I think the samples around the office area is a good idea, but I only have photos or printouts hung up on the wall of that stuff. At almost any given time, if someone needs to look at a sample, I can get the stuff out in the shop. If I wanna show off what all we do, I just motion to them and say follow me and I take them on a small tour. They'll see all kindsa signs in progress, finished or maybe 2 or 3 trucks out in the bays being lettered. MAybe they'll see the flatbed working or someone running some LEDs in a channel letter. The old days of seeing 1/2 dozen people hand painting is long gone.
Had a lady in here about 20 or so years ago who wanted some signs. She asked a buncha questions and after a few minutes, she said.... what's that God awful smell ?? Ahh, what smell ?? I don't know, it smells like chemicals. I asked her to follow me and when she walked through the doorway she shrieked and said, Oh my God, it's much worse. I said, well, we're painting some boards out. We had about 20pcs. 4' x 8' being rolled out and evidently the paint odor is what was bothering her. I said ma'am, we're a sign shop.... we paint signs for a living. Well, none of the other shops I was in smelled bad like this. I can't stand this, this is horrible. I quickly said, then they weren't sign shops, just sticker shops who's stuff won't last much more than 4 or 5 years at best..... where ours will last 20 to 25 years. She said, I'm leaving. I can't do business in a place like this.... and left.