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Estate agent boards
Hi, I have some To Let boards to make and need to come up with a way of blocking off the to let part once it has been let, I was thinking of using removable vinyl, do you think that this is an ok option, if so then what product ( versacamm printable ) or if not, any other ideas? I am also quoting for a shop sign, I have recommended 2mm dibond, but cost is problem, so have suggested 5mm foamboard and have advised that it could warp, knowing the customer I think they will just screw straight through it. Do you think this an ok suggestion?
This is also a customer that ordered a load of stuff before Christmas and then never bothered turning up or paying for it, and were not contactable, so am out of pocket on that deal, some of the stuff I was able to salvage the rest got thrown away, do you think I would be right in charging her for my time and materials that i lost out on and adding it to my bill for the new stuff, with a hefty deposit? I am tempted to walk away to be honest.
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learn by your experience of dealing with her already and tell her you don’t want her business unless she covers you for your prevous job and pays in full in advance for this new work. if not that, add the price of the previous work into the new job and still tell her you want paid in full up front.
i hate folk like this… waste of space…
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saying that, estate agents are good work to have if you can charge for comercial v-boards fitting etc.
mostly ours are correx with a correx slip which is plastic bolted on, so if sold they can easily change the status of the sign. The boards get reused over and over again.
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could you not just Velcro on a panel of correx over the word?
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Oh dear.
This is difficult because I don’t know how busy you are, or what financial position you are in. Basically, how desperate are you for the work?
Firstly, if they messed you about before, they will do it again.
Secondly, neither 2mm dibond nor 6mm foam board are right for the job. Don’t do cheap jobs, the customers don’t appreciate it. They will forget a cheap price in ten minutes but they see a cr@p job every morning when the pull up for work and remember who did it.
I won’t say walk away, but I would charge them properly for a proper job and, if they accept, then get paid up front before you lift a finger.
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quote Martin Armitage:This is also a customer that ordered a load of stuff before Christmas and then never bothered turning up or paying for it, and were not contactable, so am out of pocket on that deal, some of the stuff I was able to salvage the rest got thrown away, do you think I would be right in charging her for my time and materials that i lost out on and adding it to my bill for the new stuff, with a hefty deposit? I am tempted to walk away to be honest.
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MartWhy even waste anymore time on this so called "customer"….chase em
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Thanks for the advice, I have left them to it. We are getting a good name for ourselves and are getting alot of referrals, from very happy customers. So dont want anything to go against that. Especially as we are getting more and more local work.
I have never really got involved in shop signs, I thought that 2mm dibond was a reasonable option, just so I know for the future what would be acceptable. I see quite a few shop signs around the area made from 5mm foamboard.
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quote Martin Armitage:I have never really got involved in shop signs, I thought that 2mm dibond was a reasonable option, just so I know for the future what would be acceptable. I see quite a few shop signs around the area made from 5mm foamboard.
Perhaps I was being a bit harsh there Martin.
5mm foamboard would be fine if framed, but it sounds like your "customer" wouldn’t want to pay for that.
The dibond, I suppose depends on the size of the sign, but I would use 3mm as a minimum on even the smallest.
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Thanks John
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