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    Recommendation for Work in NY

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    9 minutes ago, Sign Lady said:

     

    Fantastic!  I think this will be enough for him.  I will pass everything on to him and have him get in direct contact with you, if that's okay?

     

     

     

    Thanks!
    Angie

     

    That would be fine Angie and we appreciate it - hopefully we can reciprocate someday!

       Thank you,

       Michelle

    Recommendation for Work in NY

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    21 minutes ago, Sign Lady said:

     

    That would be great!  I know he is going to ask me for some references.  He trusts me a lot, but since I am not there to over see things, he is going to want to make sure it would be just like I am there.  

     

    Walden Galleria Mall - Pyramid Mgt. Clay Hoffman - 716-681-7600 ( we are on their approved vendor list and meet their insurance requirements) (our customer)

    Buffalo Bills - Joe Frandina - 716-648-1800 (our customer)

    Buffalo Bisons -our customer

    M&T Bank - Keybank - Northwest Savings Bank

    Zoom Tan - we are just finishing fabricating and installing for 14 different locations -Christina Holden - christina@zoomtan.com - our customer

    Tesla - Cheryl Blackwell - chblackwell@tesla.com  

    Please visit our website at www.flexlume.com

    We have done work at the Boulevard Mall in Amherst - Eastern Hills Mall 

    And of course like everyone else we do a ton of work for the national sign companies - ICON - Walton - Persona - AGI - Cummings - Lauretano - Chandler -Jones - Anchor -Brilliant etc

    Doing a 20 location permitting and install for McDonalds for Bailiwick currently

     

    Hope this helps - if you need more detail e-mail me at mholland@flexlume.com

    thank you!

    Rant

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    Being you have never done work for this company before, it is definitely not out of line to request a deposit - we are even starting to do that with the national sign companies we do work with, if especially they pay in 60 to 90 days as we can not be have our monies tied up that long if it is a big job.

    like the other person said, if they can't pay the deposit they can't pay the balance,. you know on a job that size their customer had to give them a deposit.

    Who is Accelerated Service?

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    Hey guys I suppose some of you received the same email as me from them. Who are they?

    We received the same e-mail, don't know who they are- never heard of them. I do know after reading their service agreement we were kind of weary of signing it due to some of the wording in it- I asked questions, but they said they could not answer until the agreement was signed so we never responded - trying to do a little more research on them first.

    Contending with unlicensed businesses

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    Any one had experience dealing with illegit sign/neon manufacturing businesses soliciting your clientele ?

    There are 2 such businesses in my area that i'm aware of that have been operating from their garage for some time now and recently have become more aggressive in their attempts to woo some of my clients away with pricing that is almost to good to pass up.

    Granted most of the companies that use these guys are barely operating legit businesses themselves but I think the poor economy may have others looking at them as a way to save a buck.

    I'm pretty sure one is using a local sign company to get his material for him and is giving them their neon in return.

    All transactions are done in cash so there are no taxes ,no work comp ,no overhead period. Pretty tough to compete with.

    Not sure what the best way to approach the problem is so I'm looking for advice from anyone that has dealt with this problem with success.

    Anyone deal with atlas?

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    got a service call from them. How are they payment wise? She said 60 days. What are you guys charging the nationals per hr for service? Is it the same as your regular customers prices? They usually are paying 85 an hour?? Most companies I know wont touch anything for that. This is the location in FL

    We have done work for them for about 3 years now - they have paid in 45 to 60 days and always on time!Nice people to do work for - we have always charged them our regular service and installation rates, our reps have never even questioned our rates - they normally give us a do not exceed amount and if we are going over that then we call in for authorization.

    GEMINI LETTERS

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    I called GEMINI for a quote on custom cut letters and logos, They needed to be 1/4 inch thick oxidized cooper with threaded rods for install. GEMINI RETURNED A QUOTE IN 17 MINUTES. They also guaranteed delivery in 7 days. They are GREAT

    I agree and they also give you a lifetime warranty on their letters as well - we just replaced gemini plastic letters for a customer that had been on their building for 10 years - letter cost - $0 that is amazing to me

    A sore subject

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    Erick;

    Have you or are you anticipating letting Signtiffic back on the Sign Syndicate ? The place was way more lively with his presence. I know many will disagree but it is just my humble opinion.

    Dominic

    Why is he not allowed on Sign Syndicate any longer?

    Subcontract pricing standards

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    Damn we only get $70 per hour 1 man and people still gripe. Good for you!

    We couldn't even pull our trucks out of the driveway for that - New York State sucks! what is your workmen's comp rate there? what is the cost of gasoline there? we have a formula we use to figure out what each man's cost is and then mark it up 50% and then we also calculate our gas and maintenance of our trucks into our rates as well on a yearly basis. if we didn't have a good customer base (repetitive) we wouldn't survive.

    Subcontract pricing standards

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    You are getting $135hr for 1 man and a 35' service truck????

    sorry i should of clarified that this is our rate for 2 men - the only time we send one man out is for non-electrical work ( cleaning of signs, painting etc). Our rate for 1 man is 115.00 per hr. We have a great customer base (after 107 years in business )and we just raised our rates after 4 years due to wonderful New York State's workmens comp rate hike from 14.91 per hundred to 29.17 per hundred for our classification.

    Subcontract pricing standards

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    So I have read all about markup and pricing, margins and profits. But what about from one sign shop to another? A sign shop needs help installing because they are backed up, or maybe they just sub out all of they high work or electrical signs.

    What is standard markup on materials? Labor rate per hour? Service charge? Should it be the same as you charge the end user? One ol' boy said figure the job and give them 20% off the top.

    Give me your thoughts......EVERYBODY!!!!!

    we normally have a 30% markup on materials - 20% mark up on subcontract - our labor rate -135.00 per hr. 1 hr minimum on service with bucket plus travel time- 165.00 per hr for installations with bucket or crane - 2 hr minimum plus travel time - we have never charged anyone a service charge

    Thanks Michelle,

    To clarify, Is a 30% markup = to material cost x 130%?

    material cost x 30%

    Subcontract pricing standards

    in General Message Board

    Posted

    So I have read all about markup and pricing, margins and profits. But what about from one sign shop to another? A sign shop needs help installing because they are backed up, or maybe they just sub out all of they high work or electrical signs.

    What is standard markup on materials? Labor rate per hour? Service charge? Should it be the same as you charge the end user? One ol' boy said figure the job and give them 20% off the top.

    Give me your thoughts......EVERYBODY!!!!!

    we normally have a 30% markup on materials - 20% mark up on subcontract - our labor rate -135.00 per hr. 1 hr minimum on service with bucket plus travel time- 165.00 per hr for installations with bucket or crane - 2 hr minimum plus travel time - we have never charged anyone a service charge

    Employee Vacation Time

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    Thanks,

    We are currently allowing them to use the time anyway they want, but we are getting into unchartered territory with possibly cutting hours back.

    last year due to the economy we had to go to a 4 day work week and we were asked not to use time unless it was actually a vacation or personal day until things got better, which they have for now anyway

    Workers Comp Robbery

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    I just got my new NY State Workers Compensation Rates. This is mandatory in NYS.

    Sign Hangers and Service related employees are now $ 29.00 on the hundred. Thats a 52% increase in one shot. At $ 50,000 its an extra $ 14,500. $ 100,000 is $ 29,000.Per salery. What a great place to work, I have not had a single claim in 25 years. Add this to all the other insurances and requirements. Hows the rest of the states doing

    isn't new york state wonderful - due to this increase we have had to increase our service and installation rates by 10.00 an hour each. the only thing we have going is we are in a really good safety group with a 25% discount and a great dividend every year. How about you? In a safety group?

    Employee Vacation Time

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    Does anyone allow their employees to use their vacation time to fill in the 40 hours. For example if they come up short on hours say 38 do you allow them to have 2 hours of vacation to fill their 40

    We let out employees do that, whether it be vacaction or personal time - they have accumulated it, they have earned it and as long as they put in for it on their time cards they get paid for it. the only thing we do not do is let them carry over their vacation time to the next year - all time must be used within the year.

    World Sign Associates

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    Anyone have any dealings with WSA, or know anything about them, what they do, who runs it, etc ?

    gn

    Flexlume Sign has been a part of WSA for over 20 yrs, and my boss has had an administrative role in our Division for the past two years, so if you have any specific questions about the organization let me know and I will send you his e-mail address. I have been at Flexlume for 15 years and it has been a great network of job opportunity and trust.

    Insurance Umbrella

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    Hi Folks,

    We are going to be doing work for Imageone Industries. They are asking if we have a 5 Million dollar umbrella. Is this common? We called our business insurance provider and they said that type runs about $750 anually per million of coverage. That would be an additional $3750 worth of coverae annually to carry.

    Thanks

    Mike B

    Big River Sign Co.

    we have had a 5M umbrella for 3 yrs now due to that most of our repetetive customers( our big customers are banks ) and they are asking for it -and it goes into our overhead. if it is only 1 customer requesting it and you don't do enough business with them to warrant it, why would you do it unless the amount of the job makes it worthwhile

    image care usa?

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    great, one of those

    well i think it is because they are one of three companies, there is image care - east coast and then the parent company is icon. i think it's just a matter of being so big - when we call about invoicing we call icon, not image care. we have always gotten paid and we have done work for them for a few years now.

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