what is the point of buying Dummy cameras costing upto £30

when you could buy a old one say 380tvl or 420tvl for less off fleabay

an use it, or even not use it an save some £ over the cheap china dummys

http://www.maplin.co.uk/c/cctv-and-security/dummy-cameras-and-warning-signs

 

an those ones with the red flashing lights that rotate just say to a thief its a fake,

there the only ones with red flashing lights

 

suppose you could mod a real mini cam into one an people would treat it as blag one

but i would not waste the money myself,

 

sorry for moaning guys just seems daft to me

Edited February 8, 201412 yr by EggyBum69

lol, true, I sometimes fit fakes as adjuncts to a real system. but NEVER fit the batteries. Exception being the one on the front bulkhead of my van.

 

i think System Q sell the actual empty housings from theirs for a perfect match?

yeah like adt sell dummy alarm boxes to go with there real set ups

 

those swann craplin domes look like there own real 1s £15 ffs

 

ive see loads of real working box cameras going for £5 + 5 quid post

 

hardly any1 bids on em if there not well listed

Edited February 8, 201412 yr by EggyBum69

Local small chain budget DIY shop has (presumably) done just that.

 

All of a sudden they have 50 traditional cameras, all clearly (once) real, in a small shop.

 

No doubt some work, but can't believe all of them do. And clearly second hand, yellowed cases etc...

Edited February 8, 201412 yr by datadiffusion

Local small chain budget DIY shop has (presumably) done just that.

 

All of a sudden they have 50 traditional cameras, all clearly (once) real, in a small shop.

 

No doubt some work, but can't believe all of them do. And clearly second hand, yellowed cases etc...

thats probably a better option then one of the corner shops i seen with fakes,

someone had removed the cover on 1 an drew an arrow on the wall pointing at it with FAKE written in marker pen

i had to chuckle wish i had a camera handy , bloody cheeky kids i reckon lool

Yeah if you didn't know better you'd say this shop is all real, joe average would.

 

To be honest it suits the store which other than the goods being sold hasn't been
touched since it was once a finefare in the 1970s!

 

Fake cameras on their own will always bite you on the **** in the end though, as the kids have proven!

Yeah if you didn't know better you'd say this shop is all real, joe average would.

 

To be honest it suits the store which other than the goods being sold hasn't been

touched since it was once a finefare in the 1970s!

 

Fake cameras on their own will always bite you on the **** in the end though, as the kids have proven!

  ive seen places like that

 

 these were the dummy looking dummies not the realistic type

only the only metal bits being the screws to mount them

I know the ones...

 

On a stalk with a rubber fake cable? The only thing supposedly flushed in, in a cornershop full of crud surface wiring and bodges... 

aiy an a tub of homemade smarties that are well past edible consumption

Local small chain budget DIY shop has (presumably) done just that.

All of a sudden they have 50 traditional cameras, all clearly (once) real, in a small shop.

No doubt some work, but can't believe all of them do. And clearly second hand, yellowed cases etc...

like 'safety' cameras - you know for a fact not all but some work, so your not sure if that one works or not, that causes uncertainty and so an effective deferent to speeding to drivers and thief's alike 'just in case'.

a dummy bell has the same effect to some degree, ADT get a free advert if not a service contract.

Edited February 9, 201412 yr by arfur mo