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This is an excellent example of the nonsensical attitudes of realtors, and why they rate so low on the customer scale: Got a call/fax yesterday, from a real estate firm on the other side of the state, asking for a "quote". "We need a sign for the Ames shopping center to go on the pylon(???), it has to read from two sides, Space Available and the phone number, as cheaply as possible, maybe a banner. Please call us ASAP with a quote, we want to get this by next week."
This shopping center is about twenty miles away; there's no indication of size, and color indications consist of "all copy PMS 1134". Out of courtesy I returned the call, got a clueless receptionist. Any idea how big this masterpiece should be? Oh, can't you just stop by and measure it? No, don't think I'll have time today. (translation: I don't drive 40 miles to measure anything for a "cheap as possible" quote.) Oh, well, I'll call you back.
This morning, I get a voice mail. "This is Belinda at Nonsense Realty. I found out how big the sign needs to be for the Ames center. It's ten feet. (By WHAT?) Please call us with a quote."
By now, Big Harry in sales(you know Harry; he's got a Benz convertible, three gold chains and reeks of Aqua-Velva) who's job it is to con a tenant into renting the empty Ames center, has had poor empty-headed Belinda calling sign shops all over Connecticut to get a quote for the cheapest sign possible, with only one dimension. Just for shyts and giggles, I'm thinking of calling them and quoting for a paper banner for $100, but no, we don't do installations, you have to pick it up. Yeah. Wrap that sucker around the "pylon" and you're all set.
-------------------- "A wise man concerns himself with the truth, not with what people believe." - Aristotle
Cam Bortz Finest Kind Signs Pondside Iron works 256 S. Broad St. Pawcatuck, Ct. 06379 "Award winning Signs since 1988" Posts: 3051 | From: Pawcatuck,Connecticut USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Cam: Call back, tell them you might be interested in a trade. That you have been looking to buy a house and are curious about how much a house is.
(And tell them to use their own duct tape FOR REAL SAVINGS)
-------------------- Myra A. Grozinger Signs Limited Winston-Salem, NC
signslimited@triad.rr.com Posts: 1244 | From: Winston-Salem, NC USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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"Yes, is this Beulah at Dingbat Realty? You called about a sign. Would you be interested in a trade? I need a house. Yes. A h-o-u-s-e. Do you sell them? I need one as cheap as possible. How big? Ummmm... I dunno. Twenty? Would that be big enough? I have three dogs, and my sister and her druggie boyfriend and six kids, they live down at the shelter right now, so they really need a house....Tell you what, we can trade. Trade what? A sign. For a house. What? Hey, you have houses, I have signs, right? We should be able to work something out here. What? No? I thought you were a realty firm. Don't you sell houses? What?"
-------------------- "A wise man concerns himself with the truth, not with what people believe." - Aristotle
Cam Bortz Finest Kind Signs Pondside Iron works 256 S. Broad St. Pawcatuck, Ct. 06379 "Award winning Signs since 1988" Posts: 3051 | From: Pawcatuck,Connecticut USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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yep yep yep realtors are right next to beauty salons in the book of bad customers.
I have had realtors call me and order custom signs...then after they get the signs they call to complain about the price. (they knew the price)
I have had realtors call for me to pick up a disk with the artwork....only to have other sign people there at the same time. (ooooo what fun...bidding game! no thanks)
I have had realtors take 3 months to pay 100.00. Many have said they mailed the check...and I later get the check with an entirely different date on the check than they said.
Just this week I received a sign order in the mail from a realtor I used to do signs for. Got a call yesterday to cancel. He was going to make his own sign!!
Like I said in your other post Cam...I only deal with two commercial realtors anymore. They pay as soon as I deliver their signs. Realtors are kinda flakey huh.
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if they ask me if they can mail a check i tell them if the mail man brings the sign then he can bring my check
-------------------- Jimmy Chatham Chatham Signs 468 stark st Commerce, Ga 30529 Posts: 1766 | From: Commerce, GA, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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If they want supin a bit more sturdee...offer em a corplast sign!! And tell em they can save a bundle if they paint it themselves...oh...offer to throw ina can of spray paint and a packet of stenciles from Staples.. Yeah, we got that!
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How much for a sign? Well,you tell me: How long is a piece of string? 'Bout the same, I figger!
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yeah speaking of realtors...i did a good pay back...i was sooo glad when it came to house selling time...boy didn't they want to be my friend..for a listing. well if they can make their own signs i sure in f^&k can sell my own house, my brothers and my mothers...go to staples get a sales agreement...let's see $5.95 vs $7,995.00..there's a no brainer...i DO make signs...have sign will sell...they were ****ed! it just so happened we all sold within a year and of course i wouldn't hear of giving those dirtbags thousands for sticking a 4 sale sign out front...i made really nice for sale by owner signs..ya know, cause i can! and those houses sold quick!..didn't need no lameass realtor.. they would call and say they had a buyer and wanted a flat fee...i told them to kiss my a$$...house is already sold...buh bye realtor commission!
-------------------- Karyn Bush Simply Not Ordinary, LLC Bartlett, NH 603-383-9955 www.snosigns.com info@snosigns.com Posts: 3516 | From: Bartlett, NH USA | Registered: Jan 2001
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Go get em Cam! I had a simular experience. A new tobacco store who wants a "cheap as possible sign" Then he proceeds to tell me how much of a goldmine this store is going to be. He was the north end of a south bound horse. Needless to say, after discussing w/my artist, we decided we didn't want to work for him or promote his product.
""Good judgment comes from experience; and a lot of that comes from bad judgment" - Will Rogers Posts: 3496 | From: Beautiful Newaygo, Michigan | Registered: Mar 2003
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