, why weren't they being used while recording??
In London virtually all ATMs loudly advertise that they offer free cash withdrawals. The only ATMs that charge fees are the ones at petrol stations.
I wonder if some of the ATMs are programmed to treat you differently if your account is denominated in a foreign currency so that the locals don't wise up to them, & continue telling lost tourists that the nearest ATM's round the corner.
Yes they are. Euronet does this all over Europe. In Romania they're also present (but not every 10 meters like in Prague, WTF!); if you use a local RON card they offer to withdraw RON with no markup; if you use an EUR card (local or foreign), or some other currency, they offer to withdraw RON with a horrible exchange rate. You can decline their exchange rate and let your bank do the currency conversion, it'll likely be a lot cheaper. At least there's no fixed fee like the ones the video :)
@@CMircea : If you try to withdraw from an account denominated in the currency you are withdrawing, no conversion is necessary, ergo no conversion fee.
I think a lot of tourists outside of the EU simply don't know that you can pay with your card/google pay/apple pay practically anywhere (well, unless you're visiting Germany).
I've been living in Kraków for 5 years and I don't really know how Polish money looks like because I almost never use it. I haven't been to Prague for a while, but I don't believe that the situation is much different there. Would it make sense to make a video about that?
Beware, the stores have to pay for every transaction. Ask if they mind paying by card when paying small amounts (1 or 2 euro). We pay 20 cents per transaction, because most of our customers pay on account, so we're not happy people paying small amounts by debet card.
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Have a nice day my friend, from CZ
We have a handful of these in central London too but no one uses them.. Free bank atm are every where.
Hi!
You have a nice chanal here! I have been several times in Praug an lik the town. But I agree with you regarding the xchange office and the ATM that somthing need to bee done. Both to not fraud turists and damage the bildings.
In this video I begin to thinking about the law that you have regarding of refoundning xchange money if some one want do this within the 3 houers limit. Hav do the ATM fulfill that requrment. Or have some one found a loop hole for the ATM in that law? Please do a video about that!
On the back of your first video on these ATMs I now always avoid euronet ATMs
The cubist kiosk was also an exchange place crazy
How do thet get power for those Atms ? where do they plug them ? like the one in.front of the synagogue ?
Wow, Bulgaria made it into this video!
4:20 - that's a nice place for an ATM to just disappear (taken in a pickup truck) one night.
Actually I am watching this video from Prague. A am staying i hotel. And yes in the lobby they have this atm. :D
I’d print out loads of ‘out of order’ signs and stick them on all the ATMs.
unfortunately they're also in Holesovice... across the street from hotel Plaza... and one that was just by the market on the north entrance does not exist anymore.... :(
The official bank atm-s charge also a ridiculous amount of fees in the czech republic. I only use my credit card there when visiting
It blows my mind how these not get bombed open or transported - it's totally common in Germany (especially Berlin) for people to break into ATMs, taking them away and whatever. I honestly don't mind it, especially if it's some shady people placing ATMs everywhere lmao.
Last time I used SBERBANK at Wenceslas Square
The quantity of atms is really staggering, i can't see the purpose pf putting up and maintaining that many atms
Prague has an insane amount of tourists
Apple pay or any other contactless payment are widely available in prague?
Everywhere in Ireland too.
You should set up a playlist of all these ATM videos, call it 'Rage Against the Automated Teller Machine'
EURONET should be fudging closed.. It's one BIG scram. WE also have them here in denmark and they have been slapped with fines SO many times for charging OVER the allowed amount on DANISH cards in DANISH ATM's
yes theyr big assholes, here in czechia they alway put the atm to a historical site, but because ofc the crooks are always oone stop forward of the law it takes so much paper work and time and the fee at the end is so small that its worth for them. Bunch of btchez. They were actually prohibited to put it there. but they did anyway.
I even spotted those in my country, the netherlands
The ATM at the Synagogue is a fire Hazard, despicable.
These euronet ATMs are also here in Poznań, Poland. I only ever used to take out złoty, the polish currency because they're convenient and most banks let you take out money without payment.
The fact that they're turned to scam people using other currencies is really awful
Isn't it a better idea to make a map of atm's that don't ask these extreme fees? I'll start Equa Bank (f.e. Lazarská 1718/3) (and no, I have no ties with them, just used their atm 2 years ago and saved this bank for next visit).
I totally agree! We were in Prague this week and we didn't withdraw any cash before-hand (since 99% of the places accept cards). One night we were at this small bar that (unbeknownst to us) only accepted cash and my bf had to run out and search for an ATM; the first one only accepted huge amounts to be withdrawn and the second one sadly had a bad fee. It was late in the evening though and the rain was pouring so he didn't have much choice.
An "honest ATM map" would be golden! I HOPE that they do exist :-)
@@fljansson They do. Sometimes you do have to pay a little fee (which I understand for providing a service to none clients), but they exchange rate is fair. I always what a small amount of cash with me just in case.
Just super glue the ATM
Just like the insane prices on goods at amusement park vending machines. Its all to take advantage of people who are far away from home and have no cnoice but to use them
Just recently got back from european river cruise (Viking great). We found these machines everywhere we went, couldn't find an currency exchange open sometimes even in the airport. 😒
There are some ATMs in Portugal but its illegal to charge a fee
There's one in Letna too, right near the beer garden. I put my card in it and then later cancelled it because we found out it's a scam but it literally bent my card lol.
I am surprised they have not been super glued to stop them working.
Are credit cards widely used in Prague? In Western Europe I rarely use currencies unless it's a small amount.
Many normal money machines in Berlin were replaced by atms.
I live in Germany ( Berlin). There was a old bank machine from my bank. I used it for years. One time i went there and I noticed a new design. Still the name from my old bank was written there. I used the maschine. Then I got the bill and I was like : omg it is a ATM now.
Now Berlin is full with it. Sad for locals because we have less possibilities or we have to pay 😫
i tried the calculation on the bill that you found in 1:00 and I don't understand how you reached 786 CZK, are the 31.16 euros after or before the markup , can someone explain?
These ATM's are appearing in Dublin and many other cities and towns in Ireland. But the majority of people in Ireland are moving over to a cashless society and thus will make these ATM'S will be made redundant soon.
5:44 “památkáře si vyřešíme”... jo. tím, že nebudete respektovat jejich přání a postavíte si svůj bankomat za jejich zády. super vyřešení.
a ten terezín taky... naprostá nechutnost. hajzli. díky za video, kluci!
So beautiful country 😍
Don't bonafide banks there have ATM's one can use that are honest, safe and reliable?
Love your videos , what % SHOULD you pay? I am in Paris and they said they charge 8.7%...is that fair? Thanks
*Walks outside house* le ATM-Kun is staring you down XD
More bloody ATM’s then actual people at this point :0
Hello guys. Off topic. Is the channel Best of Honest Guide yours ? Contains cut-off clips from some of your videos. It's the first time i saw a video of the channel because of its thumbnail about the respect sticker Janek is holding.
Thanks for pointing this out, man I stopped taking money from these after I saw your video!