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"The Not-So-Good Signs, Bad Signs, Ugly Signs, Stupid Signs and Dumb Signs" Awards Contest
The photos below are a collection of really bad, ugly, poorly-built signs. You can see why picking the correct sign company is vital.
Signs of No BusinessBesides the
letters not being the same size, the neon that lights
these letters wasn't made properly. This shop went
out of business in 2 months. (We DIDN'T make the
sign!) Most of a donut shops business is when it is still
dark out - what kind of impression did this sign make?
A
almost-new sign with neon that does not fit the letters
properly. Enlarge the picture and discover that the
paint is already coming off the bottom of the raceway,
too. (No, we didn't make it! Neither did
they.)
The paint is already coming off this 2 year-old sign.
Certainly not the paint Ferrari and Signs Manufacturing™
uses! Even the plastic is lasting longer than the
paint.
House
paint on metal. Lasts long enough for the customer's
check to clear. Again, not the paint we use.
The
UV fading to this sign is dramatic! It should have
been coated with SolarGuard™.
This
trim-capped piece of red plastic was coated on the left
side with SolarGuard™, and put on top our roof for
7 years. The fading, and the UV damage to the
trim-cap on the right side, is dramatic. Signs Manufacturing™ uses SolarGuard™ on every piece of
plastic.
When
you design a sign, be VERY careful about font selection
and s p a c i n g. We know this, apparently
others don't.
The
color damage to this white-background flex-face sign, and
the rust stains on the face, make a once-nice sign look
cheap. They should have used Optigard™.
The
color of the background used to be white. They
should have used Optigard™, too.
This
piece of flexible sign face (flex-face) with red vinyl
lettering was coated on the right side with Optigard™ and
placed on top our roof for 7 years. Enlarge the
picture and you will see that the UV damage to the
lettering is dramatic. The UV color damage to the
flex-face material is obvious. Signs Manufacturing™
coats all flex-face material with Optigard™ to prevent
this. It will have to be a Divine Inspiration. Next week the sign will be totally unreadable. It should have been coated with SolarGuard™.
Another sign that should have been coated with SolarGuard™.
(SIGNS of the TIMES magazine)
Identical
red vinyl lettering was placed on a sheet of painted
aluminium, and the top half was coated with SolarGuard™.
Enlarge the picture to see the UV damage to the bottom
lettering up close and personal. Signs Manufacturing™
coats all vinyl graphics with SolarGuard™. It is very important to keep your sign in good repair.
(pyrus.com)
Yes,
it is VERY important to keep your sign in good repair.
Hey,
if BUFFET doesn't work, they can try doing whatever the
sign under it says! Kind of makes you hungry.
"O"-no!
(Notice how uneven the letters are, also. The sign
company must have thought they said "SHORT CUTS.")
This
sign replaced a sign that caught fire and burned.
Must have used the same sign company again, the work is so
bad. There's a reason we shouldn't use dark colors in lighted signs. Maybe that's why WE (as in government) had to bail-out these people.
It's
terrible to pay over $70,000 for an electronic message
center, then not be able to get parts for it 2 years
later. Thank Goodness we didn't sell it! Fun with SignsWhat can we add?
We're not allowed to go outside!
(SIGNS of the TIMES magazine)
d.
(SIGNS of the TIMES magazine)
Oops.
Hope they can cook, they certainly can't spell.
(SIGNS of the TIMES magazine)
Big
sale tomorrow! ...then they'll sue you.
An Odor Removal Company?
(SIGNS of the TIMES magazine) SIGNS of the TIMES Magazine "Ugly Sign Contest" Winners from Years PastSigns of the Times magazine ran an Ugly Sign contest for years. They were kind enough to contribute these pictures of OUR favorites, so that they could be gone, but not forgotten.
Jones Sign Company.
Parkway Signs.
Building Inspection Sign Permits entrance.
Laser Land (VERY HOT laser)
LUCKY Leprechan?
Invaluable Signs (Not Worth a Damn)Multi-tenant Sign. Your business will be VERY successful if your included on this sign.
(SIGNS of the TIMES magazine)
No matter how you read it, this business is disturbing!
I'll bet Merle Norman LOVES this!
(SIGNS of the TIMES magazine)
Do you think the bigger letters help?
(SIGNS of the TIMES magazine)
The World's Most Expensive Animated Message CenterThere is one animated message center we won't ever attempt to duplicate. Click HERE to view the sign in action. (You'll enjoy this!) Grateful AcknowledgementsImage contributions by: Signs of the Times magazine/SignWeb 800-925-1110 x304 Erma Dotson for subscription information. To ContributeIf you wish, Email us YOUR entries for our "Contest" to james@signsmanufacturing.com. ".jpg" images please, and a curt description. You'll go down in history as a contributor because you'll get credit for your contributions; and maybe win a prize someday if we decide to award one. (This IS just for fun!) Contributors warrant that their entries do not violate copyright law, and/or that we have their written permission to use them when they are submitted. None of us want to get in trouble. Unused entries will not be returned.
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