Recent content by vinylvillain

Hi everyone, urgent request here. Does anyone have any vendor suggestions for a coroplast handle or something similar to this photo attached? Flutes got printed horizontally, so it can't be a wire holder. This is for an event next Thursday and I need about 180-200 pieces in the $1-$5.50 per...

I've come across this a few times, but have never gotten a solid answer on why aluminum VS acrylic. I've got 2 projects going and both customers requested 1" deep aluminum channel letters, stud mounted with pads; I proposed an option B which is 1" thick routed acrylic letters at almost half...

Long story short, I was with a small franchise for 7 years and chambers always work. Fastforward, I am a new outside salesmen with a regional sign company and the Chamber meetings have been garbage for the wider range of products we sell. Meetup.com site is chalked full of chamber-esque people...

Looking for vendor to supply wholesale tint supply? Customer is requesting mirrored tint in lieu of frosted vinyl. I tried to sell them frosted as I know how to price/install, but have never had someone ask for tint and really want the job.

My sales fiscal year 2016/2017, we're $375k, for 2017/2018, I hit $410k - I'm looking to get out of signs though unless I was owner lol.. Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk

I've been outside sales for 2.5 years for a small franchise, but with the company for 6 years under various other positions except production unless needed. I would love to buy the store from the franchisee, but that's not realistic at the moment, and it's time for a change for my...

Long story short, I'm the only outside sales guy in a small franchise shop that does about ~700k /year, I account for about 400k of the store sales and manage several accounts. My store owner/franchisee is talking about taking away one of my accounts that bogs me down substantially so that I can...

Central States Signs - Home - Central States Signs Their pricing is AMAZING... They're out of the suburbs of Chicago.

The size of the signs is 30" tall x 50" wide, the problem in lies the VINYL pulling from the acrylic because of the sheer size. This hardware is bad *** though. I'll save these for future use.

I have a customer who wants floating (unseen hardware) second surface acrylic signs and the only hardware I can think of is Z CLIPS or French Cleats. However, our standard "recipe" for second surface acrylic signs is we print the graphic on clear (reverse image), then apply opaque white vinyl on...

To all the outside sales people; do any of you have an assistant that works for you on the inside while you're on the field? I find time management to be very hard between meeting customers, doing surveys and writing up work orders, making sure your orders are being taken care of etc. etc.. How...

The margins on these signs is astronomical; and for what? Some paint and elbow grease? The sign looks amazing my friend, very well done.

Our company just purchased a vision engraver/router 2550 2x4 machine. I say "just" purchased, but it was March of 2015. Our main operator is a good guy and has learned quite a bit by himself (routing acrylic/ada/gator/ultra board/polystyrene stencils etc). One of the things we haven't been able...

Long story short, I currently work as an employee for a reputable sign franchise and have been with them for over 4.5 years. I went from a "hybrid" inside sales/counter boy and assistant graphic designer, to outside sales rep just this past March when we went under new ownership; this was...

Ya know, I've been selling signs for about 4.5 years, and every time I email my supplier, my exact words are "whatever is cheapest" when asking for a quote for a tenant panel or pylon sign... But can anyone give me a definitive answer as to what the MAJOR differences are in Polycarbonate, VS...