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There you go Bob ..... just leave out vinyl, a rattle can, some coro & a cedar blank, 2 lettering quills & a can of vermilion 2-shot .. oh yes, you need a money jar too.
You can now stay home & watch the soaps ALL day & still make $$$$. m m m m m m m m m m ...... scotch...
-------------------- Rodger MacMunn T.R. MacMunn & Sons C.P.207, Sharbot Lake, ON 613-279-1230 trmac@frontenac.net Posts: 475 | From: Sharbot Lake, Ontario | Registered: Nov 2003
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It gets better, a local towing company just bought equipment from a company that us no longer doing it. He also is setting up in the building next to me, and to top it off we had a wrap company move into town recently. Doesn't matter to me, just living the dream
-------------------- Bob Rochon Creative Signworks Millbury, MA 508-865-7330
"Life is Like an Echo, what you put out, comes back to you." Posts: 5149 | From: Millbury, Mass. U.S. | Registered: Nov 1998
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there is a "do-it-yourself" fine art painting business here in town that is making a killing right now- you pay to go in and paint a canvas- they supply the canvas, paint, brushes, etc. plus you pick a design on the wall and they transfer (draw) the pattern onto the canvas so all you have to do is fill in with the paint...
-------------------- Michael Clanton Clanton Graphics/ Blackberry 19 Studio 1933 Blackberry Conway AR 72034 501-505-6794 clantongraphics@yahoo.com Posts: 1736 | From: Conway Arkansas | Registered: Oct 2001
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Now is the time to put your most amazing work on your own storefront.... I can see this being a good thing for you in using their marketing to bring more traffic to your proximity. There are discerning people that can quickly tell the difference between a good or bad sign... and you really don't want those who don't care.
Many will learn the hard way that making an attractive and effective sign is not as easy as pecking at the keyboard of a computer and will hang their head in shame as they have to carry their own crap past your beautifully signed emporium.
-------------------- Happy Signing...... Marty
M.F. (Marty) Happy Signmaker Since 1974 Happy Ad Sign & Design Regina SK, Canada S4N 5K4 306-789-9567 happyad@sasktel.net www.happyad.ca
Get Happy & Get Noticed! Posts: 773 | From: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada | Registered: Jan 1999
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Well Bob I was hoping to tell you about my new business venture myself instead of you finding out about it from someone else. I would have gone somewhere else to start the do it yourself sign shop but the rent was cheap.
-------------------- Jake Lyman Lyman Signs 45 State Road Phillipston, MA 01331 Posts: 635 | From: Phillipston, MA | Registered: Sep 2002
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Actually the worst part of this whole thing is that it is going to help to bring the value of good advertising down. I know you can blow them away with your design, and do the side by side like was suggested, I think it will help you.
-------------------- Jake Lyman Lyman Signs 45 State Road Phillipston, MA 01331 Posts: 635 | From: Phillipston, MA | Registered: Sep 2002
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I personally don't think so Jake as Marty Happy explains. And to top it off, his idea for Bob can work in Bob's favor.
In the 80's at my shop in Vegas I worked right next to a vinyl stripe and graphics guy and worked my azz off and made out big time and never lowered my standards or prices..
-------------------- HotLines Joey Madden - pinstriping since 1952 'Perfection, its what I look for and what I live for'
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It's not April first, so maybe you're serious? Maybe it's assisted a little; there's a person to guide at critical steps. It seems like people would be damaging equipment and wasting supplies. I did see an ad in Popular Mechanics or something like that where you can join a shop club. They have all the big tools that you couldn't afford yourself. Sounded pretty neat. Around here there were a few places offering 5 or 6 dollar haircuts. Not long after the established shops started putting out signs that said "We fix $5 haircuts." Maybe you could have a really clever, humorous, eye catching sign that says:"We fix homemade signs".
-------------------- James Donahue Donahue Sign Arts 1851 E. Union Valley Rd. Seymour TN. (865) 577-3365 brushman@nxs.net
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what's for lunch, Benjamin Franklin Posts: 2057 | From: 1033 W. Union Valley Rd. | Registered: Feb 2003
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Town of Millbury with a population of 13,261, 8,808 registered voters and a total of 15.84 sq. miles is fast becoming the sign capitol of the world.
In my 54 years as a sign professional, I have seen them come, and go just as fast only to destroy the credibility of talented sign artists as well as destroy the value of advertising signage. It's so easy a cave man can do it! WYSIWYG!
-------------------- Len Mort Signmaker1.com 11 Juniper Drive Millbury, MA 508-865-2382 "A Good Business Sign, is A Sign of Good Business"(1957) Posts: 811 | From: Millbury, Ma | Registered: Dec 2006
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James, those "shop clubs" actually are a pretty good idea. It's a perfect setup for hobby woodworkers & such but yes, there's supervision. I suspect the "make your own sign" thing would be the same.
There'll always be people who aren't willing to spend what a professional charges for whatever so we were never going to get that business anyway. I built my own home, my own shop & a couple of other buildings but I'm no carpenter. I couldn't afford any other way at the time.
You can bet that the guy who's investing heavily in a new business will use a pro. For the guy who's desperate to get into something as cheaply as possible, this is a good deal. Often people have no choice. But of these people, there are those who make a go of it & want their business to look successful & may become YOUR customer someday. I've lived here all my life & I've sold nice signs to people that I never thought would ever spend a nickel on decent signage. Often I've replaced cheap crap with dimensional.
-------------------- Rodger MacMunn T.R. MacMunn & Sons C.P.207, Sharbot Lake, ON 613-279-1230 trmac@frontenac.net Posts: 475 | From: Sharbot Lake, Ontario | Registered: Nov 2003
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I know a very talented sign person who answered the quick franchise shops by advertising: "Do you want your sign to look like it was made in twenty four hours?"
-------------------- David Harding A Sign of Excellence Carrollton, TX Posts: 5084 | From: Carrollton, TX, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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I guess the biggest irony would be if the guy next door has professionally designed signs.
-------------------- James Donahue Donahue Sign Arts 1851 E. Union Valley Rd. Seymour TN. (865) 577-3365 brushman@nxs.net
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what's for lunch, Benjamin Franklin Posts: 2057 | From: 1033 W. Union Valley Rd. | Registered: Feb 2003
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