CIA turn you down? FBI says you're not young enough, agile enough, or just plain look bad in black suits? What happens to your lifelong dream of becoming a secret agent if you can't make the grade at the nation's top sleuth organization? What, pray tell, can you do?

You don't have a whole lot of money. In order to become a top-notch spy you need lots of cool stuff. After all this is the 21st century, today's discerning agent can't get away with using just a magnifying glass and a cool hat.

The most important piece of equipment for a top secret agent is, of course, a good camera. Now you can get onto ebay and buy a camera that looks like a pack of cigarettes, or a cigarette lighter, but in today's society smoking will get you noticed quicker than wearing a sign that says, "I'm trailing you!"

So it might be best to skip those kinds of cameras.

The first thing you want to do is log onto ebay and type the words, "Spy Camera" into your search category. Now this is going to bring up all kinds of stuff that you might have to muddle through. Things like nanny cameras to make sure your babysitter isn't swilling the bourbon while she's supposed to make junior some mac and cheese.

You might want to narrow your search down to Toy Spy Cameras. Don't let the word toy fool you. That's what "THEY" want you to think. On ebay, you find the names of some of the world's best agents like James Bond and Austin Powers. For those of us who are really in the know about spy equipment, this stuff is just as good, and even better in some cases than the stuff the American government uses to find out what our nation's enemies are up to.

Here are some recommendations of the finest spy cameras available on ebay.

Cameras

You don't always need a picture, but sometimes you need to see things without being seen yourself. ebay offers a wide selection of surveillance tools to do just that.

Surveillance Devices

The next item on our shopping list would be listening devices and secret recorders. After all what good is a confession from a dirty rotten criminal if they only have your word for it. Be safe and be sure, get that confession on tape. After all, anyone who has ever watched any spy movie or television show knows that it is the crook's ego that brings him down. He or she, always has to prove how the good guys were outsmarted, by telling the plan, the whole plan and nothing but the plan. Well, the plan and a few digs thrown in at our hero, which could be you if you buy this stuff.

Let's see and hear what ebay has available for listening and recording devices.

Listening devices/recorders

Then of course there are lots of miscellaneous items you need to catch the crook, save the world, or just plain get paid what you are worth. Sure you aren't going to use a laser trip kit on every job, but won't if be nice to know that you have it when you need it? And what spy kit is complete without a fingerprint kit. Even if you just want to know who is swiping your diet soda from the company fridge, these are some must have items.

The best place to buy any of these things naturally is on ebay.

Useful Misc Equipment

And what spy kit is complete without weapons. If you want to avoid nasty complications like handgun licenses and concealed weapons laws, try some of a secret shooter. Now you have to be careful, because you could put an eye out with one of these things, but a smart agent like you will know exactly what to do with one of these things to stop the bad guy in his tracks.

Neato weapons

Do we offer package deals, you ask. You bet your PI license we do.

Package deals

It's up to you to keep America safe, so log onto ebay and start getting your equipment in order. There is even a full line of really cool hats

Really cool hats

Happy Sleuthing