Brian
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man would I hate to sell you anything. I don't think God himself could please you!
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The only things do not get posted is if you are over the top and completely wild.
We went to an underground show the other day for a San Diego heavy metal band - thought of you guys.
The wife and I will be in on thurs am Manuel do you want to go out with us that night and have dinner and a few bev? I think fishing nut is going and hopefully we can get kgirl and eric to come along!
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If he had been holding up neon in the picture he would have been wearing sunglasses!!! and be getting a tan hahah
GO NEON!!
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Introduction says software works with Corel pdf files. This is page 3 after the table of contents. The statement is totally false, I later found out from Fancher. Secondly, see where the system requirements totally contradicts the top when it does not include Corel as a requirement. How many sign makers have ARTCAM or Type 3? Thirdly, I was stumped by the "USB interface for Superpro Keys." After 5 mins with F over the phone, I finally realized the manual is referring to the USB security KEY not "Keys." The simple erroneous addition of the plural can do wonders for comprehension. Fourth, why is it that I am required to have XP operating system and not VISTA? This was not mentioned beforehand. Fifth, what is this with the mouse? Is this a plug for a friend or what? Sixth, what is with the addition of LED in the first line? What, we're making no neon channel letters anymore?
Yes, senor 110% I am TOTALLY CLEAR I GOT REAMED BY THIS REP. If you want to defend him, then be my guest. You are only making yourself look bad. I'm not done yet. This is only the third page; I figured out now the site accepts pdfs.EZMANINTRO.pdf
I read it ... XP is the most widely used platform until just recently
The mouse thing was to explain what type of mouse since a lot of them do not have a wheel (and logitec is the best)
and with LED or NEON channel letters no difference so who cares what it says
I think you just want to nit pick
If would would spend as much time learning to use the device as you do bitching and berating others you would be up and running!
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we do tons of baseball banners we use a 16oz banner stock with grommets every 2 foot and they are zip tied to the chain link fence with no problems
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What is the purpose of this negative review? Of the company Easy Channel Letters LLC? Of Neil Fancher personally? I'll tell you what. I can take my lumps, in this case a 2900.00 plus lump. If I lost the money, then I'll get it back. If I made a mistake then I'll apologise. The purpose of these postings is not to spead the misery. The purpose is twofold. To change Fancher's behavior. And to warn fellow sign manufacturers of this company.
If he only puts in a warning, verbally or in writing,"Oh, by the way, don't just plug in the cord to a 110 outlet, even though it is a 110 plug," then I've contributed not to more suffering but toward saving somebody else the suffering I've suffered. This statement is made with the presupposition that I DID somehow burn up or damage some part of the machine when I plugged it in, which I don't know to be the case. (The sample file in the software was trying to print, but the rollers could not make a positive grab on the vinyl roll) Better yet, if he spends 3 hours writing up a manual which is legible and user friendly, then HE will profit and not have to suffer the one hour of laboring on the telephone (not three) and the customer will not have to suffer days, as I have trying to make a machine work.
IF the machine works, maybe it can, I don't know. Maybe there was some adjustment I didn't know or see which will magically turn the printer into a workable benefit to a sign manufacturer. It's possible that I don't know all there is to know about it. But this is the default position of the customer. It is the seller's job to know their machine and the software connected to it, not the buyer's.
But if the machine cannot work, has never worked and is a piece of crap, then buyers beware. The software I am pretty sure is not at all user friendly. This thread is not over. And I will be vindicated by other peers down the road if they ever navigate to this website.
I can't understand why the vendor couldn't communicate with you....
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Are you insinuating I'm doing something underhanded? Dishonest? As far as I know, everything on this board by me is the truth. If I've refused to take
responsibility for anything, it is because I think I have good reason to. Not. If you have a specific complaint, then state it. Or criticism. Whatever. How do you know what Fancher meant? Are you buds with him or what?
dude take a chill pill he didn't call you gay. I did not accuse you of anything. You seem to be the one hung up on the gay thing not everyone else. Don't start in on me that's one you can't win
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Each and every man and I only mean "A MAN" Knows what I mean
I don't think he said you were gay. I think he meant "acting like a man" or being straight forward and honest and owning up to responsibilities.
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We are looking to buy a 70 foot bucket truck
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One thing Chubby the gloves will come off. I havent even recieved the printer back yet to see what damage they did to it. One thing I can say is Absolute SIgns might want to be careful of thier SLANDER. If there is one thing that I will not ever stand for is someone attacking my integrety. Each and every man and I only mean "A MAN" Knows what I mean. STill with all thier rants I am going to try to address this customers concerns. If we can't then I will follow the terms of the Invoice.
You do have to stand up for yourself. Would you though explain the 220 plug in the 120 outlet?
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Time to get out the boxing gloves -------------you say sign guys are slowwwwwwwwwwwwww?
Hmmmm, in reading the previous posts ------- you might be correct. I can't imagine anyone wanting to plug in anything that resembles a computer without putting all the plugs in first ---- way to many things go wrong doing that. And how is a 220v plug stuck into a 110v wall socket, anyway????
But, I'll just stand back ---------- and wait for the dust to settle.
And in all fairness ------- personally, I've seen one of those systems in action-------and it worked pretty darn good. But, I'm just an old neon guy -----------
gn
I'm with you a 220 plug that will fit a 120 wall socket? that's a new one
I wish the hot dog vendor would come over here, I don't want to get up and miss anything haha
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lets get ready to rumble!!!
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now the plot thickens!!!
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Let me tell you, the Pattern Printer Let-R-Pattern® and software is a great addition for your shop if you are fabricating channel letters.
From your design software, you import the job file with a DXF, AI or G code extension and the Pattern Printer will print the location of the bends and curves, including the degree of bend, up or down into a self adhesive pattern tape. This can be use with Let-R-Edge material or for other jobs; like I sold one to a customer that use it all the time for stainless steel fabrication.
Just looked at it you're right that is really cool!!!
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I say this, at least two of us are trying to run a professional business. I have been in construction for 40 years and served as a journyman is (3) different trades and hold a state issused general contractors license. I for the life of me can not figure out why the sign installation companies will accept this BS from the national companies. No other trade will work without a draw and $$ within 30 days of completion. We all know they need us!!! If we will stick together and all stand by this standard we will all be better off. If not we will all be caught in another ImagePoint mess. I have worked for the national and local companies as an employee and a sub. These national companies are making money off of your money you are owed. I tell them if I wanted to open a bank I would have done so, I don't make loans!!!
I agree 1000% if you don't like my terms go get you a chicken sh-t jake leg installer and loose my number!!!!!!
Yep I guess you are the only 2 professionals out there. While we're at it lets all band together as a nation and stop buying gas to get them to lower the price! (that won't work and neither will sign companies band together to get a 50% deposit)
So I'll just go on running my unprofessional business like I have for the last 20 some years, and hope someday I will be as smart and professional as you.
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On the other hand... I can go with no deposit and terms of 30 - 45 days... If, and only if, they can go with me nearly doubling our rate. If I gotta hang my ass out there on your job and wait to get paid - it's gonna cost ya. Or you can find someone else to install your sign. That our policy.
unfortunately with the national ship in stuff your policy will omit you from doing their stuff. We can't afford to tell them all to get screwed like some of the shops on here so we have to be careful and watch how long we let them go.
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Receiving payment for work completed seems to be a current topic, and there appears to be several differing views.
There’s a big difference in agreeing to work for a company that you know ahead of time is going to take 120 days to pay you, and a company who intentionally or deceptively doesn’t pay per the agreed terms of the contract.
I thought 30 to 60 days was standard payment terms.
I don’t know of many companies who agree to wait 4 months to get paid. Others refer to it as lending YOUR money to another company for 4 months. I would bill an additional cost just for waiting that long.
Anyone who owns and operates a company has payables that their company is RESPONSIBLE to pay. One of these payables is PAYROLL that by federal law has to be paid on a regular schedule. We don’t wait to pay our employees once our client pays us. We pay our employees EVER WEEK.
Contracts are a simple process:
Company A agrees to perform work at an agreed rate.
Company B agrees to pay the agreed rate at a specified time once the work is completed.
Once Company A performs their part of the contract, then Company B is obligated to perform their part of the contract and pay for work received.
If both or one party does not perform, then the contract is not completed.
that's real nice... I don't think any of use here mentioned not paying our employees so where did that come from? It cracks me up how many people on here always play billy bad ass and say how they would bill extra for this and that and make all the rules themselves and tell everyone to get screwed if they don't like it, and their still covered up with work - BULL SHIT! The biggest, longest, most well written contract in the world is just expensive shit paper if the contracting party goes bankrupt! But if you want to send good money after bad sue away! remember you are NOT a secured creditor ie: you get paid after everyone else if there is any money left. AND THERE WON'T BE ANY
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Signweb has been attacked by jerks posting on every topic with all kinds of crazy shit. Really pisses me off!
Eric I hope they don't try that shit on here
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Its really a strange thing with these national sign companys like the ones Punkybones mentioned above because with a few of those named we have always been paid in a timely matter & in fact one of them even overnights the check for the completed job 2-3 days after completion.But I have also read on this site & others about how other sign companys dont get paid by these guys.Now as for Imagepoint everyone that has done work for them well knows that the rule of thumb for payment with them for the last 5 years or so has been a minium of 120 days & they have always made that clear.Even back when they were Plastiline it was at least 90 days.So if you wanted to do jobs for them you know what your getting into.I say somewhere today that they are now offering 10-30 cents on the dollar to installers that they owe money to.So anyone that is owed money you will either have to take the offer or fight it out in court with them.Very sad indeed.
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I agree, it is easy for others to sit back and say you shouldn't have done the work, but with the slow down for the last year or so it was hard to resist taking the work and waiting the 90 days for payment. I guess some people are so overrun with jobs that they can afford tell customers to piss off so they don't have to take the chance of not being paid. The way I see it with the biz climate today you would have to tell everyone to piss off because anyone you do work for might go belly up tomorrow and you not see it coming...unless you have a crystal ball like some guys must have. But then again maybe I just some poor dumb ass that don't know shit!
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How does a company get 32k owed to them from IP? Anytime a company owed us that kind of money we would call them and tell them that the signs sitting in our shop that are due to be installed next week WILL NOT be installed till all or a portion of the outstanding debt is paid! Sign hostage works everytime whether it's IP, Fairmont. Action, Icon.......or we quit doing their work..........We told Icon to kiss our ass a few years ago for that reason! Still I feel for you STSG, it is a shame IP put so many in a bad position. My friend in Colorado went to every business that they had completed for IP and threaten leins........she has recovered about 80% so far..Good Luck.
I don't think making the businesses that had already paid for their signs once pay again or face a lien is the morally correct thing to do.. as well as I don't think it would hold up in a court challenge. Just because someone screws you doesn't give you the right to screw someone else. As someone guided by god as you stated earlier it just seems to be a contradiction. But that's just my opinion and we all are entitled to our own.
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Down here in South Texas we have seen quite a bit of slow down since Jan 09.We are starting to see some store closings in our area.We have cut back to 4-day weeks in hope of keeping all employees on this time.If it get any worse we will probably need to lay a few employees off to make ends meet.We have bid quite a few upcoming projects in our area but I think alot of people are holding off on moving foward with them at this time.So we are trying to brace for the worst & hope for the best.We were also burned by Imagepoint for 32k which does not help things.
do you have sales people knocking on doors? we are doing that with some success
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it's a round tube but the basket is just the standard receiver type
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Amen. I have gained ALOT of strength in that area. Maybe that's why God allowed me to buy a business at the worst possible time
sorry but I don't thing God has anything to do with the business climate.
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That's funny, I just met with those folks the other day ----------
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did it look promising?
I think I just got reamed by Easy Channel Letters LLC
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why do you keep posting the same shit? You have told us this several times now ...we get it!