****ing spammer ... anyone else had one?

[hiluxman]

How did that work out for him..... did you come to some arrangement

Ill bet the arrangement was 7 letters long had 3 f's in it and one was at the start and one was at the end.

 

[V8Druid]

When we traded in our Man lorry for the Volvo FH540, 5 years ago Volvo truck and bus took it as a trade in couple months later the office had a phone call from Sierra Leone, lorry went for export and guy who bought it was wanting warranty off me cause the engine blew up Volvo had left all our decals on the side of it complete with phone number.

How did that work out for him..... did you come to some arrangement

.. "do you know who you're talking to? .. no? ... well **** off then !! "

 

[CPS]

When we traded in our Man lorry for the Volvo FH540, 5 years ago Volvo truck and bus took it as a trade in couple months later the office had a phone call from Sierra Leone, lorry went for export and guy who bought it was wanting warranty off me cause the engine blew up Volvo had left all our decals on the side of it complete with phone number.

And did you go out there to fit it also, or just send out a replacement?

 

[pettsy]

Volvo had left all our decals on the side of it complete with phone number.

Always take any signwriting off anything of mine before it’s sold.

 

[Mark]

Always take any signwriting off anything of mine before it’s sold.

Works both ways, we put stuff into auctions and leaving our name on it helps the price, as people knows it came from a good home a reputable company.

 

[pettsy]

Works both ways, we put stuff into auctions and leaving our name on it helps the price, as people knows it came from a good home a reputable company.

was a case near me where a company had sold a van and left signwriting on it.... new owner was up to no good stealing batteries and scrap metal iirc.

 

[Jimoz]

Old boss sold a van with signwriting. They were in local merchants getting gear on account. Think merchants had to swallow the cost but headache non the less. Lesson learned for him. I can't afford signwriting so doesn't effect me

 

[T whiting]

I'd always remove sign writing as it'll only cause greif leaving it on and it doesn't take long to strip it with the big jetwash.

Old boss sold a van with signwriting. They were in local merchants getting gear on account. Think merchants had to swallow the cost but headache non the less. Lesson learned for him. I can't afford signwriting so doesn't effect me

I used to think the same but I paid £35 for what's on my van now and it took a Saturday morning to put on

 

[V8Druid]

I'd always remove sign writing as it'll only cause greif leaving it on and it doesn't take long to strip it with the big jetwash.

I used to think the same but I paid £35 for what's on my van now and it took a Saturday morning to put onView attachment 11337

that was very cheap

 

[Furniss]

that was very cheap

I think he said that toungue in cheek Graham

 

[T whiting]

Medium Van Custom Vehicle Sign Writing Graphics Kit Decals Stickers Lettering | eBay

Complete van sign writing decal kit. 2 x side Decals 1400mm x 585mm. 1x Back Decals 925mm x 585mm. A design proof will then be supplied for you to approval before signs are made. Make, year and model of your vehicle.

rover.ebay.com

Nope just looked it's only £33 now I sent off the image I had and a copy of the letter head and what I wanted and the very helpful person put it together and sent a proposal through

 

[Grahams]

Medium Van Custom Vehicle Sign Writing Graphics Kit Decals Stickers Lettering | eBay

Complete van sign writing decal kit. 2 x side Decals 1400mm x 585mm. 1x Back Decals 925mm x 585mm. A design proof will then be supplied for you to approval before signs are made. Make, year and model of your vehicle.

rover.ebay.com

Nope just looked it's only £33 now I sent off the image I had and a copy of the letter head and what I wanted and the very helpful person put it together and sent a proposal through

That is incredible value.
Can you put it through the car wash Without it coming off?

 

[T whiting]

I can't see why not I've not put it through one but I have been fairly hard on them with the steam cleaner. There is a little bit of glue bleeding out after a year but I've had that with other stickers on vans. They really are incredible value and look the part the only thing I would do differently is spend a bit more time in Photoshop cutting the digger out as there are a few bits in the outline I'm only 90% happy with

 

[V8Druid]

I think he said that toungue in cheek Graham

appears not Kev ..... it's very cheap, but didn't realise it was self a applied kit though .... be four times that at least around here - fitted

 

[Quattromike]

Vans, trucks and plant are massive advertising boards for your business, it really makes you stand out as a serious player.
however we also sold a van with the sign writing still on it and the guy bought it went to a branch of a supply company we had an account with and bought £600 odd worth of stuff and put it on our account . We didn’t pay it and had a bit of a barney with the supply company but we gave them the name and address of the new owner of the van an they had him on cctv, police involved and got him in the end but did cause a bit of hassle.

 

[pettsy]

appears not Kev ..... it's very cheap, but didn't realise it was self a applied kit though .... be four times that at least around here - fitted

£180 supplied and applied for mine. It does get well noticed, but have thought about taking it off recently as its almost a magnet for tool thieves.

 

[Jimoz]

Vans, trucks and plant are massive advertising boards for your business, it really makes you stand out as a serious player.
however we also sold a van with the sign writing still on it and the guy bought it went to a branch of a supply company we had an account with and bought £600 odd worth of stuff and put it on our account . We didn’t pay it and had a bit of a barney with the supply company but we gave them the name and address of the new owner of the van an they had him on cctv, police involved and got him in the end but did cause a bit of hassle.

Similar experience with my old gaffer. It's fraud but feel a bit for the merchants. The vans should be de signed as it's unfair to expect merchants to verify everyone.
I don't bother because I don't really do many jobs for others. Apart from a bit of occasional subbing now and then for regular people.
Like @pettsy I think a signwritten van is more attractive to thieves.

 

[JD450A]

Because you can fix them with a bag of spanners no need for diagnostic computers. Ideal for the environment they are working in.

The market for -5 Komatsus is on the up again. 12 months ago you'd be lucky to get 5k.... had a offer of 12k last week for mine with spare engine pump and final drives

If it did'nt have a job this month it would of gone!

 

[Smiffy]

Speaking to someone the other day who had his lorry stolen and then used to go round builders merchants picking up materials on his account
He said he had put a passcode on all his accounts to stop it happening again and I think put a note on them saying the account couldn't be used for power tools and the like just materials

 

[Furniss]

Speaking to someone the other day who had his lorry stolen and then used to go round builders merchants picking up materials on his account
He said he had put a passcode on all his accounts to stop it happening again and I think put a note on them saying the account couldn't be used for power tools and the like just materials

Bloody amazing what these c***s get up to - surely its as hard as a proper job slape arsing about like that