MORE ADVANCED COUNTRY? (Czech Republic vs. US)
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Which is the MORE ADVANCED COUNTRY? (Czech Republic vs. US)
How do we pay for things? Receive mail? Get parking tickets or speeding tickets? In this video we'll look at the different ways these things work in both countries. Which country is more technologically advanced in these areas? You be the judge!
00:00 Intro
01:16 Traffic Enforcement
02:45 Parking Enforcement
05:37 Nord VPN Deal
06:41 Methods of Payment
09:12 Check out-free shopping
10:19 Money Transfers
13:35 Postal Service
15:08 Package Delivery
18:54 Paying with stamps
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so, if no car is allowed to the center, who will bring food to your restaurant? Please, stop this stupidity about no cars in Prague.
Ja som Slovak (rodeny Cechoslovak) a u mna su Cesi ako narod topka na svete...Kultura,jedlo,ludia,krajina,Praha,pocet vyznamnych vynalezov na obyvatela,zbrojarsky priemysel,Skodovka,Tatra,Jawa,sportove uspechy na pocet obyvatelov,proste coho sa Cech chyti v zlato sa obrati..Ako som mohol zabudnut na pivo?:)Kazdopadne keby nie Hitlera,zradcov zo zapadu a Rusov tak Cesi by dnes v HDP na obyvatela dominovali celemu svetu...Vsetko co ste ako narod dokazali tak len vdaka vlastnej sikovnosti a pracovitosti..Nepotrebovali ste k tomu kolonie,rabovanie ani otrokov na rozdiel od Anglosasov...Ale ako sa hovori co Vas nezabije to Vas posilni!
Díky moc , takových lidí jako Vy je třeba si vážit je vidět že i pod Tatrami se urodilo a žijí tam inteligentní a chytří lidé ,přeji hodně zdraví štěstí a ať se Vám v životě jen daří !
díky hodně štěstí i vám. Nedovedu si představit léto bez Tater, moje nejoblíbenější hory. No a nesmíme zapomínat na Slovenský ráj, Česko má úžasné památky, Slovensko zase úžasnou přírodu
To je krásný pohled na Česko a Čechy. Slováků tu žije čím dál víc a vypovídá to jen o tom, že Československo bylo v referendu rozděleno za brblavého nesouhlasu víc jak poloviny obyvatel...
Football factory - wow, that's some powerful comment, thanks a lot!!!! 👍👍👍♥️
No tak to je kompliment stoleti. Musela jsem se nalogovat, abych podekovala. Je prijemne vedet, ze jsou lide, kteri znaji historii a chapou souvislosti. At se Vam dari. :-)
It was actually pretty funny 5 years ago to pay with my Czech contacless card in Frankfort, KY in several shops and watch the looks from the shop assistants. The card even didn't require the PIN code for contactless payments up to approx 23USD and they went like: Where in the universe did this guy come from? :-D
Cool! I’m from Southeastern Kentucky and plan on going to the Czech Republic sometime.
@@captainmuskox89 Near the place with the first KFC ever? (I don't know anything else about SE-KY, sorry, just drove through the area once.) Come to CZ for sure and remember to visit more than just Prague! :-D
Ridiculous thing to notice that all those technologies were not developed in Czech Republic !!! Those things were developed in the USA !!!!
I work in a bank and for some time I was part of a team that deals with card frauds. Some of them were actually commited after the waiter took the card away to make a payment - they either got the data and misused the card online (or sold them on dark web, that's nothing rare either) or copied the data from the magstripe so someone could make a counterfeit. Sadly this happens a lot in the US. That's why we like chips and PINs/3D Secure and keeping the cards on us :)
Aha, that was my assumption! I personally like that you pay at the table, much more secure. Thanks for sharing your experience 😎
@@DreamPrague That's a strict rule which every bank here tells you - never ever let your card out of sight :-) If restaurant does not have wireless terminal, we just come to bar/cash desk and make payment there.
Not so long ago - there was this case when a cashier at Albert had eidetic memory and she was able to remember the details of the cards - numbers, names, and even the CVV code - usually just when paying at the checkout and she misused these cards... 😠 really the contactless payment is the safest - don't let your card even out of your hands 😊
@@DusanMartinus same in UK, I work in a shop and we're definitely not allowed to take customer's card and go anywhere with it, that just sounds crazy to me. 99% of the time we have no need to even touch the card.
I can confirm that happened to me. I payed in LA in some bar. I used my CZ card that I was using rarely. The woman took the card away. And after a few months someone tried to 3x use my card to pay flight tickets via Internet. My bank refused the all transactions and blocked the card. It was a new card and I have used it only twice maybe three times. So I am really sure that the waitress sold my card info.
Moved from Prague to Germany and I am just speechless from the amount of physical post I am receiving. They even send an email informing me that they will send me a mail via post instead of just telling me in the email. Also the fact, that they still widely use fax machines is just out of this world for me. Every thing I deal with both Czech and German bank is taking 5 minutes on the Czech side and 3 days until my paper mail arrives on the German side.
That's so interesting! What a waste of paper, in my opinion.
Regarding package delivery - almost all companies (Zasilkovna, Balikovna, PPL, DPD, Uloženka etc.) have the similar system/network of places that can be chosen for leaving the package. I believe this helps small shops with some additional income.
Yeah, you make few crowns per package but I feel it is mostly advantageous as a way to get some new potential customers in your shop.
A Zásilkovna a Alza mají samoobslužné boxy, z kterých si své zboží můžete vyzvednout třeba v noci. Zadáte tam kód, který Vám přijde na mobil a otevře se Vám příslušný box s Vaším zbožím. To je také bezva věc.
More - you can use this service to SEND a package, just have an app, fill the name, phone number, e-mail and place to delivery, pay online, get the code to use when sending package from any "Zasilkovna". It is easy, cheaper, faster, no queues. I haven't been sending a package through Ceska Posta for years.
@@mufrodrigo Yeah Czech Post is the last resort.
My best friend in Prague is a bartender, so I often hang out at the bar while he's working. One thing I noticed that the Czech Republic has is services for restaurants you don't have in the US. For instance, once he was low on bags of crushed ice. He made a call, and within an hour a delivery guy came and brought some. This was also at night, and not in the daytime. Same thing with getting bottles delivered, or fresh mint, or strawberries. In the US you would have to wait until the next day and try to get an order in and hope to get it that same day...
Thanks Jenn...We are moving to Prague in September and I have been watching your channel for about 8 months. You have given valuable information in a lighthearted way. Can't wait to thank you in person some random day by purchasing you a tasty beverage.
good luck on your way :)
Welcome! I wish you an easy and flawless adaptation to the local enviroment!
Hello Jenn I was just wandering is there like real American club ( pub)in Prague where Americans meet for drink /beer, thnx.ps.I love your channel good work smart , intelligent.
Paní Bulšitová :-D :-D
I always thought it was Penny Bulšitová:D
I live in Switzerland and most things described in the video are the same here, but I wish the government mail would come electronically as well. It's so annoying when you fear, that some important letter could arrive while you are away!
yep, when a new message arrives while on holiday I have the urge to deal with the new surely worrisome letter instead of having fun...
Wow, money transfers in the US are soo complicated. And to the 'if they think that the waiter's going to go back and order a bunch of stuff...' Yes! That's exactly what I'd think. :) I wouldn't feel comfortable if a waiter took my card and left. Especially now, when contactless payments under 500 CZK don't require a PIN code.
Yeah I hear you! The Czech system does seem a lot more reasonable to me, after experiencing both.
Ok, I don't know the price amount but we also have a certain price point in the USA where we don't require a pin either. Also we totally have chips on our cards, and signatures haven't been required since 2015 as long as the retailer has and EMV reader. Contacless payment is widespread here. The transfer system here does suck, but I haven't had a checkbook or used checks since I was 18. I'm 37 now. A ton of restaurants now have you pay at the table or on your phone,and if you go to a business that requires you to sign a paper it's because that bussiness hasn't invested in updating their own systems, not because we don't have those systems.
I love self checkouts in Czechia, it's also in Globus hypermarket, they started to used it even earlier, i think they were pioneers in this area. I also like their system more then what they have in Tesco, it's more user-friendly. And Jen, you didn't mention online grocery stores with home delivery we have in CZ like Rohlík, Košík, Tesco online etc. Is it also common in US or not?
Some shops in CZ offer their own scanning terminals some have their own app which can be used for goods scanning. Some have both.
Lol
I'm guessing theft must be really low in Czechia for them to do that :D Same with the underground, when I went to Prague few years ago I was suprised to see that you can just walk into the underground without scanning your ticket or anyhting before entering. You must have a lot of honest people there :) I live in the UK and I believe an Amazon shop where you just pick your stuff and leave and get charged by whatever you've picked opened early this year but I'm not sure how is that going. There must be lots of cameras involved though as theft is a major problem over here.
@@annar6294 It's both the carrot and the stick. For example the underground - you can probably ride quite a few times for free. However if the inspector catches you, the fine is really high so it's just worth to buy the tickets.
I work for Czech Post and we handle bank slips all the time. There's different slips for sending cash to someone, sending cash to a bank account, sending cash to another post office, setting up or changing standing payments for people without internet banking, sending money between bank accounts... It's also how many people without a bank account receive their pay, pension or allowance from the state. And it's not just old people using these, especially the ones to send cash to a bank account, for example to pay rent and energies. MANY Czechs don't trust banks and the internet, and they're happy to pay high fees to do things in a physical and analog way.
In Slovakia, post office operates their own package lockers so you can order just about anything to the locker. This solves the problem, the package is safely kept somewhere near to where you live and you have 5 days to pick it up whenever it's convenient for you (24/7).
I usually solve the package problem by telling the delivery man to leave it in the shop in our building. Pretty much the whole neighborhood has an agreement with the shop owner that she'll accept the packages (so she's basically an unofficial Zásilkovna 😂).
Some people ask a neighbor or a family member to get the package for them. As long as the person the delivery man is on the phone with says "you can leave it with this person" they usually won't have a problem with it. You can also use a link in the text they send you to arrange delivery for a day when you will be home, but that's obviously for people who can work from home or have some work days free since they work on the weekend.
The Czech Post is kinda notorious for not delivering packages to your address even if you specifically paid for that service and you're home though. There's a running joke that says: "What are you doing tomorrow?" "I have to stay at home till 2pm, because Czech Post is going to be delivering a package to me." "And then?" "Then I have to go to the post office to collect the package."
Perhaps you need to make fuss one and they will not try to not deliver you a package any more.
Well I would love to be your local shop then... When I waste a proportion of my worktime by getting packages from the whole neighborhood and get totally nothing for it except for a feeling that i helped. Must be kinda exhausting to do this daily. Zasilkovna has actually kinda good business idea behind it - they give the shops that work as a pickup/dropoff place a proportion of the gains from each package + it also brings new potential customers to them (especially in cases it is some small shop not well visible from the main street)
@@t1mastr10 The owner of the store happens to be my mom. The shop is very small and she knows everyone she takes packages for very well and they often bring her small gifts or homecooked meals for it. And of course, they usually buy something when they come to pick up a package. It's not like she does this daily either. It's pretty small here and people don't order packages that often. She gets maybe two a week.
I like the technology Kaufland uses. As you walk in, you grab that small scan thingy by the entrance. Before you put any item in the basket, you scan it. Then as you walk out of the shop, you go to a special self check out, scan the thingy pay and you're good to go. :)
I think Globus was first to introduce this and I really like it. It just blows when you are randomly selected for inspection and it turns out you forgot to scan an item LOL
paní Bulšitová was great :D also some of the things mentioned in the video are still mind boggling to me after all these years.. one would think things have changed in last decade, but not so much :D
17:33 if they did not deliver it to you, its usually stored at local post office or nearest depot of private delivering company (usually its ready to pick up). It depends on what mail service did you picked during ordering. Czech Post and Zasilkovna are the best one if you have trouble to accept delivery and are afraid they will send it back
Yeah, we use them always. I think it's worth the extra fee.
@@DreamPrague My experience is that Czech Post usually calls you once ("I am here with our package") and if you are not able to take the package, it is just stored at a local post office. If you wish them to deliver again, you need to call them (or use their web interface). Well, sometimes they just decide to skip the delivery phase (pretending they tried and failed) and just go to the local post office which was (and probably still is) a source of many complaints about Czech Post.
@@martindrab4298 it is... was waiting once for my application to college (i know i got in, because i went from bc to mgr in the same school), but was waiting for that paper, i was at home, and then discovered the paper that they couldnt catch me at home.. where i was..
@@martindrab4298 "Sometimes"? I am actually astonished when I get my parcel delivered, instead of the usual "adressee not home", during the full lockdown :D
@@irena4545 Maybe, I am lucky to live just nextdoors to a post office :-)
Cards can be easily cloned when they are out of sight. It's a transparency gesture to carry the payment out in front of you. It's done in my county too
Not only Tesco has this but also Globus and Kaufland have something called scan and go. You only have to have their membership card (zero fees for that), scan it at the entrance and you receive a scan and go through the store, put things in your shopping cart and just scan the bar code. The rest works basically the same but I rarely get checked.
Maybe surprisingly to you, we had a bank checks here in the past. But it was never popular and I discarded this service maybe 10 years ago. But when you look at pricelist in Ceska Sporitelna, they are still able to pay or issue checks, but the price is high.
Great video as always!!! 👍👍👍
Wow .. so much information! Made me realize just how much has changed since I lived in CZ… and how much I’ll have to learn when I move back there… Last time I was visiting ( before Covid) the local post office was closed for 3 hours for lunch!
That one hasn't changed much :-D
OMG, just like in Italy. The siesta in Italy drives me crazy.
Tři hodiny měli zavřeno protože nemají lidi. Naštěstí balíčky přes Zasilkovnu lze přijímat ale i odeslat. Takže se už nemusí jenom na poštu.
@@DreamPrague Siesta in Italy or Spain is logical - no one wants to go out, if there is 35°C
@@xsc1000 so it is here these days
About post and packages - during summer 2019 I was delivering packages when I was at my summer job at Česká pošta. And if I could not give package to its owner I must leave it at post office where that package was for week or two (I dont remember now) and then post returned that to the sender. Yes it probably changed over the years (2012-2019) but this - 1 try to deliver at addres and that at post office is for me great.
9:17 the new technology in tesco
I think that Globus has the same or simmilar program
Oh cool. I never actually shop at Globus, but maybe they have it now.
Kaufland have the best version of this type of shoping i think
@@DreamPrague Yes I've seen it in Kauflads, Globuses, Tescos and even some larger Alberts
@@DreamPrague I highly recommend Globus, for me it is the best supermarket chain, they have a huge selection of quality own meat products, bakery and confectionery products and ice cream (they produce Sacher cake according to the original Viennese recipe and from ingredients imported from Vienna). Also, their own restaurant offers very tasty meals (I recommend to see the review ua-cam.com/video/9g9b053lXjM/v-deo.html) at a good price (you can even have your food packed and take away).
There are at some places cameras that make sure you don’t go on red here as well. Example from Ostrava: Big intersection at streets ČESKOBRATRSKÁ and SOKOLSKÁ TŘÍDA, right next to a trolley stop ‘Most Pionýrů'. Take a look at it at street view :)
16:21 Mark Rober's Glitter bomb trap for porch thieves?
I saw once, in Poland, a perfectly straight rural road, a 70 km/h sign, then a 50 km/h sign only 50 metres beyond, then a speed camera, immediately followed by an end of 50 km/h sign.
Hi there! First of all, I'm loving your videos. I'm a Brazilian guy that's planning to move to Prague and these videos are being really helpful!!
I just have one suggestion, but I don't know how difficult it would be for you to do this: how about showing a "text" to every Czech word you mention during the video? That would be cool, specially from foreigners that are trying to learn the language hehe :)
Wow! such a long video. very nice :D
..... dokonce me to prelozili do cestiny,coz me moc nepomohlo 😀😀 jako vzdy,skvele video
we got rid of stamp-like kolky only a few years ago in slovakia. now we have digital kolky. on every police station you have a kolkomat ( ATM for kolky) you pay by cash or card and get a receipt from the machine that you paid kolky and the officer just puts it somewhere together with the application I guess. It is a nice change. much more comfortable than the small stamps. i remember buying them on the police station at their check out but they didnt have a change and ppl were queuing there...very stressful. much better at the post office and now even in the kolkomat
Some banks use the magnetic stripes on their users' cards to give them access by the swipe of their card to the sheltered areas (usually a separate room in the bank) with bankomats so they can withdraw money whenever they decide to.
Yes, but litteraly any card with magstrip will do open the door. Like my Dr.Max pharmacy member card :).
I have seen they are slowly putting contactless door opening too. Works like a charm with Apple Pay.
Přejeme krásný den. Vracím se k placení kartami. Můžu napsat, že je to vynikající věc. Přímo kartou neplatil, ale mám v mobilu aplikaci a ještě hodinkami kde je také aplikace. Je to paráda s hodinami platit. Prostě super!!
In my town of 22k people there are like hundred parcelshop. Every 3rd one is either for Packeta, PPL or both. Not to mention 3 alza boxes and 2 Packeta boxes (ZBox)
That signature thing with card payments used to be here as well. Like 20 years ago there was no other way to pay for gas etc.
really? i remember my parents paying by postova poukazka ( postal cheque). i have never seen anyone pay by card and then sign it
I think speed traps are common in Slovakia and in Czechia also.
some times ago even a cardbox policemen were popular. they would just put a card box policeman to simulate a speed trap so that ppl would slow downnaturally 🤣🤣🤣
wonderful episode...as to the package delivery in prague, what i found annoying was they would say...your package will arrive at that and that time and sometimes I would change my plans accordingly to be home for that time and they would never ring the bell...they'd just throw in a piece of paper saying I should pick it up at the post office for my area (which was annoying)
Well, thats thing what ČESKA POŠTA does all the time. And the reason is simple, the lack of delivery girl/boys because of low payment, so the delivery girl has to do a lot of work which is impossible to do, and to save some time the just dont deliver the packages, and now even registered letters because its faster to insert notice letter "not caught". Thats the reason why there is space for other delivery companies, and why they grow so fast, because they actually do what you are paying them for.
Cities here in CA now use a parking app (have been for many years) Like in SF or here in Monterey where I live. So you can download the app, the pay via the app according to the number on the meter. I can't remember how long you can stay before having to move. Also I can't remember if the app in SF is the same as here in Monterey.
Thanks for the info! Hope they will do that in LA soon.
There was an App for SF where you could see in real time when a parking space opened up. I never could get it to work. I miss Prague's metro system :)
we've never used the magnetic stripe on the card, except in the US. The cashiers always helped us because we couldn't stretch it at the right pace. But the signature was already on the touch screen, it seemed progressive. In Czechia it is rarely used.
to transferring money: while in the US i tried to send small amount of money to my friend for correcting my scholarly article on ancient Persians, the money did not arrive. after long searching, calling both banks by both her and me, we found out they held up the transfer due to suspision it was supporting Iran! I had to explain it many times , even include the artcle to the 50 USD to be transferred to her. US also does not use IBAN transfer system, which makes it conplicated to send money abroad. On the Czech/European side it is great you can use IBAN to send money from Czech Republic to other EU country by a direct transfer in your bank app.
In Canada Amazon has an option to deliver to your local shop. I was picking up my power bank in drug store.
Oh that's really cool! So similar to CZ then.
They have this in the USA too. Just because she doesn't know about doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
Pani Bulsitova! LOL
Yes, we use them also in Czech Republic, it's called Alza box, but it is not available for all e-shops customers, just for Alza e-shop customers. But few more companies use them too, for example Mall (mall box).
exactly!! i love paczkomats as well, no idea why others country does not have them. It is the best delivery system i have ever seen (i have lived in 6 countries and none of them has it)
also goverment agencies are required by law to deliver to your data-box otherwise generally the writing is considered not to be delivered. great thing if do not want to miss deadlines for appeal or response
If you use Česká Pošta for your package and you're not home, they will just deliver the package to the nearest Post office automatically. PPL and DPD have something similar as Zasilkovna. If you're not home, you can tell them to leave it in their nearest partner store, or you can tell them to leave it in front of your door or in your garden (if you trust your area and you paid for your package) - but you have to answer the phone for that 😀. If you know you're not gonna be home at that time, you can call the driver as soon as possible and ask him if he can deliver it to your job for example, that's why they send you SMS and it's quite common request. But Zasilkovna is the best and cheapest option if you know you're not gonna be home whole week or if your package isn't heavy 😀
ppl možná ale dpd je takovej otřes... už nikdy víc.
Rad chodim nampostu, nejsem tam jen do poctu...😀
@@tabletikmaminkin5229 Si musím pustit :D
Thank you. Great video as always!
By the way the bank check system is crazy. Because of five dollars, for example...😵💫
I love cashless. Sam’s club is like this. Scan and go. You scan as you shop and check out on your phone and simply sow the barcode confirmation to the exit clerk. Brilliant!
Ahoj Jen, Sam's does have an app connected to Sam's Credit Card and we can scan everything with our phone and just hit a button and pay immediately. Really love it and hope that we will be able to find similar app back in the Czech Republic after our return from the US.
Well done, I like the way you explained everything.
Yes, just imagine here in Massachusetts, ... in supermarket ahead of you, an old lady is paying with check...., do you think she can do it in less then 15 minutes ???
I think use of checks should be prohibited in supermarkets. I see it so often .... rrssssss
7:00 ??? I think you are still reminiscing about the 20th century :-) I traveled the US, including California from San Diego to Yosemite, but I cannot recall ever signing a Visa slip.
You only have to sign if you have an American card
I don't sign paper slips. It's not a thing anymore. At least where I am in the USA and everyone has chips. She hasn't even lived here in 9 years...well, let me clarify. Of course each bussiness must update thier own systems so there are still businesses that are using old fashioned methods, but it's not because the USA doesn't have these updated systems. It's just businesses here and there that haven't wanted to pay to update.
2022 and occasionally I still have to sign. Happened today at a birthday party venue. Not an issue at most places but 1/20...
we also have speed traps in the czech republic. Its mainly in areas where they didnt built speed cameras yet
Yep, and there are always places that are more prone to have a police car parked there, so people here also know where to slow down.
Especially when's sunny, there's even a saying "the sun is out and so are the cops".
Do also drivers help each other here by signaling to the car coming from the other direction that they have seen a police car behind the bush?
17:40 everytime i wasn't home, they left my package at a post office, before zásilkovna was around.
Credit card sin USA have chips. You can pay at the table or on your phone most places, parking meters scan cards or a lot of places you can text your payment for parking, we have self check literally everywhere, and even employee free stores, I don't know about every shipping service her but most of them you can create a free account and then reschedule your package, choose to pick it up at the facility, or schedule a different delivery address.
We have Amazon Fresh, or whatever it’s called , in London. The same you were saying Whole food were thinking about introducing. You just go in, put stuff in your basket, then bag it and leave.
oh, very nice. London is always more advanced, it seems.
To je, panečku, téma. Už se těším na tu vášnivou diskuzi tady v komentářích. 😁
You can always re-schedule the delivery date/time with delivery companies such as PPL, DPD, etc. via their website in the tracking section :)
It makes sense, but I think the language confuses us Czech-learners/
Thank you for an interesting vlog, Jen. My recollection of the blue zones, data boxes, and even banking to some extent is quite different, but it's been almost a decade since I last functioned as a local resident in Prague. Clearly, you are comparing Czechia and the US, that makes sense. I just happened to read this opinion by Jan Stransky: "...Ano, veřejná doprava je v Česku v žalostném stavu. Deprimující je pro nás, Severočechy, srovnání se sousedním Saskem. Za koupáním do Žitavy, za zevlem či shoppingem do Drážďan, tam všude putujeme takřka výhradně vlakem. Cestování německými příměstskými spoji je totiž fantastické. Jako když z močálovitého středověkého žlabu naskočíte na sci-fi kolejnice." Clearly, personal experiences form our opinions. You may update yours when you visit SoCal again.
Quite surprised how much better it is in Czech haven’t live there for 17 years and it seems it’s much better now
Thank You for nice informative video 🙏
Yes, this country is quite advanced in these areas!
dude, its 21th century here like everywhere in the world (well maybe except amurika), we have the electricity and flush toilet too!! if you want see the future, check stuff in china, they are 50 years ahead already (including goverment oppression using technology from 22th century)
@@nargalda773 😂man no need to get so emotional it’s my fault I didn’t specify
I didn’t mean the lv of technology as that is quite advanced I was talking more about the lv of bureaucracy which was absolute stone age but when it comes to at least paying for bills it seems it’s much better now as I said so I’m pleasantly surprised 😊
Even when I had to recently sort out my passport and the process is same like 30 years ago and waiting time for that passport is up to 4 months so I’m not so optimistic 😂
We used to have "kolky" in Slovakia too. They are rarity now (the sticky stamp form), they were replaced by QR codes like 7 or 8 years ago. You either pay via the app and get QR code that way or pay at the machine somewhere nearby (usually the hallway or reception...) and it prints you the QR code. I hated those stamps with passion when they still existed.
I would mention one thing which i consider to be perfect. Contactless pay in public transport. I don't know if it is already in Prague, but in some czech cities like Plzeň, Ostrava (was the very first) or Opava you may pay by your card. You just hop in the tram, bus etc. put your card/phone to validator and that's all. And some intercity bus companies accept it too. And for example i Moravian - Silesian region is ODIS system which unites most of the companies there, they have their own application (i think it's called Odis apka) and you can pay your ticket with it anywhere in the region you are.
I studied in Ostrava but I was never able to buy ticket there with my debit card. Maybe it was because i was "foreigner" and I had Slovak card in euro currency.
You can buy a ticket online.
in trams there is a machine in the middle where you can buy a paper ticket by card, smart watch, smart phone, smart sticker, smart tag etc
same in any metro entrance area by escalators
10:20 - It's also problem if you have divident stocks of some more traditional corporations and you'd receive cheque for dividents. Often the money isn't worth paying the banking fee to convert the cheque in the few banks which haven't abandon this obsolete method. Not that sending money from abroad isn't costly, but there are services for that which are way cheaper. Even some banks accept the payment for less than typical cheque conversion fee.
17:00 - I had a package ordered through one of these services and if I were to get it to work, they'd be there only around 10 AM. If I were to get it home, they'd be there in the afternoon. Also one time I had package delivered with estimate being 10:00 - 12:00 (wood for my PC table I think) and the delivery arrived hours later. The driver got stuck in traffic then got his keys locked inside the truck. :D I think it was Monday.
Then there's the Czech Post. Post(wo)man seldom rings twice and when I got a verdict letter as a victim (which wasn't stated), they just brushed over the ring button. Of course the post is infamous for people not being at home although they were clearly present or losing packages and recommended letters.
Datoví šchraňky jsou top! :D
Are these lickable like post stamps/kolky still a thing in czech republic? I live just next door in slovakia and we transfered to ekolky it my be 6 years ago, so you go to any state department building, office whatever and there is something like fused ATM with big touchscreen where you can choose what do you want for a service to be paid for and then you put your payment in trough coins/bank notes, kredit/debit card and then it prints the ekolok for you, its like recipt in grocery store but with big qr code, this recipt is then attached to any application where you need to pey for it. So the lickable post like stamps are no longer a thing, but dont know how in the cr.
Even year ago, there was a LOT of shops here in Brno, and there was noone to check your cart .... only from time to time, you are automatically flagged and they will check few random items from cart .... and in most/all stores they have dedicated scanners, which is WAY better than using phone ..... I think in tesco, makro, globus you can use your phone, but I never did, it must be very inconvenient.
We have speed cameras/traps here in NY
fajne videjko jako obvykle , zkus pokecat něco o řidičácích v us a tady , to bude pěkné srovnání
When I was moving to the US, the apartment I was renting required me to pay deposit, but did not accept cash -- check only. Which was fun, as US banks would not open an account for me without having a proof of residency... Eventually, I was able to pay by postal order (which technically do exist in Czechia as well, but paying an apartment deposit by "poštovní poukázka" would be really strange).
Yeah that’s a strange one I forgot about. I wonder if it has changed?
hehe, almost like Catch XXII
no apartment without check, but no check without proof of residency / apartment :D
Similar system in UK. In order to open account you needed something sent to your home address. Certain letters qualified only. Utilities, BANK STATEMENTS, government or city council letter, etc. Funny that a bank would require a bank statement when you open your first account in that country to confirm you actually live at that address. 😅😉
I think its a little easier these days but still a pain for some in specific circumstances.
@@IvickG3942 chicken and egg situation all over again :D
@@IvickG3942 I think they're actually more strict now. When I opened my first account here some 13 years ago they actually opened it without any of those but my friend who works for a bank tells me that now it wouldn't happen. Such a pain especially if you live in a shared accomodation and don't have any bills other than rent to pay.
PPL, does the same as zasilkovna. I ordered some acid to clean our heater from sediments and wasn't at home, when PPL was delivering my package. So, they dropped it off at a nearby computer store and sent me a text with the address and a security code for the shop owner. I simply showed up, shown the owner the message and left with two liters of acid under my shoulder.
Is this a good system? For parcels this small? sure. For a new computer? Nope. Just too many boxes and too many trips from a shop to your home.
imagine my surprise when I went to Atlanta and wasnt able to pay, because I was carrying my card in wallet with a magnet for several years, thankfully I got help from my friend, it nevet ever occured to me that the allmughty USA would still use magnetic strips for credit card payments
Maybe you meant almighty. On what basic did you use the word almighty with the US?
Kolky jsou u nás v Čechách zavedený z důvodu, aby placení penězi přímo úředníkům neumožňovalo brát úplatky, popřípadě jinak zneužívat platbu v hotovosti. Za druhé, v budově je 30 kanceláří. Proto jedná pokladna. Zároveň je to potvrzení o zaplacení. Dříve nebyly počítače a propojení úřaduů.
In Pittsburgh they got rid of the coin parking meters and it's all just with an app on your phone now. But they still have meter maids and if you do not pay somehow you will get a ticket at your car for sure
How can people without smartphones pay then?
speed traps also happen here in Czechia in certain regions and the locals do know all the usual spots where police cars would be hidden with said radar
I think it strongly depends where you were born and your preferences. I have feeling it´s somehow equal in these topics. Maybe some differences, but the functionality it´s the same :) It´s very interesting video, though!
It's really great and thorough video, thank you Jen for the content you make. Don't worry about the negative comments, you have nothing to be ashamed about, the video is great!
Thanks Michal! I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)
The most annoying thing in the US is non detachable shower heads mounted to the wall...it's like WTF? The thing I like is air conditioning, American venues won't let you sweat, unlike Europe and Russia(I'm a Russian)
exactly.. how in the hell do you actually shower your underarms, your feet etc? how do you shower off the soap from those areas? :)
That's a good summary of some of the tweaks that can make your life easier in Czechia. I don't know if you have already heard of the channel "cocik" that is run by a Czech guy Lukas Codr who has lived ChengDu in China for many years. He travels a lot and creates a lot of funny yet informative documentary podcast videos from his journeys not only from China (which are the ones I watched mostly). In some videos I was literally staring how far ahead the China is at some of the daily life aspects. Unfortunately it is in Czech with some specific humor. Definitely go check these out in case you want to see China and its secrets from the insider perspective.
Zasilkovna the best, 5kg . 3,5 euro from Zilina Slovakia to Most Czechia in less than 24 hours
Zásilkovna and Ulozenka are actually not paying much to those shops. Usually approximately 2 cents, even if it’s something as big as 55” TV. The only advantage is to bring new costumers to your shop. Otherwise it’s a ripoff for shops. That’s why I try to avoid these.
Very nice video again....btw I was suggested few months ago ( in different video) about another topic - czech fairy tales movies. You know every year : have some new fairy tales. Do You have something simmilar in US? I never heard of it. If You want to know something more about it I will gladly give some more information. :)
Thanks for the idea! I want to do this, hopefully in the next couple of months! Do you have any particular recommendations?
@@DreamPrague Of course. I can recommend interesting fairy tales - past or recent witch url and some brief summary. Do you have e-mail etc. for send it?
@@DreamPrague I think Tři oříšky is a must, then Pyšná princezna, Šíleně smutná princezna, Princezna se zlatou hvězdnou na čele (which is rhymed! the whole thing!), S čerty nejsou žerty... There are many classics, this is just a few :D
@@DreamPrague What Ridia Raspberry says above - those are a must. And also Princ a Večernice, Třetí princ and Zlatovláska.
@@ridiaraspberry4095 I think J. Š. had NEW fairy tales in mind. You know, like there is new every year, sometimes two.
regarding that lost credit card :o) Exactly this happened to a friend of mine.. He was on vacation in Florida with his wife (they both are from Slovakia), went to a fancy restaurant in Key West, handed their credit card (which they used to book their hotel, car, everything really) to the waiter and 5 minutes later he returned with the news that he managed to loose their card.. somehow... now try to imagine their faces... :o)
I would believe it until it happened to me.
When I moved to Prague ten years ago, I was shocked that there was no such thing as personal checks that you could use to pay a bill or send funds to someone in the mail. My bank was very upset because of the way I formed my 7's, 4's 8' s and 0's. to pay my rent so they assigned the business manager to write it out for me to then sign. It made me feel very special and he was a great fellow. Not so at the post office with the pink pieces of paper to pay my utilities and they often send me to the end of the long line to try again not to make such a fat zero or touch a printed line, or close the top of my 4 or whatever. I dreaded running that gauntlet every month. But I was often shortchanged when using cash. In the US, they will usually count it back to you, but in Prague, they just give you the bills in a stack. When you walk out of the store and realize you 're missing a thousand crown bill among the stack, it is too late. The cashiers got peeved if I stood there and counted my change before walking away.
I missed this one apparently. Just one thing. You can redirect your package to be left at certain pickup points like Staples or Winn Dixie, where you can pick it up at your convenience within a week I think. No fee as far as I know.
Winn Dixie! 😹I’ve never been to one. But this is good to know, thanks!
@@DreamPrague Sorry, I meant Walgreens. I don't know how I ended up typing Winn-Dixie. I don't even go to Winn-Dixie. 😂
Staples has UPS drop off and pickup, Walgreens does FedEx.
13:57 No problem with that one in Czechia
well, in Poland we have both- cameras that track your speed and speed traps.but... we also have app called "yanosik" (named after famous Slovak/carpathian highwayman) - you can warn there other drivers of hidden police speed trap or speed radar xD I wonder if it works in Czechia
I used to work at an exchange office and when somebody came with a cheque everybody panicked, because it happened once every three months so nobody was sure how to do it (like 2% of people there), yes, we had a print out on "how!" but you need to call somewhere to verify the cheque etc, it takes ages, and it happened once to a colleague that he could not get through, the signature looked kind of ok, so he cashed it and...it was a scam.. they blocked the line and...
Omg, verifying signatures still seems so dumb to me. My own signature rarely looks the same…totally dependent on my mood🤪
@@DreamPrague My signature never looks the same.. The stupid thing about cheques are also the rules like: when you accept the cheque, you need to sign it exactly here and also here, and on the other side here, and you stamp it here and here.... if you make a mistake it´s your loss...
Super video dik
Ahoj. V té košili jsi šikovné děvče.👍
Pravdepodobne je to aj v ČR tak, že počas doručovania zásielky, keď ti príde sms, môžeš kuriérovi nahlásiť zmenu adresy doručenia, napríklad do práce, k milenke, do obchoďáku, kede sedíš s priateľom na káve, ak nie si práve doma, pokiaľ je to v jeho rajóne tak to doručí, ak nie odovzdá ďalšiemu a ten sa o to pokúsi nasledujúci deň.
Dream Prague i saw new shoping system in some parts of CAL, if you take everything under 900$ you dont need to pay for it :D, what do you think about that system?
What I have experience with is in UK is very good communication on-line system between you and governement. In Czech is datová schránka but you have to still go to the post office which I Always try to void … So Yes you ask for everything on-line - documents or see your benefits or allowance. In Czech needs to improve a bit 🤭😀
datový šraňky? to bych rád viděl :D :D :D
Asi nějaká datová závora. :-)
@@breznik1197 Ale to není tak blbý nápad! Co dát PZZ nějakou krabičku co bude přenášet stav přejezdu do aut, která jsou vybavena moderní elektronikou a v případě potřeby si vynutí zastavení vozidla?
Your story about the laser guarded pay-yourself shop in Seatle reminded me of an old joke from the Cold War era. It has been said that the Americans had spent over 5,000,000 dollars inventing a special kind of roller-pen suitable for writing within zero gravity. Russians just took a pencil.
it is not true tho. Fischer space pen was privately developed and only sold to NASA. Also pencils have grafite tips. Having piece of conductive material breaking off and floating around is not the best thing...
@@Turtle1631991 thats why its just a joke playing off stereotypes :)
Já jsem ten vtip vždycky slyšel tak, že místo tužky použili voskovku.
I do believe that kolky were replaced by card payments pretty much anywhere. Great video though
některé věci ve videu platí pouze pro Prahu případně jiná velká města. Já bydlím v menším městě na západu čech(karlovarský kraj, okres sokolov) a mohu potvrdit že hodně věcí zde u nás neplatí(omlouvám se za to že píšu česky ale neovládám angličtinu tak dobře abych zde mohl psát anglicky)
tady je výpis věcí které u nás na západě čech neplatí:
-Běžně zde jsou radary které měří rychlost, ovšem je zde málokdy kamera která vás vyfotí a pošle vám domů pokutu(obvykle jen projedete a i když máte vysokou rychlost tak projedete bez pokuty)
-parkování se zde obvykle platí v parkovacích automatech což je podobné placení v USA, někdy ovšem lidé mají na stálo zaplacené parkovací místo(platí v určitém intervalu např. 1 ročně) na kterém smí parkovat pouze oni (obvykle je toto místo označené poznávací značkou vozu) a z jistotou mohu potvrdit že bych parkování u nás na západě čech popsal úplně jinak než je popsáno ve videu(neplatí zde ani jedna věc z videa)
-V Tescu u samoobslužných pokladen není žádná kontrola která kontroluje zda jste něco nezaplatili(prostě jenom zaplatíte a odejdete)
-Zásilkovna zde není tolik rozšířená jako je popsáno ve videu
I didn’t know that there is a smartphone application to pay for the parking in Prague!
If I've seen anything better? Well, compared to your experience everything is better in Canada, but I don't think it is as bad as you describe it.
I had good experience in Austria. The you can tap any amount, but sometimes you also have to enter the PIN, while in Canada, if it exceeds certain amount ($200), you have to use the chip and PIN.
And regarding "honour code": your shoping is by AI algorithms evaluated and time to time you are selected for random check. :-) or :-(?
Kolek (kolky) is also what you call the seal on a liquor bottle or cigarette box or other things that need proof of being genuine and unopened. I think it's called an "excise stamp" in English.
Yes! I've heard that phrase, I just wasn't familiar with the concept.
Czech equivalent for the porch would be "zápraží". There is a bit of a difference, but roughly it's equivalent.
Aha! New word for me, thanks!
@@DreamPrague You're welcome. It's becoming a bit of an archaism as most houses don't have a porch anymore, so you probably didn't encounter it before.
Neni to spíš veranda?
@@vojtechpribyl7386 our house did before the communism arrived......
@@RamsesTheFourth Veranda asi taky, ale ta bývá uzavřená. Schod, nebo podlážka u dveří je sice pod střechou, ale jinak před dveřmi je spíš zápraží.
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