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spy shops

Postby analogue_pink » 30 Oct 2006 18:11

I am wondering if anyone knows of any spy shops in toronto that sell picks.

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Postby Schuyler » 30 Oct 2006 18:12

You're probably better off buying over the internet,

I must say, your username sketches me out...
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Postby UWSDWF » 30 Oct 2006 18:13

it's not worth it they overprice so much that it's better to order online by far
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Postby Raccoon » 30 Oct 2006 18:32

a "spy shop" is another name for a "joke shop". you should never buy anything of serious nature from there. perhaps itching powder or disappearing ink pens, but that's it.

try www.lockpicktools.com for some of the most affordable lockpicks, but of decent quality.
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Postby Bud Wiser » 30 Oct 2006 18:43

well I agree as far as picks go, you can find better and cheaper, but would hardly call spy shops joke shops. I sell "spy stuff" and some of the equipment is not toys at all but rather expensive surveillance and counter surveillance equipment going for as much as thousands of dollars. Some of the equipment is just plain hard to find and therefore worth the higher price if that is what your looking for. But not picks. You can certainly find better :)
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Postby Raccoon » 30 Oct 2006 18:49

Do you really sell anything that absolutely cannot be googled or froogled for 80% the cost in minutes not hours?
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Postby Bud Wiser » 30 Oct 2006 18:52

Raccoon wrote:Do you really sell anything that absolutely cannot be googled or froogled for 80% the cost in minutes not hours?


yes. Try finding a CPM-700 Counter Measures Kit or similar unit selling for any price at all from other then good ol spy shops ;)
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Postby zeke79 » 30 Oct 2006 19:02

Wow, the OSCOR looks like a cool setup . 8)
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Postby UWSDWF » 30 Oct 2006 19:07

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Postby zeke79 » 30 Oct 2006 19:15

You know, I could have some fun just by suiting up in an all white paint suit and wearing SCBA using that. I would just wave it around while walking around my back yard which is on the perimeter of the refinery I work for.

Could raise a few eye brows from the neighbors eh :lol: .
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Postby Bud Wiser » 30 Oct 2006 19:22

UWSDWF wrote:http://www.pimall.com/nais/cpm700.html
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Thats a spy shop, the largest too :)
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Postby Bud Wiser » 30 Oct 2006 19:52

zeke79 wrote:You know, I could have some fun just by suiting up in an all white paint suit and wearing SCBA using that. I would just wave it around while walking around my back yard which is on the perimeter of the refinery I work for.

Could raise a few eye brows from the neighbors eh :lol: .


Oh you could have more fun with that. But thats a expensive little toy!

It is seriously over priced. Problem is no one sells any thing like that accpet spy shops, so they got you. The nice thing about this market is at the higher price range refunds are rare. People who buy stuff like that can afford dropping a few thousand with out even missing it. Unfortunately if your a gadget junkie like me, and would miss the bucks, it can hurt some times!

I haven't sold any thing like that in about 6 years. You need a demo to sell them in any regularity. My old security customers were hot leads.

Surveillance and counter surveillance are verry hot markets, or at least were. I'd sell some one a $3000 home security system, if they paid in cash, I knew I had another sale too ;)

My favorite toys were video surveillance. Subminiture cameras and hand held monitors that could pick up any frequency with in a 1/4 mile! Awesome stuff!

It was fun but my profit margin wasn't that much and out of pocket expenses were sizeable.

But I do agree most of the lower end stuff spy shops sell are junk.
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Postby eric343 » 31 Oct 2006 1:25

Does it do anything a bit of Optoelectronics kit can't?
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Postby digital_blue » 31 Oct 2006 3:07

Schuyler wrote:I must say, your username sketches me out...


Username was changed at my request. What it was changed to was his request. Funny guy. :P

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