posted April 16, 2008 07:41 AM
Someone comes to you asking for simple window lettering on the cab of their pickup and ends up ordering a whole new logo? And they actually listen to your suggestions? Feel free to add to the list! Love....Jill
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posted April 16, 2008 08:11 AM
or a techie from the local cable company comes to fix your Internet and ends up ordering name,numbers and striping for his cabin cruiser ( Hey Pierre, all paint,no vynull!) Mr.Peanut
-------------------- Murray MacDonald OldTime Signs 529 Third Ave S Kenora, ON. P9N 1Y3 oldtimesigns@gokenora.com Posts: 781 | From: Kenora, ON | Registered: Jan 2003
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posted April 16, 2008 08:18 AM
I am out walking the dog yesterday morning & my customer comes by saying he is "intercepting me", orders 2- 2'x3' real estate style job signs & pays me on the spot up front first!
What a good way to start a day!
-------------------- The Word in Signs Bobbie Rochow Jamestown, PA 16134
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thewordinsigns@alltel.net Posts: 3485 | From: Jamestown, PA 16134 | Registered: Oct 2002
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posted April 16, 2008 08:20 AM
....you can get twice as much mileage out of your underwear simply by turning them inside-out?!
OH...sign related:....... "when the customer you "fired" for being a PITA calls you back, apologizes and ends up being a respectable, repeat customer?"
-------------------- Todd Gill Outside The Lines Potterville, MI Posts: 7792 | From: Potterville, MI | Registered: Dec 2001
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posted April 16, 2008 08:26 AM
Just yesterday got a call to redo a boat transom that was done 15 years ago. He said it is starting to fade. I asked him if he thinks he got his moneys worth. Bill
-------------------- Bill Riedel Riedel Sign Co., Inc. 15 Warren Street Little Ferry, N.J. 07643 billsr@riedelsignco.com Posts: 2953 | From: Little Ferry, New Jersey, USA | Registered: Feb 1999
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posted April 16, 2008 08:59 AM
I'll ditto Bobbie 's & Bill's comments:
I was asking for a deposit on a large job, and they paid me in full, up front,
and a customer whose model-T Ford I striped in 1989 phoned up, well 19 years later, still happy with the job, and wanted me to go & stripe a 1903 curved dash Oldsmobile he's just restored. (Did that last month).
Something funny's going on over here- three different hairdressers have all called up within a week, wanting signage!
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"...there are no limits when you aim for perfection..." Jonathan Livingston Seagull Posts: 7014 | From: Highgrove via Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | Registered: Dec 2002
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posted April 16, 2008 11:25 AM
....when a hairdresser comes into your workplace and tells you... "You have really nice skin"
quote:Originally posted by Ian Stewart-Koster: Something funny's going on over here- three different hairdressers have all called up within a week, wanting signage!
Hahaha... Ian. Words getting around that you're cute!!! My buddy tints windows and he was working on a hairdresser's car here in town one day... when the guy came in to pick up the car, he told my buddy (in front of a couple of his friends) "I just wanted to tell you, you have really nice skin."
We remind him of how nice his skin just every once in a while... he's never gonna live that down.. hehe.
-------------------- Jon Jantz Snappysign.com jjantz21@gmail.com http://www.allcw.com Posts: 3395 | From: Atmore, AL | Registered: Nov 2005
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posted April 16, 2008 12:45 PM
All of your vehicles quit running within 2 weeks and you realize it's only bad gas and some Lucas treatment gets em up and running.(Sign related-you need a vehicle)
-------------------- Darcy Baker Darcy's Signs Eureka Springs. AR. Posts: 1169 | From: Eureka Springs, AR | Registered: Nov 2007
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posted April 17, 2008 12:31 AM
Don't know what it is with Hairdressers Ian ... I've done two jobs for them this week!
It's been a great week ... haven't had to do a single quote except for a quick "guesstimate" on site. Everything in so far has been regular customers .. "I need xxxxxx, when can you do it?"
posted April 17, 2008 09:03 AM
I had a customer called me recently, from OHIO, that I did a set of magnetics for in 1992! Said he couldn't get anyone there to do his logo right, and would I be able to re-do them? He sent me one of the old ones, and believe it or not, aside from a few cracks, they still looked pretty decent.
They're all hand lettered....bet these new ones won't last that long.
-------------------- Dale Feicke Grafix 714 East St. Mendenhall, MS 39114
"I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me." Posts: 2963 | From: Mendenhall, MS | Registered: Apr 1999
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posted April 17, 2008 09:14 AM
You do a big $ quote for a customer that you know isn't one for being a bottom feeder. You don't hear from them for an age and assume you have missed the boat and then they come in and order 3.
You get a new customer who listens to your advice and then gives you the go ahead without question because they had such a strong referral from a friend of theirs.
You have a chat on-site with a customer about what you're reading at the moment, and get back to the office to find a bag of excellent books delivered by them when they came in to pay. (Note to self: must return them now the last one is nearly finished)
You get back to the office and find 2 (very nice) bottles of 2000 vintage cab sav left by a customer who is moving and wanted to say thanks.
If only they were all like that, then again the good ones wouldn't be so apparent if it weren't for the rest.
-------------------- David Fisher D.A. & P.M. Fisher Services Brisbane Australia da_pmf@yahoo.com Trying out a new tag: "Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth Peter Ustinov Posts: 1450 | From: Brisbane Queensland Australia | Registered: Nov 1998
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posted April 17, 2008 03:53 PM
You put in a quote for a new customer for $5000 worth of signage and he comes back to you the enxt day witht he go ahead
-------------------- Anne McDonald 17 Karnak Crescent Russley Christchurch 8042 New Zealand
"I used to be indecisive, now I'm not so sure" Posts: 877 | From: Christchurch | Registered: Sep 2006
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posted April 17, 2008 06:23 PM
or.... When you buy a 88 Porsche 911 with a newly rebuilt engine ($13,000) for only $13,500 thats in MINT condition and the customer gets you into his company and orders 44 vehical wraps at $2200.00 a pop... and he gets you involved with the Porsche club and are now going on # 8 design for Racing Porsches... Life does not get better...
Rick@Trick
-------------------- Rick Whitmire Trick Communications & Signs Box 1124, Hudson, WI Posts: 132 | From: Hudson, WI | Registered: Nov 2002
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posted April 18, 2008 06:10 PM
You buy you daughter a Barbie doll for no reason and she smiles all day, your son comes back from a visit to his future college and immediately asks you to put the decal in his window, the wife springs for Chinese food and you finish up early on the race car in the shop. Tonight...dinner with friends.
I could get used to this.... Rapid
-------------------- Ray Rheaume Rapidfire Design 543 Brushwood Road North Haverhill, NH 03774 rapidfiredesign@hotmail.com 603-787-6803
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posted April 18, 2008 06:12 PM
And when you go to letter a semi and they order a new double sided entry sign? Somebody pinch me. Love...Jill
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posted April 30, 2008 08:09 PM
When creeps that worked for you steal all the artwork and e mail you on Monday morning that they have quit.And now they are out of business. There is a God.
-------------------- CHUCK SARTORIS THE SIGN SHOPPE/Sign*A*Rama Greensburg,PA Posts: 14 | From: LATROBE, PA 15650 | Registered: Dec 2002
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posted April 30, 2008 09:30 PM
...when you wake up April 30th to 2" of white crap on the ground, the propane heater in the shop won't light, there's less than a bushel basket of firewood left, and this order has to go out today. So you call the Peach's for a little cheer because you can. Thanks Bob and Marcia.
-------------------- Ron Costa Sign and Design 28 Ingerson Road Jefferson, NH 0358 Posts: 620 | From: New Hampshire | Registered: Oct 2002
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posted May 01, 2008 02:08 AM
Showing up at a flat glass window tint job,, guestimating you have enough left on the roll,, pull the last piece... and your good by 2".... silent dance...
-------------------- Del Badry philmdesign Sylvan Lake, Alberta Posts: 636 | From: Sylvan Lake, Alberta | Registered: Nov 1998
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posted May 01, 2008 06:16 AM
Or you have an Airbrush job on the table and you are procrastinating over it and the Customer comes in Monday morning after a month waiting, you expect to get chewed out but instead he hands you $500, you explain that you hav'nt even started it and he says that's OK, This is something to motivate you... this happened this past Monday!
-------------------- "Keep Positive"
SIGNS1st. Neil Butler Paradise, NF Posts: 6277 | From: St. John's NF Canada | Registered: Mar 1999
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posted May 01, 2008 07:24 AM
...you tell a customer who can't bring his vehicle to your shop that it'll cost more because of travel expense...he drives a truck for a living, understands why and doesn't argue a bit.
Rapid
-------------------- Ray Rheaume Rapidfire Design 543 Brushwood Road North Haverhill, NH 03774 rapidfiredesign@hotmail.com 603-787-6803
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