You are not" two dudes in Prague causing trouble". You are two exceptional people exposing scams, tricks, illegal and dishonest behaviour in your city and you have made a huge difference.Even City officials look at your videos and sometimes intervene. Keep up the great work
Not only is it a scam, it’s a dangerous scam. Not listing the correct ingredients is extremely negligent. Someone could be allergic to one of the ingredients not listed and could die from a reaction.
I mean if you are that allergic to something you surely dont buy a suspicious product and especially a product that doesnt list all the ingredients. My moms really allergic to nuts for example and she reads the ingredients list of every single chocolate she buys.
@@Ex0rz "suspicious product" sorry to disappoint you but even non-suspicious product could be dangerous to a person with allergics. recently there was a case about person dying from allergic reaction in disney park after the restaurant "claiming" their food didnt had any allergic ingredients.
How is it suspicious!? It has plastic, a tag, a tag with the ingredients listed. How are we supposed to know that they lied on the tag? That this stand doesn't respect the laws stating that info on tags of a product must be correct!? A girl just died buying cookies in the grocery store because they lied on the ingredients tag on the wrapper! How are we the consumer, who are so far removed from production supposed to know that people have put a fake tag on their product. Your attitude is what allows producers to kill people indiscriminately so that they can just make more money!
If they really bought it (and didn't just talk to the actual owner to put up the image) they did it in April. That domain has been registered in April 2024, at least according to EURID
@@dustojnikhummerpeople are wearing shorts and t-shirts in the video and now the weather is not that great, this video was probably taken in the summer or spring.
Well, yeah, you won't get good chocolate from Vietnamese shops. But at least it's edible compared to some other cheap, disgusting chocolate you can buy around Christmas and Easter celebrations here.
@@rundaneperu9334 "compared to some other cheap, disgusting chocolate you can buy around Christmas" - Even in normal supermarkets. I'll never make that mistake again.
No one will buy just a tin for the price they are asking so having the chocolate in it justifies the higher price. Stupid con artists ruin it for everyone. It stains the experience of honest business practices from that part world because it's tainted with a negative experience.
It's honestly sad and even a little ironic that this historic marketplace only caters to tourists. As a tourist myself, I am far more interested in local goods than imported repackaged goods.
market for locals wouldnt survive there as normal people dont live there anymore, probably more than half of the flats are either offices or airbnb, and probably every tenth building being a hotel...
Local people gradually moved out of the area over last 30 years as the area was gradually overrun by mass tourism. Its not really an environment you would choose to love your regular life with family etc. Sad, but this is the impact of growth of mass tourism
But you know this whole market is a tourist trap, don't you? It stands out a mile. I always goof around places like that, spend some time and never buy a single thing. It's raw stupidity that nurtures places like that.
Judging by your name, you are Scandinavian? I would be surprised if I saw any stuffed toy here that was made in any of our 3 countries to be honest. I would assume they were all imported from China, Vietnam etc.
If the label on the box doesn't match the contents, then it's game over, isn't it? Report the product to whatever's the Czech equivalent of "Consumer Protection Agency" and have it shut down.
@@maximux777 The Czech government does nothing. I reported that shop selling expired goods to the Czech food safety agency and didn't even get any response back.
I have been watching your videos since 2020 and finally visted Prague in November 2023. I used a lot of your videos as guides and my experiences in the city were amazing. I also Kunta Hora and Olomouc and again, amazing cities.
You are doing great work! I almost bought this Prague choco box as a souvenir at that same market when I was in Prague! The boxes were really beautiful and there were many tourists buying them at that time. But it didn’t sit well with me that I have to pay 7 EUR for a small box and i figured I can just go to a supermarket to buy chocolate souvenirs. Seeing this video now, I am so glad i skipped out on the chocolate goods from that market!
I was kinda OK with the dude on the phone saying he sells the box with extra chocolate in it. But when you showed us it's not even a Prague building on it, I burst out laughing 🙂 Thanks for the public announcement
You were OK???? This is a typical sample of fraud and the ridiculous voice on the phone was trying to explain the inexplicable. The whole thing is just for laughs.
@@irondasgr I was actually OK with the fact the dude is a scammer and what he says holds perfectly : he sells a box. The label is ambiguous enough. But the rest was too funny... I bet he sells the same box in many cities, hence the "heart of europe" thing. And he prints the right city name on the lid.
When I was in Japan one of my friends was Indonesian. She was surprised there were so many items made in Indonesia (shoes, clothes) for sale in Japan whereas in Indonesia itself those items are only available 'made in China'!
5:37 The fact that you could buy the domain is hilarious. On the website, you might want to provide more of an explanation and a link to this video. People may think you are pranking them and are responsible.
I tried to access the link but it is not possible. Regardless of which I think he should definitely inform people that it's not real prog chocolate on the website so in case anybody does check the website before purchasing knows
Visited Prague for the first time a couple weeks ago, an amazing city with lots of views and culture and bars (especially enjoyed Havelska koruna and Stridacka). Had a really great time and will definetelly come back some day. Thank You so much Janek And Honza.
My city in the US has an open market like this, but they are extremely strict about what gets sold there. Pre packaged little things in tins cannot be sold there. I know a farmer that sells his peaches there and he told me that the city even sends someone out to verify that the produce comes from your farm. Every seller has to prove that they produce the goods locally. Praque needs to get on board with that same plan.
This should definitely be classified as a scam. They buy the whole package for 3 Euros…put a few measly pieces in the box (with some paper) and sell it for 7 Euros. Not to mention the false advertisement and the fact that tourists might buy it to give as a gift back home, thinking it contains Czech chocolates as you said. And yeah, the owner you spoke to @ 6:10 sounded untrustworthy and knew he was ripping people off. Bottom line: if you ever go to this place, avoid buying it at all costs.
such boxes are not cheap, so you can argue that the box itself - as a reusable and nice looking souvenir - is worth the 7 €.... I don't really see the issue here, tbh.
It is a scam because the box doesn't contain what it advertises which is chocolate from Prague, Czech Republic. Instead it contai Turkish chocolate. It falls under false advertisement too.
i love how the call with the owner started by owner being instantly defensive exactly about this ..... Well people dont buy it for the chocolate we dont sell it as a Prague chocolate it is just a name of the company . He knew it's a dirty practice and was waiting exactly for this moment .
I know it deceiving and a tricky way to sell it to the tourists but the product was not precisely saying it is made in Prague, it was only saying Prague chocolate. There are companies like Cat, Greyhound bus company etc. I dont expect these companies to sell products made of Cat or the Dog breed greyhound bruh.
I saw you talking about that market many times thats why I visited it this summer. That "market" is horrible. Like all those "souvenir" shops around. I would never waste time going there again.
This is bringing up bad memories, I used to live in the south east of the UK & went to the extreme north of Scotland on holiday & 300+ Km road trip. There I purchased a jar of "Scottish Venison Pate" as a gift for my mother. When I returned & gave it to her she was pleased & it was really good patte, but then she showed me the small print on the label: "Made in Norwich with Venison & Pheasant meat". Not only was it not 100% venison (forgivable as it was good) it was made & packaged for the Scottish tourist industry in a factory ~25 Km from where I lived.
I think a big giveaway is, that its not real Prague chocolate, is that they put a generic picture from Prague and labeled the product as "Prague Choco". A serious brand would definetly have their brand name on it and maybe Prague choco in their description.
Chocolates (or any consumables for that matter) with city/country themed packaging is almost always geared towards tourists. Personally, I am ok with paying for a box/package that I really like. I have a couple tins sitting at home for years that I haven't bothered opening. I bought them as a show piece, and use them as a show piece - I have no desire to eat whatever cheap, oily, chocolate might be resident in them. But even I feel the marketing here is scummy. At least get the photos and ingredients right, lol.
I dont think its illegal to have a product to have a city name and the product being not manufacturerd in that same city. Obviously its deceiving the customers. They should bring up a law prohibiting city or country name for companies or product
This can still be done honestly though. You can get generic tins of Scottish shortbread from tourist shops in Scotland, complete with generic pictures of Scotland and generic shortbread inside. At least, though, you do get a tin of shortbread.
I went to that market and found a bag of coffee beans from Albert (the local supermarket) with just a picture of Prague slapped on it. That market really is a joke 😂
I am a Turk. I was born and raised in Istanbul, the biggest city in the country. This low quality chocolate brand is not well known in Turkey. Its products are usually sold in discount markets. On the company's own online website, the current price of 1 kilogram of this chocolate is 190 liras (5 Euros.) As an example, I am 40 years old and I have never tasted any product of this brand until now. If you come to Istanbul you will find crooks, con artists, tourist robbers and much more in the Grand Bazaar, Sultanahmet, Eminönü, Sirkeci, Çemberlitaş, Spice Bazaar and Beyoğlu, Taksim, Galata, Karaköy areas. I can also help you as a guide if you like. Guiding a guide. :)
Guys 5:31 U have to make a page, that tells people the history behind the box at least a link to the video, but the idea of buying the domain is incredible 😂😂😂😂
You got me with this site that you bought to expose the scammers , so funny!!! I am watching you many years in a row from your beggining and i think this year is time to visit Prague because of you ! Keep it going !
Note to everyone: Any chocolate product that is marketed to tourists and named after the country you are in is going to be the cheapest least-appetising chocolate you've ever tasted. The same applies to buying chocolates marketed to tourists where it is named after a neighbouring country - I bought Singapore chocolates in Indonesia once, because they were cheap and I was amused that they weren't even for the country I was in. They were meant to have strawberry flavour but I think they actually had durian flavour.
And in case anybody isn’t familiar with durian, it’s a giant spiky Asian fruit with flesh that looks like custard, but it has one of those love-it-or-hate-it flavors. I’ve tried it a few times, and to me it tastes like stinky cheese and dirty socks mixed with mashed bananas and gasoline. 🤢 But millions and millions of people love it!
Shop the local section at a store that carries international chocolates like the Cokolada shop in Prague. Brand name artisan chocolates Jordi's and Ajala are a sure bet. "Prague Chocolate" is a brand name not a type of chocolate. What you are looking to buy is Czech chocolate, same as you would buy Swiss, French, Belgian chocolate etc. You don't shop for Stockholm chocolate, Nice chocolate or Brussels chocolate. Chocolate type comes from a particular country or region rather than a town or city.
Před dvěma lety jsem vzala mamku na výlet do Prahy a procházeli jsme kolem Havelského tržiště-na moment jsem se otióčila a mamka koupila malinkou vaničku ovoce za 536kč...když jsem se jí ptala proč za to proboha dala tolik peněz tak jí prý bylo blbé to vracet když už to dala paní co to tam prodávala zvážit. Minulý rok jsem brala na výlet prarodiče a této ulici jsem se pro jistotu zcela vyhnula.
já si chtěl pár let zpátky koupit třešně a vidím cenovku 25,- říkám si to je v poho, tak říkám dejte mně tady tu vaničku a ženská hlásí 250,- říkám cože? a ona hned spustí ste si snad nemyslel, že je to cena za kilo, a já “ano myslel, v životě sem nekupoval třešně tak netuším kolik stojí a poctivej obchodník uvádí cenu v kilech” mařka se začla rozčilovat 😂 šmelijou a ješte se pak rozčilujou když na ně příjdete :-D
I skipped Prague when I was in Europe cuz I heard it was full of scammers. I'm glad you're cleaning it up and showing travellers how to stay safe and not get ripped off.
I got a hotdog there for 50 crown a few years ago. Coming back to Prague in December!! Can’t wait!! Your city is one of my favorite cities I’ve ever been to, not to mention the best beer in the world!!!
I bought a wooden book with the castle printed on it a few years ago, and the same cheap chocolate doesn`t taste good. The book can be used as a piggy bank if you want, but it's not worth the price. I love what you have done with the site. Maybe add a text saying this is not Czech or good chocolate?
In this version of the video, there is no cut featuring the Pardubice-based RUclipsr Ment, whose real name is Jan Macák, one of the biggest RUclipsrs in the Czech Republic. In the Czech version of the video, there is a cut where he confirms that the building on the cover is from Pardubice.
I hate those touristy shops. I've been scammed there in the past too. They gave me a newer iteration of a map that looked nothing like the one they advertised, even when I specifically asked if it was the same. They told me they couldn't refund it because I paid by card and not cash. That's just factually incorrect, in the EU all consumers are allowed to refund their purchase within 14 days and no reason being given. I wondered if I should call the police for this stuff. But as my train was leaving in less than half an hour, I didn't have the time to stick around anyway.
"That's just factually incorrect, in the EU all consumers are allowed to refund their purchase within 14 days and no reason being given." not true in physical shops. Only when buying online.
@@rk8872 Yeah, my bad, messed up in my thinking there. But can they really sell you something under false pretences like that? I even asked explicitly if the map was the same. If anything, I'm trying to highlight how unapologetically greedy these people are. If any business with a local customer base acted like that, they'd go out of business very soon, at least where I live.
@@Maxime_K-G They just don't care because such businessses don't rely on steady customers. Tourists are random and they form a renewable resource. Every day there is fresh stock awaiting to get scammed.
I agree with you that this seems lik a little scam and worse things are happening. But sadly people with food allergies die because of people not accurately listing ingredients. It's incredibly dangerous and a ballerina died last year because the cookies she bought didn't have the peanut oil listed. She died on the sidewalk in front of the grocery store before paramedics even arrived. This is very dangerous and sad.
It's similar in my home town of Salzburg: there are countless suppliers of Mozartkugeln, they call themselves genuine and original, with all variations of Mozart and Salzburg in the name. They are made in the city of Salzburg, in Austria, Germany, etc. It's not a scam as such, you get a chocolate ball with a marzipan and nougat filling. But the quality and taste are sometimes not good. And there is only one really genuine Mozartkugel.
What’s crazy is that I’m pretty sure I visited your school, my school went on a trip to Prague and we visited a green school in Prague to have lunch. That’s honestly crazy to me
Wrong labels, is there no food safety organization in the Czech Republic? You'd think that would be mandatory if they're in the EU. That alone is a reason to shut that company down.
Oddly enough there is a store with excellent locally made chocolate not that far from the market. In Havelská 502 there is ‘Janek Chocholate’ (no relation). Their chocolates are worth the price. 😋
Brilliant as ever. Personally not one to buy such "souvenirs" myself - so thanks for pointing out why! Was there in the summer - and had a lovely lunch and few beers in a pub along there!
I suppose you could sell the tin boxes by themselves, like within a candy store, and let customers fill it with their own coice of candy. That would be a pretty ok souvenir because the boxes look pretty, if somewhat generic. But the bogus logotype and false ingredient list means that this was planned as a scam from the start.
I'm pleased you bought the domain name. They earned that one all their own. I would, however consider, adding it onto a hosting plan if you've already got one, as it's more reliable than redirects. Obviously, don't bother buying hosting for it alone, but redirects can get iffy with high traffic, which you'll be having for a while. If you've gone with a temporary redirect (302), good. If you've chosen a permanent redirect (301), it could explain why people are having trouble, those take a good while to cache properly and I'd recommend avoiding them in future. But if you've already chosen a 301, it's best to leave it alone unless you have a hosting plan to fall back on. Sorry for the unsolicited advice, but you're doing the gods' work as far as I'm concerned so I felt moved to help the cause.
I was In Prague this weekend and I visited that market twice, I looked at a few items and everything just felt cheap and nothing original from Czech, I looked at a leather wallet which was nice, advertised like hand made but for £20/25 I fount I'd hard to believe, plus they all looked to similar to not have that hand made feel, I could be very wrong, anyway it is a nice market to visit, there is a similar market down by the river, I visited on Friday,
How is it not possible to get such stands closed via some consumer rights protecting entity? I mean if these merchants lie straight up saying that it is Prague / Czech chocolate and it is made in Turkey. At least in my country that would be illegal / misleading practice. Yet nothing surprising regarding businesses that mislead people unfortunately, it gets worse as I have seen cases where people are scammed out of their real-estate when taking loans.
Great video as usual. I believe that law enforcement should be more meaningful in everywhere in the world. I mean, if two volunteers on RUclips can expose this to thousands in 10 minutes, what is the excuse of authorities?
Nobody in Turkey like those chocolates neither :D That firm "Elvan" is one of the biggest sugary-things producers in Turkey, so their products are the cheapest, but also the worst :) Since they are not popular among Turks, they mostly export their chocolates to the other countries. Actually, I see more Elvan chocolates here in Czechia than Turkey :)
Serbia is full of them as well. There's a wholsale market here in Novi Sad and there's a shop selling Turkish sweets and biscuits exclusively. Of course, "Elvan" products among them.
looking at the wayback machine, that website seems to have been for a souvenir wholesale company in 2011. the non-exhaustive product list on the homepage reads: Perníky s fotkou Prahy z jedlého papíru; Čokolády různých druhů v obalu s Prahou; Oplatky několika druhů v obalu s Prahou; Plechové dózy s potiskem Prahy. make of that what you will
2:05 "One Kilo, almost 2 lbs." Canada here. I was in 8th grade when my country switched from Imperial to Metric, so im fluent in both measurements. One Kilo=2.2 Lbs Just FYI
Excellent job! I love your videos. Byl jsem v Praze pětkrát a samozřejmě já vím to markétu. Next trip I will not buy chocolates there, that is a fact😊. Děkuji moc za informace. Měj se moc hezky. A pozdravy z Argentiny
I bought a very cool skull door knocker on that same market over 20 years ago. Huge heavy, solid copper and very cheap. I still have it to this day. Also got a cool handmade clay golem. I'm guessing there's just mass produced tat there today.
Maybe these tins were overstock and were never used for their original intended chocolates. Maybe the guy at the market bought all the remaining empty tins at a low price and decided to fill them with cheap chocolate. This could also explain why the domain name 'Prague Choco' was available to buy, perhaps it belonged to a now defunct company that no longer exists. But this is just my speculation.
I think more cities should do this, have people like you show what to look out for. Don't know if you have already done so but how about a guide of what's good places to go to and food to try.👍👌♥️
We went to this market when we visited Prague two weeks ago, it was all cheap (cheap in taste, not necessarily price) stuff. Although I did have a nice poppy seed and plum strudel and coffee. I will share a couple nice places I bought souveneirs from though: Galerie Pastelka (local artist, fantasy art) Localhand (textiles) Orel & Friends (locally made gifts)
This happens with UK Seaside fudge. Its always made somewhere completely different. I looked at the back of Skegness fudge, it was made in Bridlington. When i was in Filey ( which isn't far from Bridlington I looked at the Filey fudge, it was made in Skegness 😂
I'm an American who's been living here 10 years now. Sometimes I really hate this city and I'm sick of having that feeling. Seeing your videos makes me think the city itself will never do anything to improve things. Tell me what you need and I'll work for you for free.
So they sell Prague chocolate boxes, there is a photo of Pardubice on it, and there are Turkish chocolates bought from Vietnamese market in it. Cool :)
It’s so hard trying to be a traveler these days. I’ve tried going to the places my parents went to and it’s all catered towards Chinese tourists. No local handmade stuff. No local markets. No local restaurants. It’s like they’re all trying to be Disneyland or those stupid beach boardwalk stores. What’s the point anymore?
I knew on first site it was from Turkey because I am Turkish. This are mostly low quality chocolates which they sell for cheap in LIDL-like grocery stores (bim,şok,a101). There are good ones like own Turkish brands but likely more pricy and would not profitable for the scammers of prag dnjdjdndjdjjd.
I wondered why people would be buying "Prague chocolate" anyway as it's not exactly a local speciality. Discovered that Orion (the Nestle-owned Czech brand which makes Studentska pecet, the Czech chocolate at 3:39) used to be Pražské čokoládovny! It's not been in Prague for decades though.
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And of course, don't forget to visit praguechoco.eu/ 🙂
I think the site is down from too much traffic 😅
sadly, I'm timing out trying to visit your website, you might be too popular for the hosting tier you chose.
Website is awesome :D
Did someone take down the site? Turkish hackers?
@@adzaga what was on it
You are not" two dudes in Prague causing trouble". You are two exceptional people exposing scams, tricks, illegal and dishonest behaviour in your city and you have made a huge difference.Even City officials look at your videos and sometimes intervene. Keep up the great work
They should be collecting salary from the city of Prague 😊
I go for a Studenska any time 😊
he was obviously being sarcastic 🙄
That’s fantastic to know!
As an honest to god, never tell a lie, Turkish chocolate re-seller, I disagree!
Not only is it a scam, it’s a dangerous scam. Not listing the correct ingredients is extremely negligent. Someone could be allergic to one of the ingredients not listed and could die from a reaction.
I mean if you are that allergic to something you surely dont buy a suspicious product and especially a product that doesnt list all the ingredients. My moms really allergic to nuts for example and she reads the ingredients list of every single chocolate she buys.
@@Ex0rz "suspicious product" sorry to disappoint you but even non-suspicious product could be dangerous to a person with allergics. recently there was a case about person dying from allergic reaction in disney park after the restaurant "claiming" their food didnt had any allergic ingredients.
@@Ex0rz how are they supposed to know that all the ingredients are not listed?
How is it suspicious!? It has plastic, a tag, a tag with the ingredients listed. How are we supposed to know that they lied on the tag? That this stand doesn't respect the laws stating that info on tags of a product must be correct!? A girl just died buying cookies in the grocery store because they lied on the ingredients tag on the wrapper! How are we the consumer, who are so far removed from production supposed to know that people have put a fake tag on their product. Your attitude is what allows producers to kill people indiscriminately so that they can just make more money!
@@vendybirdsvadl7472 I know that I'm not dumb. But I'm merely referring to a product that doesnt list the ingredients at all.
the fact that you actually bought the website is hilarious. great promotions :D
If they really bought it (and didn't just talk to the actual owner to put up the image) they did it in April. That domain has been registered in April 2024, at least according to EURID
@@dustojnikhummerpeople are wearing shorts and t-shirts in the video and now the weather is not that great, this video was probably taken in the summer or spring.
@@dustojnikhummer We did buy it, and I believe it is down for some reason :(
@@janekrubesIt worked for me just a few minutes ago. Nice photo 😂
@@dustojnikhummer the picture on the website has the date of april 2024 as well, so i guess they filmed around that time
I am from Istanbul, Turkey and that brand is not a good chocolate brand I can confirm.
Well, yeah, you won't get good chocolate from Vietnamese shops. But at least it's edible compared to some other cheap, disgusting chocolate you can buy around Christmas and Easter celebrations here.
@@rundaneperu9334 "compared to some other cheap, disgusting chocolate you can buy around Christmas" - Even in normal supermarkets. I'll never make that mistake again.
@@rundaneperu9334The Vietnamese?! Those sandle-wearing goldfish tenders? Bosh Flimshaw!
For future reference, please name a couple good brands of Turkish chocolate?
@@Sam-pw6vi Şölen and Eti are great examples.
We need people like you on every touristic place arround the world.
I think that in many countries it would be possible
but in some countries pointing out some of these problems could be dangerous
round and round and round the world
Yes we do!
They could just literally sell the empty box itself as a "Prague" themed souvenir and at least they wouldn't be lying to people.
Yeah, people love boxes and tins.
Except there is another city on some, so they would be still lying.
No one will buy just a tin for the price they are asking so having the chocolate in it justifies the higher price. Stupid con artists ruin it for everyone. It stains the experience of honest business practices from that part world because it's tainted with a negative experience.
It's honestly sad and even a little ironic that this historic marketplace only caters to tourists. As a tourist myself, I am far more interested in local goods than imported repackaged goods.
market for locals wouldnt survive there as normal people dont live there anymore, probably more than half of the flats are either offices or airbnb, and probably every tenth building being a hotel...
Selling a small tin box for 7 Euros and tricking youur customer is such a sleazy scam. These people have no honor.
Local people gradually moved out of the area over last 30 years as the area was gradually overrun by mass tourism. Its not really an environment you would choose to love your regular life with family etc. Sad, but this is the impact of growth of mass tourism
Than you need to try Jiřího z Poděbrad or near metro Luka but in certain times, need to Google
But you know this whole market is a tourist trap, don't you? It stands out a mile. I always goof around places like that, spend some time and never buy a single thing. It's raw stupidity that nurtures places like that.
😂😂😂 "We're just 2 dudes causing trouble in our city." 👍 You are just 2 dudes protecting tourists against scammers. Thank you!
I once went to the very north of Norway and bought a fluffy toy. I read the label and it was made in my hometown with 10k people in it...
It's good for you to support your local economy.
Judging by your name, you are Scandinavian? I would be surprised if I saw any stuffed toy here that was made in any of our 3 countries to be honest. I would assume they were all imported from China, Vietnam etc.
If the label on the box doesn't match the contents, then it's game over, isn't it? Report the product to whatever's the Czech equivalent of "Consumer Protection Agency" and have it shut down.
We have ČOI which means Czech Bussiness Inspection and somebody from comments said that they reported to them in CZ Channel of Honest Guide
@@maximux777 The Czech government does nothing. I reported that shop selling expired goods to the Czech food safety agency and didn't even get any response back.
@@Tiax776governments are lazy, you need a fuq ing lot of folks reporting their ass
@8:01 it says: 30TH OF FEBRUARY 2025 IS THE DATE OF EXPIRATION :D :D You can't make this stuff up LOL
Oh, come on, this is the best part of the whole thing and nobody, not even them probably, have noticed so far. Amazing comment.
Hahaha brilliant
Hahahhahahahahahah
No way bro, that‘s fcking hilarious.
Yours should be the top comment!!!
I have been watching your videos since 2020 and finally visted Prague in November 2023. I used a lot of your videos as guides and my experiences in the city were amazing. I also Kunta Hora and Olomouc and again, amazing cities.
You are doing great work! I almost bought this Prague choco box as a souvenir at that same market when I was in Prague! The boxes were really beautiful and there were many tourists buying them at that time. But it didn’t sit well with me that I have to pay 7 EUR for a small box and i figured I can just go to a supermarket to buy chocolate souvenirs. Seeing this video now, I am so glad i skipped out on the chocolate goods from that market!
I was kinda OK with the dude on the phone saying he sells the box with extra chocolate in it.
But when you showed us it's not even a Prague building on it, I burst out laughing 🙂
Thanks for the public announcement
You were OK???? This is a typical sample of fraud and the ridiculous voice on the phone was trying to explain the inexplicable. The whole thing is just for laughs.
@@irondasgr I was actually OK with the fact the dude is a scammer and what he says holds perfectly : he sells a box. The label is ambiguous enough. But the rest was too funny... I bet he sells the same box in many cities, hence the "heart of europe" thing. And he prints the right city name on the lid.
When I was in Japan one of my friends was Indonesian. She was surprised there were so many items made in Indonesia (shoes, clothes) for sale in Japan whereas in Indonesia itself those items are only available 'made in China'!
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Wrong ingedients list should make it illegal, right?
5:37 The fact that you could buy the domain is hilarious. On the website, you might want to provide more of an explanation and a link to this video. People may think you are pranking them and are responsible.
I tried to access the link but it is not possible. Regardless of which I think he should definitely inform people that it's not real prog chocolate on the website so in case anybody does check the website before purchasing knows
It directs you to a picture of Janek and Honza holding the chocolate tin and giving a thumbs down with Janeks disappointed face :D
Visited Prague for the first time a couple weeks ago, an amazing city with lots of views and culture and bars (especially enjoyed Havelska koruna and Stridacka). Had a really great time and will definetelly come back some day. Thank You so much Janek And Honza.
My city in the US has an open market like this, but they are extremely strict about what gets sold there. Pre packaged little things in tins cannot be sold there. I know a farmer that sells his peaches there and he told me that the city even sends someone out to verify that the produce comes from your farm. Every seller has to prove that they produce the goods locally. Praque needs to get on board with that same plan.
This should definitely be classified as a scam. They buy the whole package for 3 Euros…put a few measly pieces in the box (with some paper) and sell it for 7 Euros. Not to mention the false advertisement and the fact that tourists might buy it to give as a gift back home, thinking it contains Czech chocolates as you said. And yeah, the owner you spoke to @ 6:10 sounded untrustworthy and knew he was ripping people off. Bottom line: if you ever go to this place, avoid buying it at all costs.
such boxes are not cheap, so you can argue that the box itself - as a reusable and nice looking souvenir - is worth the 7 €.... I don't really see the issue here, tbh.
0:59 Oh Janek, you always have to czech things!
It is a scam because the box doesn't contain what it advertises which is chocolate from Prague, Czech Republic. Instead it contai Turkish chocolate. It falls under false advertisement too.
i love how the call with the owner started by owner being instantly defensive exactly about this .....
Well people dont buy it for the chocolate we dont sell it as a Prague chocolate it is just a name of the company .
He knew it's a dirty practice and was waiting exactly for this moment .
I know it deceiving and a tricky way to sell it to the tourists but the product was not precisely saying it is made in Prague, it was only saying Prague chocolate. There are companies like Cat, Greyhound bus company etc. I dont expect these companies to sell products made of Cat or the Dog breed greyhound bruh.
@@dab7805 But you would expect the Greyhound bus to go faster than the average bus, right?
I saw you talking about that market many times thats why I visited it this summer. That "market" is horrible. Like all those "souvenir" shops around. I would never waste time going there again.
This is bringing up bad memories, I used to live in the south east of the UK & went to the extreme north of Scotland on holiday & 300+ Km road trip. There I purchased a jar of "Scottish Venison Pate" as a gift for my mother. When I returned & gave it to her she was pleased & it was really good patte, but then she showed me the small print on the label: "Made in Norwich with Venison & Pheasant meat".
Not only was it not 100% venison (forgivable as it was good) it was made & packaged for the Scottish tourist industry in a factory ~25 Km from where I lived.
Couldn't you take now them in court because they are using your site without authorisation?
I think a big giveaway is, that its not real Prague chocolate, is that they put a generic picture from Prague and labeled the product as "Prague Choco". A serious brand would definetly have their brand name on it and maybe Prague choco in their description.
The company's name was Prague Choco S.R.O. though.
And also a generic picture from a different city, not even Prague...
Chocolates (or any consumables for that matter) with city/country themed packaging is almost always geared towards tourists.
Personally, I am ok with paying for a box/package that I really like. I have a couple tins sitting at home for years that I haven't bothered opening. I bought them as a show piece, and use them as a show piece - I have no desire to eat whatever cheap, oily, chocolate might be resident in them.
But even I feel the marketing here is scummy. At least get the photos and ingredients right, lol.
I dont think its illegal to have a product to have a city name and the product being not manufacturerd in that same city. Obviously its deceiving the customers. They should bring up a law prohibiting city or country name for companies or product
This can still be done honestly though. You can get generic tins of Scottish shortbread from tourist shops in Scotland, complete with generic pictures of Scotland and generic shortbread inside. At least, though, you do get a tin of shortbread.
I went to that market and found a bag of coffee beans from Albert (the local supermarket) with just a picture of Prague slapped on it. That market really is a joke 😂
I am a Turk. I was born and raised in Istanbul, the biggest city in the country. This low quality chocolate brand is not well known in Turkey. Its products are usually sold in discount markets. On the company's own online website, the current price of 1 kilogram of this chocolate is 190 liras (5 Euros.) As an example, I am 40 years old and I have never tasted any product of this brand until now.
If you come to Istanbul you will find crooks, con artists, tourist robbers and much more in the Grand Bazaar, Sultanahmet, Eminönü, Sirkeci, Çemberlitaş, Spice Bazaar and Beyoğlu, Taksim, Galata, Karaköy areas.
I can also help you as a guide if you like.
Guiding a guide. :)
Guys 5:31 U have to make a page, that tells people the history behind the box at least a link to the video, but the idea of buying the domain is incredible 😂😂😂😂
You got me with this site that you bought to expose the scammers , so funny!!! I am watching you many years in a row from your beggining and i think this year is time to visit Prague because of you ! Keep it going !
7:26 bro got rizz💀🔥🔥🥶
Janek, that you joinked the url is amazing! Keep keeping it real!
🇨🇿 Thanks for protecting tourists against SCAMMERS!!! 🚩🚩🚩
The majority of tourists will still be buying that crap.
Note to everyone: Any chocolate product that is marketed to tourists and named after the country you are in is going to be the cheapest least-appetising chocolate you've ever tasted.
The same applies to buying chocolates marketed to tourists where it is named after a neighbouring country - I bought Singapore chocolates in Indonesia once, because they were cheap and I was amused that they weren't even for the country I was in. They were meant to have strawberry flavour but I think they actually had durian flavour.
And in case anybody isn’t familiar with durian, it’s a giant spiky Asian fruit with flesh that looks like custard, but it has one of those love-it-or-hate-it flavors. I’ve tried it a few times, and to me it tastes like stinky cheese and dirty socks mixed with mashed bananas and gasoline. 🤢 But millions and millions of people love it!
Now that video would be the perfect opportunity to display some prag chocolate if local chocolate exists.
Nice video as always! Greetings from Germany
Shop the local section at a store that carries international chocolates like the Cokolada shop in Prague. Brand name artisan chocolates Jordi's and Ajala are a sure bet. "Prague Chocolate" is a brand name not a type of chocolate. What you are looking to buy is Czech chocolate, same as you would buy Swiss, French, Belgian chocolate etc. You don't shop for Stockholm chocolate, Nice chocolate or Brussels chocolate. Chocolate type comes from a particular country or region rather than a town or city.
Před dvěma lety jsem vzala mamku na výlet do Prahy a procházeli jsme kolem Havelského tržiště-na moment jsem se otióčila a mamka koupila malinkou vaničku ovoce za 536kč...když jsem se jí ptala proč za to proboha dala tolik peněz tak jí prý bylo blbé to vracet když už to dala paní co to tam prodávala zvážit. Minulý rok jsem brala na výlet prarodiče a této ulici jsem se pro jistotu zcela vyhnula.
já si chtěl pár let zpátky koupit třešně a vidím cenovku 25,- říkám si to je v poho, tak říkám dejte mně tady tu vaničku a ženská hlásí 250,- říkám cože? a ona hned spustí ste si snad nemyslel, že je to cena za kilo, a já “ano myslel, v životě sem nekupoval třešně tak netuším kolik stojí a poctivej obchodník uvádí cenu v kilech” mařka se začla rozčilovat 😂 šmelijou a ješte se pak rozčilujou když na ně příjdete :-D
Guys, I somehow found out your channel and love your contents! Keep doing it and educating travellers!
I skipped Prague when I was in Europe cuz I heard it was full of scammers. I'm glad you're cleaning it up and showing travellers how to stay safe and not get ripped off.
The website is hillarious!
So good
It's just a redirect to a photo there.
Lost potential.
I got a hotdog there for 50 crown a few years ago. Coming back to Prague in December!! Can’t wait!! Your city is one of my favorite cities I’ve ever been to, not to mention the best beer in the world!!!
I bought a wooden book with the castle printed on it a few years ago, and the same cheap chocolate doesn`t taste good. The book can be used as a piggy bank if you want, but it's not worth the price. I love what you have done with the site. Maybe add a text saying this is not Czech or good chocolate?
In this version of the video, there is no cut featuring the Pardubice-based RUclipsr Ment, whose real name is Jan Macák, one of the biggest RUclipsrs in the Czech Republic. In the Czech version of the video, there is a cut where he confirms that the building on the cover is from Pardubice.
So even Honest Guide is ripping off the tourist?
I hate those touristy shops. I've been scammed there in the past too. They gave me a newer iteration of a map that looked nothing like the one they advertised, even when I specifically asked if it was the same. They told me they couldn't refund it because I paid by card and not cash. That's just factually incorrect, in the EU all consumers are allowed to refund their purchase within 14 days and no reason being given. I wondered if I should call the police for this stuff. But as my train was leaving in less than half an hour, I didn't have the time to stick around anyway.
"That's just factually incorrect, in the EU all consumers are allowed to refund their purchase within 14 days and no reason being given." not true in physical shops. Only when buying online.
@@rk8872 Yeah, my bad, messed up in my thinking there. But can they really sell you something under false pretences like that? I even asked explicitly if the map was the same. If anything, I'm trying to highlight how unapologetically greedy these people are. If any business with a local customer base acted like that, they'd go out of business very soon, at least where I live.
@@Maxime_K-G They just don't care because such businessses don't rely on steady customers. Tourists are random and they form a renewable resource. Every day there is fresh stock awaiting to get scammed.
The tin should have been filled with traditional Czech Turkish Delight!
Glad you're on our side.
I'm from Turkey and going to visit Prague and Brno next week. Dodged a big time from home 😂😂😂 Thanks guys!
I agree with you that this seems lik a little scam and worse things are happening. But sadly people with food allergies die because of people not accurately listing ingredients. It's incredibly dangerous and a ballerina died last year because the cookies she bought didn't have the peanut oil listed. She died on the sidewalk in front of the grocery store before paramedics even arrived. This is very dangerous and sad.
Wow..that's sad. 😢
It's similar in my home town of Salzburg: there are countless suppliers of Mozartkugeln, they call themselves genuine and original, with all variations of Mozart and Salzburg in the name. They are made in the city of Salzburg, in Austria, Germany, etc. It's not a scam as such, you get a chocolate ball with a marzipan and nougat filling. But the quality and taste are sometimes not good. And there is only one really genuine Mozartkugel.
I was once offered an authentic Mozart little chocolate and it was gross. Nothing I would ever like to taste again.
Klasický příklad toho jak koupit levného tureckého zajíce v českém pytli 😉
Aneb
nesuď jen dle obalu 😂
What’s crazy is that I’m pretty sure I visited your school, my school went on a trip to Prague and we visited a green school in Prague to have lunch. That’s honestly crazy to me
Good job bro ! I went with my gf for 2 days in Prague and you were our guide even if you didn't know it! Thanks a lot !
If you want to buy Czech chocolates, go to a Czech supermarket 😊 - when I holiday in the Netherlands, I buy my souvenirs from Albert Heijn.
i respect your effort, you are a hero bro, this is a low quality chocolate, not popular here. , greetings from Turkiye.
I sincerely chuckled and laughed out loud when i went to the website , nice one guys XD
Just found these guys and can’t stop watching!!!
you got a nice website, quality UI and UX! The page wraps around the picture so nicely, too bad the image itself is so small. 9/10
Wrong labels, is there no food safety organization in the Czech Republic? You'd think that would be mandatory if they're in the EU.
That alone is a reason to shut that company down.
Enough for a stern warning.
The photo is hysterical!!!
Oddly enough there is a store with excellent locally made chocolate not that far from the market. In Havelská 502 there is ‘Janek Chocholate’ (no relation). Their chocolates are worth the price. 😋
Brilliant as ever. Personally not one to buy such "souvenirs" myself - so thanks for pointing out why! Was there in the summer - and had a lovely lunch and few beers in a pub along there!
I suppose you could sell the tin boxes by themselves, like within a candy store, and let customers fill it with their own coice of candy. That would be a pretty ok souvenir because the boxes look pretty, if somewhat generic. But the bogus logotype and false ingredient list means that this was planned as a scam from the start.
Also a funny thing that was noticed by commenters in the Czech version of this video: Expiration date is the 30th February 2025.
Greetings from the USA! Your accent and English sounds American! Enjoy the videos, keep them coming.
I'm pleased you bought the domain name. They earned that one all their own.
I would, however consider, adding it onto a hosting plan if you've already got one, as it's more reliable than redirects. Obviously, don't bother buying hosting for it alone, but redirects can get iffy with high traffic, which you'll be having for a while. If you've gone with a temporary redirect (302), good. If you've chosen a permanent redirect (301), it could explain why people are having trouble, those take a good while to cache properly and I'd recommend avoiding them in future. But if you've already chosen a 301, it's best to leave it alone unless you have a hosting plan to fall back on.
Sorry for the unsolicited advice, but you're doing the gods' work as far as I'm concerned so I felt moved to help the cause.
I was In Prague this weekend and I visited that market twice, I looked at a few items and everything just felt cheap and nothing original from Czech, I looked at a leather wallet which was nice, advertised like hand made but for £20/25 I fount I'd hard to believe, plus they all looked to similar to not have that hand made feel, I could be very wrong, anyway it is a nice market to visit, there is a similar market down by the river, I visited on Friday,
this guy needs more subscriber! tourist needs to know more
How is it not possible to get such stands closed via some consumer rights protecting entity? I mean if these merchants lie straight up saying that it is Prague / Czech chocolate and it is made in Turkey. At least in my country that would be illegal / misleading practice.
Yet nothing surprising regarding businesses that mislead people unfortunately, it gets worse as I have seen cases where people are scammed out of their real-estate when taking loans.
Great video as usual. I believe that law enforcement should be more meaningful in everywhere in the world. I mean, if two volunteers on RUclips can expose this to thousands in 10 minutes, what is the excuse of authorities?
Nobody in Turkey like those chocolates neither :D
That firm "Elvan" is one of the biggest sugary-things producers in Turkey, so their products are the cheapest, but also the worst :) Since they are not popular among Turks, they mostly export their chocolates to the other countries. Actually, I see more Elvan chocolates here in Czechia than Turkey :)
Serbia is full of them as well. There's a wholsale market here in Novi Sad and there's a shop selling Turkish sweets and biscuits exclusively. Of course, "Elvan" products among them.
Awesome move to buy the domain 😀 ! - Thank you guys for all the informative work you are doing!
looking at the wayback machine, that website seems to have been for a souvenir wholesale company in 2011. the non-exhaustive product list on the homepage reads: Perníky s fotkou Prahy z jedlého papíru; Čokolády různých druhů v obalu s Prahou; Oplatky několika druhů v obalu s Prahou; Plechové dózy s potiskem Prahy. make of that what you will
First! Love from Croatia 🥰🥰
Are you sure you're sending us actual love from Croatia? Maybe you had it made in Turkey. 😂
Haha, from ( Turkey ) aka Croatia 🤣🤣
I wish there was an Honest Guide for every country.
Th fact that you bought that domain, and put up the picture is hilarious🤣
2:05 "One Kilo, almost 2 lbs." Canada here. I was in 8th grade when my country switched from Imperial to Metric, so im fluent in both measurements.
One Kilo=2.2 Lbs
Just FYI
I noticed the sticker also said 90g of Chocolate. You should have weighed it. Because i bet that was closer to 40g, which would be a scam and fraud.
This is the best channel in yt
You should be sponsored by your gov, you folks doing great service to you country!
I wouldn't trust the expiring date written there...
Excellent job! I love your videos.
Byl jsem v Praze pětkrát a samozřejmě já vím to markétu.
Next trip I will not buy chocolates there, that is a fact😊.
Děkuji moc za informace.
Měj se moc hezky.
A pozdravy z Argentiny
I bought a very cool skull door knocker on that same market over 20 years ago. Huge heavy, solid copper and very cheap. I still have it to this day. Also got a cool handmade clay golem. I'm guessing there's just mass produced tat there today.
Maybe these tins were overstock and were never used for their original intended chocolates. Maybe the guy at the market bought all the remaining empty tins at a low price and decided to fill them with cheap chocolate. This could also explain why the domain name 'Prague Choco' was available to buy, perhaps it belonged to a now defunct company that no longer exists. But this is just my speculation.
Or maybe they're just a bunch of low-achieving scammers.
@@blackrabbit212 Probably
I think more cities should do this, have people like you show what to look out for.
Don't know if you have already done so but how about a guide of what's good places to go to and food to try.👍👌♥️
We went to this market when we visited Prague two weeks ago, it was all cheap (cheap in taste, not necessarily price) stuff. Although I did have a nice poppy seed and plum strudel and coffee. I will share a couple nice places I bought souveneirs from though:
Galerie Pastelka (local artist, fantasy art)
Localhand (textiles)
Orel & Friends (locally made gifts)
🦉🐯 These guys save people money, and have great advice, keep up the great work chaps, it’s much appreciated. 🇬🇧
I love the content you put onto the website, lol
This happens with UK Seaside fudge. Its always made somewhere completely different. I looked at the back of Skegness fudge, it was made in Bridlington.
When i was in Filey ( which isn't far from Bridlington I looked at the Filey fudge, it was made in Skegness 😂
The link isn't working and I can't find the website through google for some reason
It works fine for me. I'm not surprised Google doesn't find it, though.
I'm an American who's been living here 10 years now. Sometimes I really hate this city and I'm sick of having that feeling. Seeing your videos makes me think the city itself will never do anything to improve things. Tell me what you need and I'll work for you for free.
The Czech government not clamping don ón these scams is a disgrace.
So they sell Prague chocolate boxes, there is a photo of Pardubice on it, and there are Turkish chocolates bought from Vietnamese market in it. Cool :)
They do this in other countries as well. I bought one in Belgium. I still have it, I think. I remember opening it and being very disappointed.
In Prague now. Fenicular train closed for 2 years! Bumme. Long walk up. Greta town. Thanks for all good advice
It’s so hard trying to be a traveler these days. I’ve tried going to the places my parents went to and it’s all catered towards Chinese tourists. No local handmade stuff. No local
markets. No local restaurants. It’s like they’re all trying to be Disneyland or those stupid beach boardwalk stores. What’s the point anymore?
I knew on first site it was from Turkey because I am Turkish. This are mostly low quality chocolates which they sell for cheap in LIDL-like grocery stores (bim,şok,a101). There are good ones like own Turkish brands but likely more pricy and would not profitable for the scammers of prag dnjdjdndjdjjd.
I wondered why people would be buying "Prague chocolate" anyway as it's not exactly a local speciality. Discovered that Orion (the Nestle-owned Czech brand which makes Studentska pecet, the Czech chocolate at 3:39) used to be Pražské čokoládovny! It's not been in Prague for decades though.
That tin box looks cool - I love tin boxes. But the truffles inside doesn't last 10 second ....
So nice that you gave them chocolate to the two girls
Will they take candy from a complete stranger?
Yes, they will 😂😂😂😂