I put some bandit signs along a stretch of road that has plenty of other bandit signs. Yeah I know its wrong but the city doesnt seem to be doing anything so why should I loose out on the cheap advertising.
Well I was driving by yesterday and in one intersection only my sign was there. Thats how it was when I put mine up. I dont cover other peoples signs or take them down. So someone made a yard sale sign to put OVER my sign. They took 2 pieces of foam taped them together, and slid it over my sign.
So heres my bandit sign and someone puts there yard sale sign over it. What would you do?
They probably didn’t have the stakes. And saw your sign looking so neat they liked it and wanted to use it as their own.
I would go over to the yard sale and find out if they are moving. Give them your card and tell them that you noticed their yard sale because they covered your sign. It is afterall a prospective client. Perhaps they need some cash and that is why they are having a yard sale.
That’s a little weak on their part… but don’t get >:( about it.
They are meant to be throw aways.
If it’s on their property, let it be… otherwise, I’d just remove their sign from yours and move on…
another thought is to see if you can add a dangling sign to theirs(uhhh… your really I know). If they are haveing a yard sale, you know that they are nearby, and this way they just won’t redo the same tactic hopefully.
well I’ll be honest, I handled it really bad. I was having a bad day so I followed the yard sale signs and told the guy to go find a wooden stake or something and put up his own sign. I was actually nice and wasnt a jerk. I told him we both might be wrong in littering but that he shouldnt step on my toes and cover my sign.
Well next day, my sign was gone, then all his yard sale signs disappeared, I got a phone call from his neighbor, I had to make a visit to the neighbors house, and tempers flared. Turns out the neighbor is one of these bandit sign collectors and he vowed to remove every sign off the highway
I was so MAD at myself for starting something and figuring I would NEVER be able to put a sign up in that area. i get 3 -4 calls a day off those signs.
Its been a week and every one of my signs are still there… go figure.
The above ideas are MUCH better and I will go that route next time…
Did you get his address while you were there!! I can reverse search the address and get his number then you can put up signs with his number on them… Hmmmmm let me think!!
House appraised at 245,000.00 MUST SELL NOW $45,000.00
999-999-9999
I will get you his phone number if you would like!!
REItube… there really is nothing that you can do with a neighbor like that… sounds like what you did was probably the best thing, letting this guy know that he really is being a bad person in your opinion, rather than doing a public service.