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I would never have imagined in my life time I would have seen the entire Country shut down. It is so heart breaking to hear some of the stories we are hearing. I can't imagine being in CA or MI where the Governors are just not listening and are just keeping everything closed when they have seen that opening up slowly in other States has worked with no problems. Few people had enough money in the bank or savings to last a month paying bills with no income - much less 3 months or more. The one thing that is going to be hard is to get people to come back to work! Most are making more sitting home drawing unemployment than they did working. Got an e-mail from the Governor last week saying that if I offered my employees their jobs back and they refused to come back (I never let any of mine go - been paying them to sweep the floor and clean up the yard) I needed to let the State know and they would cut off the unemployment. Sad to say, but that's the only way we are going to get some folks to go back to work. Stay safe everybody and hopefully this thing will be over soon!
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I have been getting some of the same replies when I send e-mails. It's really sad. Hopefully we can get this economy going again and get back as close to "normal" as we can. If we continue to stay closed we are all going to be in a mell of a hess!! If you survived the recession you may survive this.
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17 hours ago, Snoochie said:
Erik;
You are way too tough to let this COVID keep you down. If you can monitor sign people, like those on this board, this virus ain't got nothing on you. Take care of yourself, Josey Wales.........
Tell K Girl thanks for being on the front lines fighting for us all with the rest of those doing the same.
I, like you, am at a standstill and don't anticipate not being in this state for a while. But our collective health is the most important thing in this time of crisis. We will get back to economics as normal because that is what we Americans do. We fight and Prevail. Also, take the time to extend kindness to someone else who needs it like we all do.
As Tom Bon Jovi said; "If you can't do what you do, do what you can".
Godspeed to all on the board
Peace out
I second that Snoochie! Erik, please tell K Girl that we are so proud of her and thank her for giving so selflessly even when it puts her own family at risk. That cannot be easy!
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Not fair that you can't share the beer!!
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4 minutes ago, Richard Z. said:
I'm in CA, we just got shut down, no new business has come in the last couple weeks and the last few days zero emails. We have gone thru our backlog and that is it, we are closing for 1 month as of right now.
So sorry you are having to close for so long. Hopefully when you are able to open back up things will be booming again! We have had the best 3 years of our business and then this had to happen. You will be in my thoughts and prayers.
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Our phone is literally not ringing AT ALL other than the PMs checking on the jobs we already had. We are so far behind because of all of the rain that the guys work daily on the back log of stuff on the days it isn't pouring buckets outside. I have never seen so much rain in all of my put togethers - Now the coronavirus to add to it. I am praying that thing moves out of here with as little damage as possible and our lives can get back to "normal". Hope all of you are well and remain that way!! We shall survive this!! How long that takes is left up to us. We have to all do our part and do as we have been asked so it doesn't continue to spread. Stay safe everybody!
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I use Tony at Vector-man - he is AMAZING! He will typically have a drawing done for me in an hour or less. Depending on how much detail. Has never charged me over $30! I would recommend him to anyone that needs a fast turn around on art work. tony@vector-man.com
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OMG!!! Holy crap batman! That's a rat alright. Yep. I would be filing a mechanic's lien TODAY! Do not pass go. We have to break these folks from using and abusing us. If you are like us, we work too hard for our money to have to beg to be paid. I am so sorry this is happening to you. I will sure add these folks to my "hit the bricks" list if they contact me to do any work!
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2 hours ago, Vikki2021 said:
Yes, the contract had terms but no where was it stated I was to fraudulently sign an affidavit claiming to be paid when I haven't. I did receive correspondence today. PM saying I haven't sent in the invoices and they would now be considered as filed late. So, I sent her a copy of the email sent to me by HER AP department stating the invoices have already been received. I sent them again anyway.
At this point I think a call to THEIR customer will resolve this issue very quickly.
Oh, they are just trying to get out of paying you. I thought it before, but I know it now. That's the oldest trick in the book - "we didn't receive your invoice on time or invoice filed late" - That's why I always save every e-mail I send the folks. Good thing you had yours! Hope they don't owe you a pile of money!
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4 hours ago, Vikki2021 said:
Well, the paperwork they sent was worded to say that we had been paid in full. When I asked did that mean she was sending out a check she said no, after the paperwork is received it would be another 30 to 45 days for a check to be cut. We all know what 'check to be cut" means. It then sits on someone's desk for a few weeks, then gets signed, then sets again until they decide to mail it. I still have not received any communication from them, nor any money from them. I beginning to think I would be looking at another ImagePoint disaster if I would have signed this. Something just isn't right
If it actually says that you have been paid - do not sign it!! I have signed a couple that say "upon receipt of payment from vendor, sign supplier will ....." - not that I had already been paid. It feels like they are trying to sucker you into something - and if they won't return phone calls or communicate at all - listen to that little voice. It won't steer you wrong.
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I think you did the right thing. Especially since you said the project had already been a nightmare. I think if I didn't hear anything from them in the next day or so I would go ahead and start lien process. Sounds like they are looking for ways not to pay you and tried to get you to sign off on it! Good luck with this one. That's why I love this site. You can ask anything and get honest opinions and help. Let us know how it works out so we can all flag the company!
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I had a customer last year that wanted me to sign one that said "once paid x amount of dollars" - I didn't have a problem with that one because it didn't say I HAD been paid. Had it said I had already been paid, I would have never signed it. Just check the wording closely. Some of these folks are trying harder every day to find ways around not paying or short changing!
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This printer is still for sale - if you know anybody that needs a printer give them my info, please!
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WOW! That could have been so much worse. I will show this to my guys as a warning of what can happen when you don't do what you are supposed to do. I agree after watching it several times that the steel wasn't cut all the way through. I don't think it was anything to do with the rigger or anything he/she may or may not have done - although I think the straps could have been a little more substantial for that size sign. You can see when the crane goes to pick it up, it snaps back when the steel lets go. The guy with the torch in his hand is a very lucky human being. Another few inches and it takes him and his buddy out in that basket. Scary, scary, scary. I bet the owner of the place isn't too happy he has to "rebuild" that iconic sign!! Not to mention what it did to his truck!
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I use Sign Tracker. Have for several years. Has good forms/already laid out drawings for like channel letters & cabinets - Pretty neat - You can set up your costs and things in the quote system and I believe it works with QuickBooks. Just never have had the time to set that up. They have started "tweaking" some things and some of the changes I would like to see go back, but other than that I give it a big thumbs up!
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HOLY HEAVENS!!! Miracle nobody was hurt. I try to tell my guys all of the time that too much O.T. is dangerous! I only allow so much, but sometimes they want to work over that. Nope. Not going to get somebody hurt because they have been working too many hours. Not worth it!
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Like new Roland VersaCamm VS640 printer for sale - prints white & metallic inks - it needs a print head, but other than that, it is in immaculate condition. You can't even tell we have printed on it I have kept it so clean. I think it is about 7 or 8 years old. We are getting a new printer, so I have to get this one out of the way before we can set the new printer up. Will come with all of the RIP Software (Roland VersaWorks) - Excuse the dirty floor! Had a large project going on in here so I haven't had time to clean! LOL
Make me an offer.
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Holy Heavens! I didn't know this company was involved with MC - Had not read it anywhere or heard it. Anybody else?
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WOW! That's all you can say. He already has somebody lined up "in case", not when he gets hurt. Unbelievable. If he worked for me, he would either go home and change, or he would just go home.
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Good Friday the 13th everybody!!
I have a question - What do you guys charge per square foot for flex faces if you have like 18+ locations to do?? 4 colors printed -
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Such sad news. Condolences to his family. I will certainly miss him here on SS. Just goes to show you, you never know when your last minute here will be. Live every one like its your last!
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Very impressive!!
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WOW! Did you ever get your truck back?? Crazy that you can't trust folks with anything anymore.
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34 minutes ago, jboles9134 said:
Here is a new cabinet showing the LED's along with the completed sign install. We even hid the LED's Power Supplies in the hinged end cap so service of power supplies does not require removing any faces.
That's the way a job is supposed to look! Nice work!
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I think my supplier is doing the same thing. They won't tell me that, but I got the same response "that I can sell you" - well, exactly what does that mean?? Sounds like you have plenty, but are doling it out to your customers as you see fit?? Not cool! I saw an ad from my old supplier that they were making and installing "partitions" too. Making more money on Covid than they can make selling directly to us.