visual800
Active Member
Last Oct 2010 a Dr. called me and wanted a sign in a neighboring town. i designed something, he liked it, it was a go. He said HE would handle permits and asked how he should do this. The town this was going in was damn near bankrupt and the city and employees were all on pins and needles. I told him "Just put the sign up and avoid all the confusion" Sure it wasnt professional but lets be honest none of us get permits for EVERY sign install
For the next few months I'm getting email after email about where its going, how far off the curb it needs to be, do i know how to check for underground utilities, blah , blah, blah. Well it now Dec 2010 no sign is up and he is getting mad as hell cause no one at the city will help him and they are giving him the runaround, He calls me and asked "how do you tolerate all of this?"...my reply, "I told you 2 months ago to put the damn sign up!"
Ill be damned if about Feb 2011 he emails again and says that town does not have a business license on me. I said "No they don't, I havn't done any wrk in the past year in that town" Now he says I have to get one to install the sign. DAMN! Ok so I get the damn license email copy to him and send all paperwork into the city. This was Feb, LOL. He also emailed over all the paperwork for the permit and needed me to provide dimensions and specs on sign. I once again provided him with this and once again reminded him that sign could have been installed last Oct.
April, he emails me and asks if I have copies of all he emailed me and I need to send to city they didnt get any paperwork. OMG!
I once again told him he is dealing with a broke ass city that has the attention span of a tick. This sign could have been done. HE drug this out and made this worse than it had to be. That was the last contact I had with him. I drove by his office the other day and saw "my sign" was up, LOL. Design and everything.
Who's gonna get a bill for art design fees I just haven't thought of a price yet. For someone that "goes by the books" I shocked he did this. Lesson dont let your clients take reigns on things, he is just a control freak and wanted to handle himself
For the next few months I'm getting email after email about where its going, how far off the curb it needs to be, do i know how to check for underground utilities, blah , blah, blah. Well it now Dec 2010 no sign is up and he is getting mad as hell cause no one at the city will help him and they are giving him the runaround, He calls me and asked "how do you tolerate all of this?"...my reply, "I told you 2 months ago to put the damn sign up!"
Ill be damned if about Feb 2011 he emails again and says that town does not have a business license on me. I said "No they don't, I havn't done any wrk in the past year in that town" Now he says I have to get one to install the sign. DAMN! Ok so I get the damn license email copy to him and send all paperwork into the city. This was Feb, LOL. He also emailed over all the paperwork for the permit and needed me to provide dimensions and specs on sign. I once again provided him with this and once again reminded him that sign could have been installed last Oct.
April, he emails me and asks if I have copies of all he emailed me and I need to send to city they didnt get any paperwork. OMG!
I once again told him he is dealing with a broke ass city that has the attention span of a tick. This sign could have been done. HE drug this out and made this worse than it had to be. That was the last contact I had with him. I drove by his office the other day and saw "my sign" was up, LOL. Design and everything.
Who's gonna get a bill for art design fees I just haven't thought of a price yet. For someone that "goes by the books" I shocked he did this. Lesson dont let your clients take reigns on things, he is just a control freak and wanted to handle himself
