I'd like to read some quotes you may have heard (or used) over the years in this craft.
Mine comes from a former employer, but I'm not sure if it was original with him. He used to tell customers who were price-hunting: "the most expensive sign you'll ever buy could be the one you pay the least amount of money for, if the sign does'nt bring in customers, you'll lose money everyday".
Posted by Kissymatina (Member # 2028) on :
My philosophy (use it on my website, etc.) is Cheap signs cost you money. Effective signs make you money.
Just say NO! to ugly signs is a good icebreaker too. Posted by coop (Member # 504) on :
I.O.A.F.S.
Posted by Ray Rheaume (Member # 3794) on :
"The customer always makes more money from a good sign than I do making it for them." Rapid
Posted by Stevo Chartrand (Member # 2094) on :
"If you're too busy, you're not charging enough"
Where is your website Kissy? Don't think I've ever seen it before.
Posted by Kissymatina (Member # 2028) on :
Stevo, right now it's just a "sorry the website is down" thing. Changed servers last week and decided it was the perfect time to (force myself to) revamp it instead of re-publishing the old one that I hated.
www.wildfiresigns.com whenever I get it done.
Posted by Stevo Chartrand (Member # 2094) on :
That's great Kissy! Look forward to seeing your new site with all the great work you've been producing lately. How's that book store coming along? You should have lots of nice stuff to put on it!
Cheers!
Stevo
[ February 15, 2006, 08:55 PM: Message edited by: Stevo Chartrand ]
Posted by Sheila Ferrell (Member # 3741) on :
"The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten."
Posted by Jill Marie Welsh (Member # 1912) on :
"You'll make more money from this sign than I will!" .....Pierre Tardif
Wise words my friend. Love.....jill
Posted by Bruce Bowers (Member # 892) on :
"Sign your name on that sign like you're proud of it!"
Jack Armstrong
"When you first started working for me, I didn't know if you were going to be worth a s*** or not and here you are doing the type of work I could only dream about doing."
Jimmy Wilke Posted by captain ken (Member # 742) on :
"A business with no sign, is a sign of no business" the fisrt time I saw it was on an old timers truck a fewe towns away...
I love it!
Posted by Si Allen (Member # 420) on :
"Hahahahaha You want it when?"
"It's a sign...you look at it, NOT smell it!"
"Fast, Good, Cheap.....pick two!"
"This is my free hand, and this is my money hand!"
"I don't care if yer cousin's son took Art in high school....that logo suxx!"
"No I don't paint it by hand, I use a brush!"
"No I don't need a drink to settle my hands!"
"! can bust my ass for no profit on your job, or I can sit at home for no profit, good bye!"
"You touch the wet paint and I'll break all your fingers!"
"Well I CAN paint a straight line, that's why I get paid so much!"
"Of course the guy down the street will cut some sticky back letters a lot cheaper, I just want to be here when you try to stick them on that stucco!"
"If you want a cheap job that looks like all the others, what's to keep your customers from going to all the others?"
"Call me back when you finally make up your mind!"
"Don't let the door hit ya in the ass on yer way out!"
Posted by Kissymatina (Member # 2028) on :
Will that be cash, check or charge card? Posted by John Lennig (Member # 2455) on :
foreman telling employee...(regarding stopping for coffee/lunch) "if you can't finish the line, finish the word, if you can't finish the word, finish the letter, if you can't finish the letter, QUIT!
circa 1967 Posted by Frank Magoo (Member # 3950) on :
Good one John, sounds like Lennie Cook, heheheh
M.T.B.S.W. always worked for me, lettered it on majority of brush boxes I owned... Posted by Carl Wood (Member # 1223) on :
Is my Check Ready?
Posted by Bob Stephens (Member # 858) on :
"I am deeply saddened that you can't afford my signs"
Posted by Bruce Williams (Member # 691) on :
If you needed it yesterday, you should have called tomorrow.
Posted by Teresa Bostic (Member # 6214) on :
Well it sounds like a lot, but you'll want to pay me more when it's finished.
Posted by Monte Jumper (Member # 1106) on :
Customer quote "Give me a good price and we'll have 50 more in the next year for you to do"
B.S.
Posted by Monte Jumper (Member # 1106) on :
Quote from Louie Goldberg Artcraft signs /Denver Colorado.
I heard this everyday I worked there...
"Paint it big paint it red and get it outta here!
Posted by Rovelle W. Gratz (Member # 4404) on :
"Do you want a Cheap Sign, or do you want Customers"?
Posted by Jerry Hudson (Member # 1995) on :
We're here to help you out...which way did you come in?
Posted by Arthur Vanson (Member # 2855) on :
Fully trained DAF-Trucks mechanic to harrassed signwriter. "Would it be alright if I tilt the cab while you're writing it?"
Posted by jake snow (Member # 5889) on :
"With your budget, you couldn't get a cheap hooker, which you'd probebly be better off with anyway since your trying to screw me!"
Posted by Laura Butler (Member # 1830) on :
The difference between a good sign and a bad sign is ....10 feet.
When asking for payment "Will that be paper or plastic"
From someone here: "Poor planning on your part doesn't constitue an emergency for me."
"If it wasn't for customers, I could get something done."
[ February 16, 2006, 10:36 AM: Message edited by: Laura Butler ]
Posted by Dana Blair (Member # 951) on :
Let me drop everything and work on your problem!
Posted by Sheila Ferrell (Member # 3741) on :
"If you don't want it done right, do it YOURSELF!"
Said this: When a customer came on the job-site and said we did'nt need to use a level to set his posts . . .
And to another guy who said he did'nt care what the signs would look like . . .
Posted by Jane Diaz (Member # 595) on :
"Quality, Integrity and a GREAT sign!" On our invoices, I usually put..."Thank you for your business. When YOU look good, WE look good!"
Posted by W. R. Pickett (Member # 3842) on :
..."Sign painters do it with longer strokes".
Posted by Dan Sawatzky (Member # 88) on :
" I'm not here to SAVE your money.... I'm here to SPEND it and all I possibly can, but I will give you GREAT VALUE!"
-grampa dan
Posted by Wayne Webb (Member # 1124) on :
quote:Originally posted by Rovelle W. Gratz: "Do you want a Cheap Sign, or do you want Customers"?
I like that one!
Posted by KARYN BUSH (Member # 1948) on :
do you see FDIC on my forehand...will that be cash or cash?
Posted by thom miller (Member # 1845) on :
Helen Waite is our credit manager, if you want credit go to Helen Waite.
Posted by David Fisher (Member # 107) on :
Q. How much should I charge for this sign? A. As much as you can get without laughing
From a guy I worked with many years ago who I believe got it from his signwriter grandfather. Obviously some principals always remain the same.
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." Douglas Adams
Posted by Harry Ellis (Member # 6353) on :
"Use anything but HELVETICA !" .........Bob Stephens, Skywatch Signs
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