Bandit signs

[Shabyna Stillman]

Hi, just wanted to find out if anyone pays someone else to put up bandit signs and how much you pay. Thanks.

[Michael G.]

@Shabyna Stillman - I paid $60 for someone to put out 45 signs last week. I think more along the lines of 1 dollar per sign but I wanted to compensate the guy for driving around in a big SUV and the gas he was using. I text the guy a list of the locations where I wanted signs and then drove by and spot checked. Lo and behold a lot of the locations I gave him, my signs were not there so I had to make him go back and put the signs in those locations. 

Like @Jay Johnson, I used to do them myself and still do when I have time but putting out bandit signs is NOT the highest and best use of my time. I don't know about you Jay but I had to wait until 2-3 in the morning so I could put the signs out without obstructing traffic. The guy I hired to put them out, did it in the middle of the day and quite frankly I'm not even sure I know how he did it without obstructing traffic.

I leave my signs out. I've never received a citation for doing so. A few times some concerned citizens have called and wanted my name and told me I couldn't put signs up in their neighborhoods and please take them down immediately. I left them up.

Some of my signs stay in some locations for 5 – 6 weeks at a time so taking them down just doesn’t really make sense to me especially since there is no consequence for leaving them there.

Unlike @Seth Teel, I have had tremendous success generating revenue from bandit sign marketing and always have and always will recommend it to wholesalers as a tool to get the phone ringing. I have had less success with hand written signs for generating seller leads. The printed ones however work every time.

Sorry Shabyna - I know you just asked about the cost of paying someone to put out signs. I just couldn't resist chiming in on some of the other bandit sign commentary.