What is the shelf life of your average bandit sign?

[Braden Silverman]

I just put out a few bandit signs along busy streets in the Denver suburbs and I'm curious how long I can expect them to stay there? Do people regularly come through and take them down? 

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Originally posted by @Vonetta Booker:

It depends on where you put them, and how high.  I've seen a couple of my bandit signs hang for over a year--pretty banged up by then, but still there nonetheless.  I have this long pole & sign hammer that I use to nail 'em in as high as possible.  The flack you get for your signs pretty much depends on the town; I've seen that the lower-income towns don't care as much as the more upper-class ones, who can be pretty anal.  

There's always a debate about how effective they are, but in my experience I've found them to be VERY--especially if you put them up at main, busy intersections.  Lots of calls--however like one poster said, not as much as a year or two ago (most likely due to the market coming back).

Calling areas that have the concern and resources to enforce their own muni codes "pretty anal" is pretty funny.  At what point does enforcement of laws on the books become anal?  When adhering to the laws doesn't work for our real estate business?