[Nick Williams]

i Have now recieved an updated letter better explaining everything. everyone else should also get one of these new letters

[Nick Williams]

i have contacted them who have confirmed that it is indeed their own collections, However they were unaware that these letters were being sent out, and today is just going to be a day of them confirming it needs looking into, they will update me as necessary but to do nothing at this time

[Nick Williams]

Same letter Martin, ING Is the bank they are using for the account

i won’t be paying anything :tongue:

[Nick Williams]

I wasnt sure if i should post this in its own thread for people to take note or add in here

WARNING!!!
be aware that i have recieved request for payment for goods/services from a company that i believe to be fraudulant

the first request came with no information other than a an account number which matched my Robert Horne account and a random amount of money
this was accompanied with bank details of where to pay said money

i contacted the administrators as the only thing that linked me to robert horne was the account number, they confirmed that i owed nothing as i was always a cash buyer

this morning i recieved a full letter claiming that i owe for services of Robert Horne group with random new amounts i owe

i will be contacting the administrators on monday to make them aware of this

the company in question is – Finlinx Securitisation B.V.

[Nick Williams]

ok thanks guys i wasnt disagreeing i was just asking the questions

if i knew the answer i wouldnt ask in here lol

[Nick Williams]

hmmm i wasn’t sure about putting my own posts in as wouldn’t that just be duplicating the posts that are already in the ground?

do the fencing posts not have a structurally sound footing that would be good enough?

[Nick Williams]

personally a few years ago i received a call from someone claiming to be from my mobile phone company….they used the ‘for data verification’ ruse

i gave them an incorrect statement

they said they would get one of their advisers to call me when they were free to do so to clarify my wonderful deal

an hour later i got a call

the person said that the information i gave didn’t match ….no shit sherlock, i asked exactly who were they? they again said my mobile phone name….i asked if you are my mobile company then why didn’t you know i had given false details at the time i gave them?

they then asked me to verify who i was again

i told them to verify who they were first

their answer? we cannot divulge private information….i told them again you know who your ringing now prove who you are

they hung up

caller number withheld

personally i think that all companies should have a password that only you would know so they can verify who they were first, not foolproof by any means but a start in the right direction

[Nick Williams]

about a year ago my mother in law (70+) got a phonecall

the callers stated they were from barclaycard and her payment had not been recieved, she told them she had paid as usual by cheque, they insisted they hadnt recieved payment and she must pay now by card or recieve late payment fees

she was sending my son upstairs to get her handbag when i interviened

i took the phone off her and hung it up

i then had to explain that she should never ever give out details over the phone from a random call

alas her barclaycard statement came when it was due with no late payment fees

[Nick Williams]

thanks for the replies 😀

[Nick Williams]

i used a company called tennants for my chevron kits

just googly google it

[Nick Williams]

one i did

[Nick Williams]

dagnabit!!! must try harder lol

[Nick Williams]

I wont name and shame them just yet as i have managed to speak to someone from the franchise company

they are at least willing to look into the situation and see if they can work out a solution

so rather than name and shaming them i may end up promoting them for going above and beyond.

fingers crossed

[Nick Williams]

i like the idea of those thanks

[Nick Williams]

well at least one person liked it lol

[Nick Williams]

i found this site

maybe a phone call would see if they had blanks?

http://www.oaklandamenity.co.uk/#/twins … 4525643897

The twin spike course etiquette signs are made from 3mm steel With a highly durable stove enamelled finish. A vinyl graphic is then applied with the text of your choice. Club Crest included as standard.

not sure of size tho

[Nick Williams]

quote Dave Rowland:

Well I started getting into Joomla, alternative to wordpress route but Joom does help a fair bit but may take a learning curve to learn it.

im also learning joomla from scratch

not exactly easy but i am getting there in the end

making the map extention show more than one address is a little difficult but what the hell, if you cant learn something new then you will get bored too easily

[Nick Williams]

i can attest to the fact that he has all the gear and no idea

he keeps asking me stuff…..that shows what little he knows :lol1:

he he

[Nick Williams]

please do give me details

otherwise i may have to buy a crystal ball :lol1:

[Nick Williams]

i have used limelight signs for my roadside blanks

http://www.limelightsigns.co.uk/

[Nick Williams]

here is a job i did last year in brushed steel letters on a burgundy background

[Nick Williams]

another thing to look for is the interior of the shop/showroom

if its all painted white with bright lighting then the white text struggles to show up

but i agree with the above that the brighter colours are usually the best but pick a colour which will stand out against the interior too

[Nick Williams]

i just use a gmail account

catches nearly all spam….it’s brilliant 😀

[Nick Williams]

thanks for the reply peter, i get about 1 wrap job every 2 years and have had some problems around 5 yrs ago with a sprinter van when working for another company,the infrequency of the wrap style jobs doesnt make it viable for me to go on a course. so i’m still looking for anyone near me with more experience who can help with this job either thro advice or even doing the job with me

[Nick Williams]

hehe didnt realise he was in belgium doh!

anyway i get my ritrama from ATC in rochdale

[Nick Williams]

i have used ritrama for many many years, its my main material i use

cant say a bad thing about it

i dont think i can say where i get it from…. or can i? lol

[Nick Williams]

quote Graeme Harrold:

………Fit the runners at an angle……drawer should close itself :lol1: :lol1:

fit stuff at an angle? that should be a piece of cake for a signwriter :lol1: :lol1: :lol1: it would be the fitting stuff straight that there may be problems with

[Nick Williams]

i still have the bug hugh and play regularly

tv times for the weekend

17th-25th November 2007

ITV1 and ITV4. The afternoon sessions of Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th and the semi-finals and finals on 24th & 25th September (also afternoon broadcasts) will be shown live on ITV1. The rest of the tournament will be shown live on ITV4.

Winmau World Masters 2007

Saturday 17 November, 1300-1630 BBC ONE and BBC Sport website
Sunday 18 November, 1330-1715 BBC TWO and BBC Sport website

yes hugh the game has become much more proffessional in the last 10 yrs or so, smoking and drinking have not been allowed on the televised stages for many years now and is even banned from floor events (while playing)

the new modern darts players are treating it much more serious and the average fitness of a dart thrower is higher than in the past & the demands and rigours required to compete at the top level requires more determination

[Nick Williams]

mine wasnt a spelling mistake as such but we did a car showroom window many years ago for a brand new nissan micra at a scoop of £89995

[Nick Williams]

well either you hate it or your all stuck on that site completely engrossed 😛

[Nick Williams]

when i took my son to look at his next school the teacher was highly impressed with his latest acquisition….a vinyl plotter, on hearing how i was a sign maker he gleefully asked if i wouldn’t mind donating some materials to them so they could teach the children how to use the machine…..

not bloody likely…..kill my own future business by flooding the market with competition and using the stuff that i had paid for?

i respectfully declined the offer

[Nick Williams]

i have found the drivers

as suggested on the hasp website

everything is working now

thanks

[Nick Williams]

i have also tried reinstalling the signpal software but to no avail

[Nick Williams]

yes sorry i had a smack my head moment when i realised i had put lab instead of pal ….doh

i tried googling the missing file but didnt get much luck

[Nick Williams]

quote Nick Minall:

has the new PC got the same operating system as the old one?

yes the old and new are xp

[Nick Williams]

quote Brian Hays – Impact:

What kind of dongle is it? grey parallel, white (hasp) parallel or usb?

its a purple usb hasp dongle

[Nick Williams]

i have just come back from tunisia where they are selling Dolce & Gabanana tshirts 😮

[Nick Williams]

Rocky 38??? wow sylvester must be gettin on a bit by now :lol1:

Sorry 😳

[Nick Williams]

[Nick Williams]

i am not looking to make number plates i just had a single sign to make with l-plates required ….my customer wanted them to be the legal size l-plates

i looked on the dvlc site but couldn’t find the dimensions

and the link provided above it seems i cannot acces in my current position

[Nick Williams]

wow that cute pdf works a treat thank you

[Nick Williams]

thats the one barry 😀

[Nick Williams]

it was a small stand but the guide will be free to all people in the trade

i assume the cost will be covered by adverts within the guide itself

[Nick Williams]

sign pal pro which can export into .eps

i have been looking at paint.net and the gimp as free photoshop alternatives

i dont have coreldraw yet which is what i used to use

[Nick Williams]

this has gone out to evryone i know :lol1:

[Nick Williams]

just an idea someoe mentioned to me was that they would grind down the sides of the foot to within under what is visible leaving the foot on behind the lettering

[Nick Williams]

thanks guys my customer asked me to price them up on monday night and by tuesday morning had ordered them thro autosigns…….wow i must be getting slow

[Nick Williams]

what about 10mm corex/flute board

very rigid compared to th 4mm floppy stuff and very lightweight

[Nick Williams]

quote Nigel Pugh – Grafityp:

Us poor suppliers who are the natural enemy of all signmakers are not allowed to play with those little buttons, in fact they are not displayed at all, so all temptation is taken away 👿

😀 😀 😀 hahaha

[Nick Williams]

i like it straight 😮 😮 😮

[Nick Williams]

try out this site

http://www.signgo.com/

[Nick Williams]

mmmmmmmm

[Nick Williams]

i find sexism degrading and i thought that this board would have higher standards……….. 😛 😛 😛

watch out for the woman jokes coming soon 😛 😛 😛

[Nick Williams]

👿 👿 👿

[Nick Williams]

quote Jayne Marsh:

Whoever smelt it dealt it :lol1:

u said the rhyme u did the crime 😛

[Nick Williams]

ok i have looked into this also and at northern signcases 0161 343 6600

they are doing this product for £85 with a del charge of £15

kind looks like a good price to me 😀

[Nick Williams]

yup…really nice job

[Nick Williams]

ok own up….. who was it?

[Nick Williams]

he he

[Nick Williams]

hello and welcome

[Nick Williams]

i too go with northern sign cases in manchester jason or mareta

[Nick Williams]

change your shoes………

no its not a joke,

i used to have a pair of shoes supplied by my old company which altho were nice and looked smart, i used to get shocks on a hourly basis, i got a new pair of shoes and the shocks were cut down considerably

but yes i know what you mean about the vortex created in the workshop,……not very condusive to fitting vynil with no grit and shit under it :lol1: :lol1: :lol1:

[Nick Williams]

hmmmm u must of read my mind too ….or just my post which i did last week and was the same trick 😛

[Nick Williams]

welcome

[Nick Williams]

many bubbles?

[Nick Williams]

im still cuttin……hope the frost has cleared by the time i have it weeded and get on site

4 cars one sign replacement and 2 vans for me today

children helping today……what else are they for?

[Nick Williams]

very good :lol1:

[Nick Williams]

woohooo

[Nick Williams]

where on earth would you find these facts?

even that amazes me

😛

[Nick Williams]

:lol1: :lol1: :lol1:

[Nick Williams]

i know it does but they were all congratulating you…..and i was feeling left out….boo hoo

😛 😛 😛 😛

[Nick Williams]

great work NICK also 😮 😮 😮 😮 😮

[Nick Williams]

perhaps the admin would consider putting a new board up for graphics battles?

with so many graphics people on here i can see it taking over the rest of posts……..

[Nick Williams]

😮 😮 😀 😀 😳 😳 😉

[Nick Williams]

no more nails?

[Nick Williams]

quote Jill Marie Welsh:

I used Gerber Holographic on my truck once.
it looked great at first….then in about a year…p o o f! invisible in spots.
Be sure to check that the vinyl is for exterior use.
Love….Jill

this is the reason i want to find the steel (or whatever it is) withe the effect in it rather than just vynil applied

[Nick Williams]

cheers macky….i did think of this but the customer got a bad deal with her last sign……someone sold her a sign for external with gold chrome lettering and alas it didnt last too long before the text was invisible…..

i dont want to do it and find the vynil comes off the lettering

any one else?

[Nick Williams]

here is another of the said forum this one specializes in grephics battles but you have to be a member…..free of course but they have segmented sections for graphics battles and even help requests

http://socal.proboards26.com/

[Nick Williams]

[Nick Williams]

welcome to the madhouse 😛 😛

sorry the people here are mostly sane………honest 😀

[Nick Williams]

quote Graham Walmsley:

Also like drinking, soccer all the usual kinda things lol … 😀

this is a blatant lie…….how can you like soccer when your a leeds fan?

and its football (were not american yet) 😛 😛

have fun

[Nick Williams]

atc / application tape company in rochdale have just given me some samples of their easy-fit (or is it called airflow?) they are now supplying digital printed onto this stuff too…………..hope this helps 😀

[Nick Williams]

:lol1: :lol1: :lol1:

[Nick Williams]

atc in rochdale do a 5 r chrome vynil ….

just make sure the lacquer wont react with the vynil

i would ring them and ask their advive on materials / lacquer

good luck

[Nick Williams]

i have also found that customers want signs made with the top materials……ie digi printing flat cut letters folded substrates etc etc then run at the price and a couple of weeks later u hear they had the job done for half the price……when you see he job ….no flat/moulded letter no fancy substrates no digi printing…….. just a bog standard foam/vynil sign…….. damn i could a done that for that price 😮

[Nick Williams]

hmmm im not much of an expert either

but a few things come into my mind

why not just buy the banners ready done?
are you printing them so need it to be flat when doing so?
are you going to hem/weld the edges for extra strength?

dont know if these questions are relevant but you dont want your banner just to fall down 😛

[Nick Williams]

just an idea for the main forum layout

some areas cannot be accessed by me as i dont have special priveledges or summat

could these main forum buttons have something extra on them so i know what i can / cannot acces (colour change / icon)

i get forgetfull with all the different boards here and end up just clicking thro them all, and its slightly frustrating to not get in some

[Nick Williams]

not too sure what a banner rivet is……….do u mean eyelet?

i will watch this thread with interest just incase there is such a thing as banner rivets

[Nick Williams]

quote David Rogers:

Ah, another “Lawnchair Larry”!

that takes me back…..

[Nick Williams]

the one i seem to get is them asking what format i want and when i ask for .eps they duly ablige by taking a .jpeg and exporting it into .eps……. 😮

[Nick Williams]

i use trounce banner for my banners but dont know if they do the kind of thing you want (www.trounce.co.uk)

[Nick Williams]

my suggestion is definately corex/fluted board

the foam stuff breaks too easily

[Nick Williams]

j k n digital in preston have a machine for printing blinds

[Nick Williams]

thanks…..not

33/33 now :lol1:

[Nick Williams]

number 28…….. – 23 P of C in the H B – i dont have a clue

[Nick Williams]

it sure is….. i think i need a little guidance just going over there now 😉

[Nick Williams]

go to the website shane all becomes apparent

[Nick Williams]

how many pieces did u do the etch in?

do the overlaps show?

[Nick Williams]

did u forget to reverse it???? 😛 😛 😛

[Nick Williams]

what a great guy that galloway fellow is???????????

and rodman 😮 😮

lol