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I have run into this a number of times. Many of the nationals have "Project Managers" working from home all over the place. Seems like the pushy, clueless ones are almost always home based.
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And this years Darwin Award goes to ...........
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Ditto, all the sentiments expressed above. I am tired of writing off bad debt to worthless national companies. When someone we have not worked with sends a project, the first two things I do is run a credit check and log into SS to see if anyone has posted their experience. If it becomes public knowledge that there are a group of nationals and vendors banding to try and shut this site down I will do everything I can to not purchase materials, or accept further work from the guilty parties ( if we are still doing business with them ....). Keep up the good work. It is nice to have a resource that is not censored like the trade rags or controlled by ISA.
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Houston, TX
in Texas
State Sign Corporation
7630 Hansen Road
Houston, TX, 77061
713.943.1831
Contact:
Brad Hunter
TX Sign Contractor# 18028; TX Master Sign Electrician # 7321,
Travel:
Triangle bounded by Lake Charles, LA –Bryan/ College Station – Victoria (Corpus Christi for large install package)
Services:
Full service custom sign shop. Design, manufacture, in-house permit dept., engineer, install, service, regional/ national account management
Capabilities:
45000 sf of manufacturing space; automated channel letter equipment (nothcer/ bender/ trim capper); two multicam routers; two Frank Page award winning designers on staff; in house neon plant; project management staff for regional/ national programs.
Equipment:
National Crane – 160'; Sky Hoist Crane – 100'; ManitekCrane – 75'; 2, each Elliot Crane – 65'; Wilkie Crane – 65'; Digger Derrick – 48" X 20' (lift capability to 65'); Wilkie bucket – 60'; Wilkie Ladder – 55'. Fleet age ranges from 1999 to 2007.
Notes:
We are a full service custom electronic sign shop, established in 1956. Current owner has been with the business, in varying capacities since 1956. We service the Gulf Coast region from Lake Charles, LA to Victoria, TX and westward to Bryan – College Station. We have a number of regional accounts and two national accounts. We have manufactured and shipped product to 48 states and a number of Canadian provinces. We are a full service shop that can carry a project from concept through installation. We have a full design staff with two designers, that combined, have won the TSA Frank Page award for the last 5 years. Memberships: TSA; WSA; ISA
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Playing devils advocate: Did you not look at the faces and verify everything was correct before installing them? We do a 100% inspection/ verification of all printed faces before we get any shop/ install time into them. Errors are uncommon, but they do happen and it is better to catch the mistakes on the ground, in our shop.
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solid Works is a great program, although might be overkill for a small/ custom sign shop. At a different company I approved my engineering manager to purchase it for our engineering department. It will stay neck and neck with Pro E for a fraction of the cost. We have thought about it for our shop here, but felt that it was not cost effective unless we moved into more of a repetitive manufacturing environment. It is a great program where needed. For now, we are staying with Corel.
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Thank-you for the feedback. Where do you think it should be? We were basing our price off of feedback from wilkie and the rep we buy our bare trucks from.
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Price lowered to $24,000.
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Price lowered to $27,500.
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New price --- $29,500.00
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New price --- $26,500
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109,402 miles on this rolling chassis with a DT466
250HP diesel engine and 10 speed manual transmission.
Front axle rated at 12,000#/ single rear axle, spring
suspension rated at 21,000#. Rear axle ratio is 3.90.
Wheel base is 254”; rails have been trimmed to 272"
(back of cab to rail edge). Vehicle has been professionally
maintained by an on-site ASE certified mechanic.
Asking $29,500.00
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218,898 miles. Professionally maintained by
ASE certified mechanic. Complete with PTO,
remote engine throttle, hydraulic outriggers, full
deck over cab. 1920 service body with lamp bins
and 6 under body parts lockers. This vehicle is in
excellent condition and has been well maintained.
Asking $32,000.00
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Not sure what their employment model is. I always assumed they were on some form of a commission basis. This would keep them from running afoul of most states labor laws.