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Cheap Signs The Red UV SignOne mistake that many for sale by owners make is buying cheap signs, or should we say in-expensive signs, to put on their front lawn or fence. We as humans in many cases see what others do and copy it. Sometimes, watching what others do is a good choice. Other times, not so much. OK, you need a sign. You head down to your local friendly neighborhood hardware store and after searching up and down several aisles, you see it. The standard in-expensive “House for Sale” sign. It even has a high visibility red color with a white area to write your phone number on. Perfect. You purchase “the” sign and head home. After some more searching, you find a large black marker and put your home number in the white space provided in big block numbers. You find a piece of 2x2 spruce in the back of the garage, sharpen the end and nail your sign on. Grabbing a big old sledge hammer you pound the new sign into the ground facing the road. All done....Next....
If you use this type of sign, which I suggest you don't, buy 2 signs. A sign facing the street will not be seen by many people driving by your house.
* The sign itself is to small even if you use 2 * The sign will indicate to a buyer that you are completely on your own, and maybe not that interested in selling. * By far the worst thing though is the dreaded ultraviolet attack! Huh? The sun will suck the red pigment out of those signs faster than an 11 year old enjoying their first raspberry slurrpee! What does it look like when you have a formally bright red sign turn a pasty orangey.....is that a real word, ;-) pink? BINGO! It looks like the house has been on the market a long long time. What does the buyer think? Boy, I bet these folks are desperate by now. Should get a real bargain on the price. The month I wrote this page, (July 2009), I watched this exact effect happen to one of these cheap signs on a house that I drive by Monday to Friday. It took approximately 2 weeks for this for sale by owner to look like they were on the market for several months! Bottom Line? My own personal opinion is; I do not suggest you use these type of cheap signs to advertise your house for sale.
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