Chamberlain myQ-G0401 - Wireless Smart Garage Hub and Controller + Ring Stick Up Cam Battery $44.97

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11-22-2020 at 01:26 AM #2

Careful... looks like the garage door opener charges a monthly fee.

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11-22-2020 at 01:29 AM #3

This deal is a mess (Amazon's fault, not posters.) On the amazon listing in the title it shows it comes with a stick up cam battery, but in description it says a stick up cam wired. However when you go to check out it actually has a indoor cam in the bundle($60 msrp rather than $100) rather than a stick up cam at all. I'd happily do this deal to get a $45 stick up cam battery (don't need the myQ hub, already have one,) but you can currently get the indoor cams for $30 at Home Depot in store so this isn't that great in that context.

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11-22-2020 at 01:39 AM #4

After reading the negative reviews, I would not put this on my garage door or pay for a subscription to connect. Also, thats an indoor cam, ac operated.

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11-22-2020 at 02:08 AM #5

Quote from OgreMustCrush :

This deal is a mess (Amazon's fault, not posters.) On the amazon listing in the title it shows it comes with a stick up cam battery, but in description it says a stick up cam wired. However when you go to check out it actually has a indoor cam in the bundle($60 msrp rather than $100) rather than a stick up cam at all. I'd happily do this deal to get a $45 stick up cam battery (don't need the myQ hub, already have one,) but you can currently get the indoor cams for $30 at Home Depot in store so this isn't that great in that context.

Thanks for the confirmation. I checked my order and cancelled it! Yeah, it's not OPs fault. Amazon ad is totally misleading

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11-22-2020 at 02:09 AM #6

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Careful... looks like the garage door opener charges a monthly fee.

I've still never paid a monthly fee. Maybe you could clarify what the fee is for.

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11-22-2020 at 02:10 AM #7

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I've still never paid a monthly fee. Maybe you could clarify what the fee is for.

Idk.. just read a ton of complaints on the amazon listing

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11-22-2020 at 06:30 AM #8

It's now 69$ but still with the indoor camera. I cancelled

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11-22-2020 at 08:02 AM #9

I've been using the older version of MyQ garage opener for a while now. Mine is a black box, not white like what they have on this listing. It's worked great for me. I only use it to control my garage door from my app and I pay no fees. It does want me to pay a fee to integrate with other smart home functions but I don't need that.

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11-22-2020 at 10:03 AM #10

Yeah to put some context around the subscription thing, they were charging a small monthly fee to link myQ to Google Assistant, IFTTT, or some others while other integrations were free (Wink, back when that service was actually relevant.) Right now it appears that the previously paid services are now free ... for a limited time. They don't give a date on how long that time is, just saying that it can go back to a paid service when they choose. I doubt many people actually paid for the integrations so I'm guessing they are evaluating that business model.

Also, oddly myQ doesn't integrate at all with Alexa, despite being a partner with Amazon for Key (thus this bundle.) However you can work around all this integration nonsense by using Home Assistant, which does work with myQ and even has features most of the supported integrations don't, such as allowing you to actually close the garage door (the myQ app and Key let you do this, but not other integrations as some misguided safety attempt, although I can't understand why letting one app do it but not another is somehow safer.)

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11-22-2020 at 10:40 AM #11

I cancelled my order too. It's the wrong info.

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11-22-2020 at 05:23 PM #12

When you add the item to cart, it says ring cam..not stick up and based on others reponses, this is ring indoor. Can you purchase it and ask amazon to send proper cam since description says ring stick up battery?

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11-22-2020 at 05:29 PM #13

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It's now 69$ but still with the indoor camera. I cancelled

You save $25 at checkout

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11-22-2020 at 05:30 PM #14

It's hot deal if you are eligible for $30 credit from Amazon and $20 credit from Amazon Fresh or Whole food market.
I know it's Indoor cam but you are making money after $50 credit.

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11-22-2020 at 05:32 PM #15

Quote from OgreMustCrush :

This deal is a mess (Amazon's fault, not posters.) On the amazon listing in the title it shows it comes with a stick up cam battery, but in description it says a stick up cam wired. However when you go to check out it actually has a indoor cam in the bundle($60 msrp rather than $100) rather than a stick up cam at all. I'd happily do this deal to get a $45 stick up cam battery (don't need the myQ hub, already have one,) but you can currently get the indoor cams for $30 at Home Depot in store so this isn't that great in that context.

If this is $45, isn't $15 for the garage opener not a good deal?

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