Amazon Launches Camera Installation Service

Author: Brian Rhodes, Published on May 18, 2015

If Amazon selling cameras for cheap does not get your attention, maybe the fact they have added installation services will.

Not only can end-users buy hardware themselves, but now they are able to get quotes from multiple installers at the same time who are all competing to be the lowest priced provider.

In this note, we examine Amazon's Home Services for surveillance installation.

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Prescreened **********

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Profit ********

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Comments (28)

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Ari Erenthal

Chesapeake & Midlantic | 05/18/15 03:38pm

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Patrick Heenan

IPVMU Certified | 05/18/15 03:46pm

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Undisclosed Integrator #4

In reply to Patrick Heenan | 05/19/15 06:40pm
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Undisclosed Integrator #1

05/18/15 03:49pm

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Brian Rhodes

IPVMU Certified | In reply to Undisclosed Integrator #1 | 05/18/15 04:03pm

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Patrick Clarke

In reply to Brian Rhodes | 05/19/15 01:41pm

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Ari Erenthal

Chesapeake & Midlantic | In reply to Patrick Clarke | 05/19/15 01:55pm

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Brian Rhodes

IPVMU Certified | In reply to Ari Erenthal | 05/19/15 05:10pm

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Brian Rhodes

IPVMU Certified | 05/18/15 04:01pm

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Keefe Lovgren

IPVMU Certified | 05/18/15 06:32pm

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Undisclosed #2

05/18/15 07:10pm

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Brian Rhodes

IPVMU Certified | In reply to Undisclosed #2 | 05/18/15 07:41pm

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Undisclosed #2

05/18/15 08:14pm

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Brian Rhodes

IPVMU Certified | In reply to Undisclosed #2 | 05/18/15 08:21pm

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Undisclosed Integrator #1

05/18/15 08:26pm

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Undisclosed #2

In reply to Undisclosed Integrator #1 | 05/18/15 08:42pm

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Hal Bennick

In reply to Undisclosed #2 | 05/21/15 02:37pm

***, *** ********* ***** ** **** ****@******.***....

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Brian Rhodes

IPVMU Certified | In reply to Undisclosed Integrator #1 | 05/18/15 08:45pm

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Matt Transue

05/18/15 08:56pm

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Hal Bennick

In reply to Matt Transue | 05/21/15 02:38pm

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Undisclosed Integrator #3

05/19/15 02:23am

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John Honovich

IPVM | 05/19/15 04:38pm

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Undisclosed Integrator #5

In reply to John Honovich | 01/11/17 11:00am

"****** ******" ** ********* **** **** :)

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Ari Erenthal

Chesapeake & Midlantic | 05/19/15 04:41pm

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Undisclosed #2

In reply to Ari Erenthal | 05/19/15 07:13pm

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** *** **** *** *** *** **-********* *** *****? (*** then **-******* *** *****, **** *** ******* *******).

John Honovich

IPVM | 05/19/15 05:06pm

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Alan Dodds

05/25/15 04:38pm

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Ari Erenthal

Chesapeake & Midlantic | 07/12/16 06:03pm

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