Bandit signs - jail time??

[Amanda Fox]

Ok, now I'm freaked out. I was just about to post my ad on Craigslist to hire a sign poster for our bandit signs (already ordered) and I thought I would look up the sign ordinances in our area to double check what the fines, etc. might be. One of the cities mentions imprisonment. Have any of you seen the same in an ordinance, have you ever been threatened with jail time, how did you handle this issue??

[Dev Horn]

One problem with BP is people talk in as if there is no difference between locations across the U.S. So the person from California is telling the person from Louisiana what they think is best. That's one thing I'd advise new members to be careful about - i.e., give more weight to people in your same area or to people that do marketing nationally. Those outside your areas are just sharing opinions in most cases.

Why do I say all that? Because I know people in certain markets in the U.S. - such as Louisiana, Georgia, and Florida - that are scoring big time with bandit signs. And they put them out on the weekends and pick them back up. Our signs are professionally designed and produced/printed. I myself don't use them because of strict city ordinances in my market, but in other places, they can be used.

Don't like them? Don't want to use them? Think they are a waste? That's great - respect your opinion. But if you think they are unproductive just because you don't like them, I'd challenge that with real results that I see other people getting with them in certain markets.