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THEY COULD SEND ME A.S.A.P. VIA EMAIL ?????? PLEAESEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!! RUSH JOB !! NO TIME TO SCAN AND CLEAN UP IF I CAN GET HIM A PROOF BY 9 AM TUESDAY MORNING JOB IS MINE ! HE CALLED ME AT 5PM TODAY
I USE SIGN LAB CLASSIC
EMAIL IS deweyg@kirtland.cc.mi.us
THANK YOU TO ALL THAT
Posts: 201 | From: Lewiston MI. USA | Registered: Nov 2000
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YES...I CAN BUT I CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO SEND VECTOR IMAGES THRU THIS BULLBOARD! BUMMER EH? HEH HE HE
[ August 05, 2002, 10:42 PM: Message edited by: Dave Grundy ]
-------------------- Dave Grundy retired in Chelem,Yucatan,Mexico/Hensall,Ontario,Canada 1-519-262-3651 Canada 011-52-1-999-102-2923 Mexico cell 1-226-785-8957 Canada/Mexico home
Your customer calls you at 5pm (closing time for most businesses), and would expect you to work into the night to get a sketch to them by 9am (opening time for most businesses) ... without giving you a deposit first. For this they promise to give you the job?
And so now, you are asking us to partake of this craziness with you?
Sorry Glenn. Many of us have learned better. I don't do that for my own customers. Consequently, I've significantly curbed my intake for "unreasonable customers with unreasonable requests".
Incidentally, I make a habit of doing my own work with a deposit first.
I do sincerely wish you luck with the job tho. Good night. Janette
-------------------- "When Love and Skill Work Together ... Expect a Masterpiece"
-------------------- Jeff Vrstal Main Street Signs 157 E. Main Street Evansville, WI 53536 1-608-882-0322 Posts: 670 | From: Evansville, Wisconsin | Registered: Sep 2001
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MOST TIMES I DONT BOTHER BUT I HAVE BEEN ON THIS GUY FOR MONTHS TO GIVE US A TRY HE HAS SEVERAL BUSINESSES AROUND THE STATE. THIS IS IM SURE A TEST TO SEE IF WE CAN PUT OUT UNDER PRESURE HE WILL GET TO SEE THE PROOF BUT IN NO WAY WILL HE KEEP IT !! FOR A 100.00 BUCKS HE CAN HAVE THE PROOF !
AND I KNOW MOST OF HIS SIGN ARE IN NEED OF A FACE LIFT AND THAT IS THE ONLY REASON I AM WORKING AT 11 PM ON THIS !! PLUS WINTERS ARE LONG AND HARD HERE IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN AND HIS WORK WOULD KEEP US BUSY IN THE SLOW TIMES ! (WINTER IS 4 MONTHS AWAY) OTHER WISE I WOULD SAY SAME THING AS YOU JANETTE (GOOD NIGHT)
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I don't know, but I've been told that there is a pix of a bridge in this movie. You could always use a video capture card and save it then convert it to a vector art. Just a suggestion HA!HA!
-------------------- John Thompson JTT Graphics "The big guy with a little sign shop!" Royston/Hartwell Georgia jtt101@hotmail.com Posts: 626 | From: Royston Georgia | Registered: Feb 2002
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glen your a hoot...after the last post for clipart.....and people belive you....hahahahahaha
-------------------- joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-637-1519 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND Posts: 11582 | From: pensacola, fl. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
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It is reference to scam artists selling the rights to the Brooklyn bridge in the early 1900's. People were just as stupid and gullible back then. LOL!
Have a great one!
-------------------- Bruce Bowers
DrCAS Custom Lettering and Design Saint Cloud, Minnesota
"Things work out best for the people who make the best of the way things work out." - Art Linkletter Posts: 6464 | From: Saint Cloud, Minnesota | Registered: Jun 1999
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Hi Glenn, I tend to side with Janette on this one. Sometimes, you have to establish ground rules with certain customers. In this case, you have to be honest with the guy and suggest he needs to be reasonable with his demands. Pressure has nothing to do with this project. He is jerking you around and you are letting him. When he asks, you need to tell him you need a few days to do a nice layout, find or design artwork, and also that you need a reasonable deposit for that time. With the deposit in hand and time to do it, I am sure you can put your best foot forward on the project and present him with something both of you can be proud of. It is hard to design under pressure, and it sounded like you were under it by your post.
Besides the copyright issue on clip art, your request was totally unworkable. Go back and read it for yourself and try to determine if you have any clue what kind of bridge you needed for this project? I suspect there are numerous bridges shown in a Corel image catalog without asking. Golden Gate Bridge? London Bridge?
Don't take this post wrong. I am not jumping on you here at all. You just didn't give anyone here much to work with, nor time to even help you. We have all been in the place you are right now. A little word of advice can sometimes be helpful when you let yourself get backed into a corner without realizing it. Good luck on your project.
Mike Jackson
-------------------- Mike Jackson Golden Era Studios Jackson Hole, Wy www.goldenstudios.com/ Posts: 390 | From: PO Box 7850 | Registered: Nov 1998
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Glenn, take this to heart . . .. and live by it !!! I've significantly curbed my intake for "unreasonable customers with unreasonable requests". My only question is this . .. . .you may get a $100.00 for the drawing/proof. Do you have ANY intentions of sharing that pot o gold with the person that helps you out of the hole you are about to dig for yourself ??? Just a wonderin
-------------------- John Smith Kings Bay Signs (Retired) Kissimmee, Florida Posts: 822 | From: Central Florida - The Sunshine State | Registered: Jan 2000
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On the back of my business cards it says........
*************************** "My Quality Will Not Suffer Due to Your Schedule or Impatience If You Can't Live With This... Check Your Yellow pages.....!!" ******************************
I burned out a long time ago on peoples bull sh*t !!
It keeps things a lot Simpler when everyone's on the same page.....Right From The Start !!
Ya put up yer %50 deposit Ya takes a number... and when that number comes up I do yer work........ Ya pay the Balance...... I give ya the Item......... Ya go Away Happy........ I Spend the Money, Everybody's Happy.......!! SIMPLE..........!!
Hope this Helps..............cj
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Okay, Glenn. . . . take a deep breath . . ..
9:00 a.m. Tuesday has come and gone . . .. did you get the job ???
-------------------- John Smith Kings Bay Signs (Retired) Kissimmee, Florida Posts: 822 | From: Central Florida - The Sunshine State | Registered: Jan 2000
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Hey Glenn, as John said, did you get the job??? I guess if he didn't, he can always blame it on the Letterhead board.....huh. Everything bad is always somebody elses fault, that's my motto too. It werks fer me......
-------------------- John Thompson JTT Graphics "The big guy with a little sign shop!" Royston/Hartwell Georgia jtt101@hotmail.com Posts: 626 | From: Royston Georgia | Registered: Feb 2002
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-------------------- Mario G. Lafreniere (Fergie) J&N Signs Winter did show up! Posts: 1257 | From: Chapleau, Ontario | Registered: Jun 1999
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Nobody can beat ATOG's post, it's bound to become a classic that'll be remembered for years. Way to go ATOG!!! And a "Thumbs Up" to you.
-------------------- John Thompson JTT Graphics "The big guy with a little sign shop!" Royston/Hartwell Georgia jtt101@hotmail.com Posts: 626 | From: Royston Georgia | Registered: Feb 2002
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