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Donco last won the day on November 4 2010

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  • Birthday 04/27/1971

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    Chris
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    Donco & Sons, Inc.
  • City & State
    Anaheim, California
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    Full Service Shop

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  1. Understood Garrett. Regardless of who the money goes to, the fact that money is flowing through the economy is important. People have stopped spending money and are holding on to it. It is an economic paralysis that will only prevent the economy from recovering and cause stagnation. The Government is offering incentives to get people to spend money again and start the economy moving again. Instead of the trickle down theory, I prefer that Gov’t Stimulus money start at the bottom and work its way to the top.
  2. Yes, they typically come in 3 waves. The Housing market was the first wave and now the Commercial Real Estate market will be next. The last wave will be Credit Card default which is looming and will have a major impact on the banking industry. I’m no economic expert and I hope that I am wrong on what will happen next. I’m glad to hear the “Cash 4 Clunkers” program is doing so well. Hopefully we can endure these tough times and make it through to a better future.
  3. Same here in OC. Our office is in a business park area and businesses are closing all around. An artifical grass business just opened right next to us. Seems that people would rather have fake lawns than a high water bill. A lot of the work we do is at Gas Stations and I have several quotes I submitted to Dealers who can't get money from the bank. We've hit the streets too and found bsuinesses that REALLY NEED their signs repaired. Give them a good quote for the work, and they don't have the money to do it. Here's an example of a sign that needs repair and the owner didnt want to.
  4. Donco

    Donco & Sons, Inc.

    Photos of our work.
  5. Nothing beats meeting a person face to face and introducing yourself and a quick description of what your company can provide them as a customer. following up with them in a week or two really helps. We seem to generate some business that way, and it isn't always with the person you first meet. Somethimes they pass are company info on to someone else who needs our services.
  6. Who makes the "Buffalo Wild Wing" signs? Thanks in advance.
  7. Would you mind sharing more info on your company: 1. Requirements to qualify and work for you 2. Payment terms 3. Current Clients or Projects woking on
  8. I was wondering if Sign Contractors in other states are required to carry Workers Comp Insurance. Is so, how much do you pay a year? Our company operates in the state of California where we are required to carry Workers Comp Insurance. Our yearly policy costs $60K. We ultimately pass this cost on to our customers in our hourly rates. Our $150 an hour rate is considered high by some and we probably don’t get as much work because of it. We implemented a Safety Program back in 2004 to train and protect our employees, and we have seen great results from it. Over the past 4 years we’ve had a total of 6 recordable incidents ranging from minor cuts that required stitches to a broken finger. Luckily we’ve never had a major incident where someone was seriously injured. (Knock on wood) The medical cost for those 6 claims is about 1/10th what we have paid to the Insurance carrier in premiums. Unfortunately we did have one case back in 2003 that we felt was fraudulent (Shoulder injury) and took several years to resolve and cost over $150K. We’ve had the same Insurance carrier (State Fund) for years, and they are not very proactive. I’ve had to make several phone calls and emails to adjustors to close out claims that have been resolved for over 2 years. Every year we request quotes from different insurance carriers, but none have a better price. Lately, we’ve noticed new sign companies working in our area, and we’ve had one try to take business away from us. I just saw one at lunch replacing some lamps. Their truck didn’t have any company info on it, and I wanted to go talk with them and see if they had a Contractors license or Insurance. Here’s a paragraph from our local newspaper on a Roofing Contractor who just got indicted for Workers Comp fraud. Michael Vincent Petronella, 50, and his wife, Devon Lynn Kile, 42, were charged with 106 felony counts, including grand theft, lying on their tax returns and insurance fraud. Prosecutors said the goods – seized this week from a Laguna Hills villa, a Costa Mesa office and other properties – were purchased with ill-gotten gains from a $38 million workers' compensation insurance fraud scheme, the largest fraud scheme of its kind in California history.
  9. I went to South El Monte city hall (LA area) to see if they would allow an LED reader board for a client. The planning dept said absolutely no. The city does not allow animated, flashing, or color changing LED message boards. I thanked the Planner and left. As I walked out of the building, right in front of city hall was a flashing, animated, color changing LED message board displaying info for the city. I couldn’t believe it, right there was the exact sign the Planner told me the city didn’t allow. So I walked back in and asked the planner why the city has a LED message board but doesn’t allow businesses in the area to have one. He had no answer.
  10. I know this may sound strange, but I think it would better to have a list of companies who do pay on time. It would be hard for West Coast Sign Guy to keep track or validate everyone’s claim that some didn’t pay on time. Also the other party involved, non-payer, doesn’t get an opportunity to respond to the allegation. Who’s to say someone rightfully didn’t get paid based on not performing the work, or getting the required paperwork and signatures.
  11. Thanks for the info. My contact at ICON says they are handling the East Coast, and another company is handling the West Coast..
  12. Anyone know who is handling the Jiffy Lube sign project? I heard they are installing new signs at over 2000 locations nationwide.
  13. Welcome. We've instlled a lot of their LED lights at gas stations. Formerly known as TIR.
  14. There have been several of these websites popping up recently. I signed up for free at signsearch, and a week later a salesperson called me to offer us a deal to have our company listed in the top 5 search results. He did a demo where he searched using our area code and we were on the 7th page. Even though all the other companies before us were miles away from the zip code. He then changed our “settings” or something and then we were listed 4th on the first page. It would only cost $279 a year to get the 4th listing, and they promise over 100 hits a month. Makes no sense at all since the search is by area code. They are basically selling space on their webpage.
  15. "If we will stick together and all stand by this standard we will all be better off" I totally agree! I have to assume that the large sign companies are generting interest off the money they owe to other companies.
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