Sign writing

[tapit]

For me sign writing is a must! 100% Professional, pays for itself (free advertising) and gets you recognised. Trampy work vans always make me think chancer or signing on! Lol. I get loads of phone calls which start with I’ve just seen you’re van......

Are most of your customers illiterate?

 

[Vincey]

Agree it’s better to have signs nowadays mucky mate it’s 2020 don’t live in the past bud
Worse case scenario f**k job up take signs off

 

[Cockney]

Are most of your customers illiterate?

Is that the same as minted?

 

[ChrispyUK]

Used to be a company by me when I was a kid that had their vans sign written. They did 'Suspendeded ceilings'.

 

[smoother09]

My vans s**t so wouldn't bother. Still in garage so the excuse gets better. Feel like a right chancer at mo using my old car. Logistical nightmare with having to plan every trip to and from job.

I knew you was @lurpak

 

[TonyM]

Never bothered. Never needed to advertise. Don’t want any more work.

 

[Cockney]

Never bothered. Never needed to advertise. Don’t want any more work.

Someone’s tired, just go to bed! Lol

 

[ChrispyUK]

Usually have enough work. Times when I start to worry, but the world keeps spinning and something comes along.

 

[TonyM]

Someone’s tired, just go to bed! Lol

Nighty noodles

 

[Cockney]

Nighty noodles

Sleep tight!

 

[MIXERMAN]

I had one done . Pain in arse,it looks good I know. But didn't get much work from it. And my wife's mate is mobile hair dresser she used to tell the wife where I was working, wot pub I was in and the time.now I use a big magnet one each side . Now and then .the way I'm getting through vans it would have cost me a fortune in sign writing.

 

[loky11]

I had one done . Pain in arse,it looks good I know. But didn't get much work from it. And my wife's mate is mobile hair dresser she used to tell the wife where I was working, wot pub I was in and the time.now I use a big magnet one each side . Now and then .the way I'm getting through vans it would have cost me a fortune in sign writing.

That is another reason I won't have mine done, every fuc#er know where you are

 

[Cockney]

That is another reason I won't have mine done, every fuc#er know where you are

Job centre officer?

 

[TonyM]

I had one done . Pain in arse,it looks good I know. But didn't get much work from it. And my wife's mate is mobile hair dresser she used to tell the wife where I was working, wot pub I was in and the time.now I use a big magnet one each side . Now and then .the way I'm getting through vans it would have cost me a fortune in sign writing.

I don’t like the idea of people knowing where I am either. Rather be anonymous

 

[loky11]

Job centre officer?

Not today pal, off to tp to give the thick FU*KS a few brain cells, asked for 45 bags of k1, what have they delivered..... Ft

 

[JessThePlasterer]

Mines signed but I do t think I’d bother again. I’ve enough work for lil’ old me and it just means strangers mithering you

 

[The Hobo]

My vans s**t so wouldn't bother. Still in garage so the excuse gets better. Feel like a right chancer at mo using my old car. Logistical nightmare with having to plan every trip to and from job.

been there done it out of wifes corsa

 

[MIXERMAN]

Best van silver .don't need to wash it . No one notices it white van you have to clean it every Sunday .

 

[choppa]

How many of you have got your vans sign written? I’ve never had any of my vans done due to the fact that when we was ever stuck in traffic or on the motorway any plasterers that had there vans written used to get stupid phone calls to pass the time and brighten the day and didn’t want it happening to me lol. But now considering getting it done, what’s your thoughts lads?

Pushed some t**t off his bike in front of a shop once because he though he was hard as nails and would move out the way, next thing I no he got my number off my van gave it to the police and I got done for ABH, took all of it off after that,

 

[owls]

Don’t agree about looking professional really, it shouldn’t make any odds wether your vans written or not, maybe if you’re Turning up in 10 year old sheds who knows.
Never bothered, although I don’t target domestic jobs really, and some firms we sub work for prefer not for us to put signs up on scaffold or have sign written vans. I chop the vans in every three year anyhow so unless I was going down the magnetic route wouldn’t be worth it.

 

[owls]

The advertising side of things are s***,
when you're quoting large render jobs the customer is definitely going to feel more comfortable with a sign written van,
Plane van just looks like a subbies van to me,
I've got my phone number on but there's no need next time I probably won't bother

I’d concentrate more on the website or previous portfolio, we price and Win some decent size projects when I’ve turned up in a white van, but we all operate differently i guess.

 

[Ftp321]

I’d concentrate more on the website or previous portfolio, we price and Win some decent size projects when I’ve turned up in a white van, but we all operate differently i guess.

Yes we do and it's whatever works for you,
Personally it wouldn't feel right to me I would feel I was missing a trick turning up to private work especially,
I reckon a much higher percentage of the general public would feel more comfortable employing a company with a sign written van.

 

[JessThePlasterer]

Pushed some t**t off his bike in front of a shop once because he though he was hard as nails and would move out the way, next thing I no he got my number off my van gave it to the police and I got done for ABH, took all of it off after that,

Great marketing strategy! All publicity is good publicity!

 

[choppa]

Great marketing strategy! All publicity is good publicity!

Haha after that I started driving on the path beeping,

 

[tapit]

been there done it out of wifes corsa

Dogging?

 

[The Hobo]

Dogging?

no digging [grave] yours

 

[Dollar]

 

[PennilAwernb328]

Nothing with power in the back yard.

 

[Cockney]