Death Of A Dummy Camera Manufacturer

Published Apr 25, 2018 14:39 PM

5 years ago, IPVM gathered insights from a dummy camera manufacturer, who was then the top selling dummy camera provider on Amazon and 3rd in all of surveillance cameras, real or dummy.

Now, that company has exited the dummy camera business. In this note, we share feedback from the company's founder on what happened as well as looking at the impact the race to the bottom has had on dummy cameras.

Update: ** ****** ******* ***** *******

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Claims '******* ************ ********* *** ********'

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** **** ***** *********** ****** **** **** quality *** ****** ***** **** *** own ******. *** ****** *** ** significant **** ****** **** ** ******* to ***** ** *** ****** *****, shut **** *** *******, *** *********** operations ** ****************.

Amazon '*** *** ****'

********* ** *********, ****** '*** ******' to **** *********** *******, *** **** even *** *** ***** ****** ******* being **** ***** ** '****************' ******* is ****. 

*** ***** ** ******* *********** ******* Amazon *** ************ ******** ** ******* dummy ******* ************* ****** *** ************* *** ******* ******** ***** ******** of **** ********* *** *********** ***** cameras.

** ****, ******'* **** ** ******** is *** ** *** **** ** Shoemaker's ***** ***** *********** *** ****************, such ** *********** ***** ** ******** names (******** ******* * ***** ******* ********) .  ** *******, *** ****** legal ********* ** ***** *** ***** or ***** ****** ******** **** ******* his, *********** *** ********.

*************, *** ********* ***** *** '****************' brand **** ***** ****** **** ***** cameras, *** ************** *********, ***** ****** *********, *** fake **** *****:

********* ***** ** **** **** ** these ******** *** **** ** *** or *** **** *** ***-********* ******* and ****** *** '*********' **** ***** the ***** *** ****** ******* ** bolster ***** **********.

Broader **** ** ***** ******* **** * *****

**** *******, ** ******** **** ***** has **** * *********** **** ** the '****** *****' ** ***** ******* relative ** '****' *******. *** *******, the *** *** ******* ****** *** surveillance ******* ********* *** **** **** $40:

********, **** ********* ********, *** ** **-*********, ******* ************ cameras *** **** $**, *** ******* *** ***-**** **** surveillance ******* **** ****** **** **** significant. ******, * ***** ***, *********'* top ***** ****** **** $**.

****** * ***** *** **** *********'* company *** #* ******* ** ************ cameras, ** ***** ****** ****** *** now ** ******'* *** **. **** 2 ***** ******* **** *** *** 50, **** *** * ***** ******* ***, effectively, $* ** $* *** ***** camera:

*** **** ***** ***** ** ** are *** ** ** *** ***** real (****** *** *******) ************ ******* are ***** **** *** ****** ** low, ****** ***** ******* * ***** sell.

******, ** ********, ***** ******* ****** have ****** *************.

Comments (17)
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Luis Carmona
Apr 25, 2018
Geutebruck USA • IPVMU Certified

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Apr 25, 2018

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Apr 25, 2018
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Apr 25, 2018

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Apr 26, 2018

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Apr 25, 2018
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Sean Nelson
Apr 25, 2018
Nelly's Security

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Brian Rhodes
Apr 25, 2018
IPVMU Certified

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Sean Nelson
Apr 25, 2018
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Apr 28, 2018

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Sean Nelson
Apr 30, 2018
Nelly's Security

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Undisclosed #3
Apr 28, 2018
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Sean Nelson
Apr 28, 2018
Nelly's Security

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Undisclosed #3
Apr 28, 2018
IPVMU Certified

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Kyle Folger
Apr 29, 2018
IPVMU Certified

******** * ***'* ******* ** *** a ******* ** ******, ** *** a ******* ** ****. ** ******** iPhone **** *** **** *******. * used ** *** ******** *** **** broke **** **** **** ****** ***. I've **** *** *** ******* ***** and *'** *** ** ****** ** for ***** * ***** ** **. I ***** *******, *** *'* ****** how **** * *** ***** ** along. ******* *** **** ***** ********* have ******* ***** ***** ** ***********, I ****'* **** ********* ** ******* because * ** *** ****** ***** on ** ***** **** ***** * would ** ******* ***** ** *** past ** *** ********* *** ***** paying *** ********** *****.

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* ***** * **** ********** **** to ******** *** **** ** *********** durable ****. **** ** ****** * purchase * **** ****** ** ***** will *** ** *** **** ****. I **** **** **** ******/**** *** don't ****** **** ** ******.

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Undisclosed #3
May 21, 2018
IPVMU Certified

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******* ****** ** *** ****** ** printing **** **** ***** ************ *******: