Thieving bas*ards
Sep 5th 2006, 5:08 pm
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Re: Thieving bas*ards
Originally Posted by britvic
You ever found out what they charge for adds in our Virginia Pilot 
was quoted $90 to sell a futon FFS.
was quoted $90 to sell a futon FFS.www.craigslist.org
Sep 5th 2006, 5:15 pm
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Re: Thieving bas*ards
Originally Posted by Chorlton
Sep 5th 2006, 5:20 pm
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Re: Thieving bas*ards
Originally Posted by britvic
Thanks for that, might come in handy next year when selling up, could not find out how much they charge though, have you used them
craigs list is free, i've sold lots of stuff on it.
Sep 5th 2006, 5:23 pm
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Re: Thieving bas*ards
Originally Posted by TruBrit
craigs list is free, i've sold lots of stuff on it.
Sep 5th 2006, 10:02 pm
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Re: Thieving bas*ards
Here in certain parts of Atlanta where I live, these signs are NOT allowed by law. Even Realtors signs are not allowed. It's funny, on one signed of a street (another county) they might be and you'll see them competiting for the visual space.
Some people, who know the law and have nothing better to do, take them down and disgard them. My wife (a realtor) has had the signs removed within 10 mins of pitchin them !!
Does your town have a similar law? A lot of people don't realise it and here in Atlanta it got so bad with hundreds of signs, that were never taken down, they passed a law to stop it..
Some people, who know the law and have nothing better to do, take them down and disgard them. My wife (a realtor) has had the signs removed within 10 mins of pitchin them !!
Does your town have a similar law? A lot of people don't realise it and here in Atlanta it got so bad with hundreds of signs, that were never taken down, they passed a law to stop it..
Sep 5th 2006, 10:41 pm
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Re: Thieving bas*ards
Originally Posted by franc11s
Here in certain parts of Atlanta where I live, these signs are NOT allowed by law. Even Realtors signs are not allowed. It's funny, on one signed of a street (another county) they might be and you'll see them competiting for the visual space.
Some people, who know the law and have nothing better to do, take them down and disgard them. My wife (a realtor) has had the signs removed within 10 mins of pitchin them !!
Does your town have a similar law? A lot of people don't realise it and here in Atlanta it got so bad with hundreds of signs, that were never taken down, they passed a law to stop it..
Some people, who know the law and have nothing better to do, take them down and disgard them. My wife (a realtor) has had the signs removed within 10 mins of pitchin them !!
Does your town have a similar law? A lot of people don't realise it and here in Atlanta it got so bad with hundreds of signs, that were never taken down, they passed a law to stop it..
Sep 5th 2006, 10:59 pm
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Re: Thieving bas*ards
Originally Posted by Partystar
I don't think we have that law here, I'm sure someone would have mentioned it & I don't remember reading about it in the HOA guidelines either. There are signs up all over the place here. It was probably some punk kids or some arsehole, either way, karma's a bitch!
http://www.causs.org/
Sep 5th 2006, 11:17 pm
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Re: Thieving bas*ards
Originally Posted by Giantaxe
Typically, anti-sign laws are city ordinances. And there's actually an organization that actively tries to remove such bandit signs:
http://www.causs.org/
http://www.causs.org/
"Q: What About Lost Pet and Garage Sale Signs?
A: In most locations these are illegal signs. Some cities have zero tolerance and remove these signs. Many sign sharks leave these signs alone, especially if they look non-commercial and relate directly to the immediate neighborhood. Also, these sign typically are only up from Friday through Sunday. The major difference is that these are not commercial enterprises, but simply a neighbor trying to get rid of some junk that another neighbor may need. For these reasons, CAUSS does not promote the removal of these signs. Lost pet signs are in the same category"
Sep 6th 2006, 11:17 am
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Re: Thieving bas*ards
Originally Posted by Partystar
Some people really are arseholes. 
***vent vent vent***
This morning we had a garage sale, hubby & I sat out all morning waiting for people to come along, we put out 5 signs. It was really slow, which we put down to it being a Sunday & most people around here do them on Saturdays.
We were packing up & hubby went out to collect the signs & came back with one. Some bastard had nicked the rest! It really pissed hubby off & I tried to make light of it to him as he has some exams to do this afternoon (he's taking them right now) & I didn't want him thinking about it & not the tests.
I suppose people will nick anything that they would normally have to pay for, but one didn't make sense, it was a big cardboard box. So altogether they nicked 2 spare roof tiles (being used to keep the signs from blowing away) & 4 signs. We thought maybe they blew away, but no way, 2 of the signs were staked into the ground about a foot down.
The stupid thing is, they have our address written on them, so whoever nicked them will either have to paint over them or somehow cover them up. It just really irritates me, I hate thieves. We bought proper signs so we could use them over & over again. We won't be wasting our money buying new ones.
On the plus side, we made $72.75, which will pay a bill.
***vent vent vent***
This morning we had a garage sale, hubby & I sat out all morning waiting for people to come along, we put out 5 signs. It was really slow, which we put down to it being a Sunday & most people around here do them on Saturdays.
We were packing up & hubby went out to collect the signs & came back with one. Some bastard had nicked the rest! It really pissed hubby off & I tried to make light of it to him as he has some exams to do this afternoon (he's taking them right now) & I didn't want him thinking about it & not the tests.
I suppose people will nick anything that they would normally have to pay for, but one didn't make sense, it was a big cardboard box. So altogether they nicked 2 spare roof tiles (being used to keep the signs from blowing away) & 4 signs. We thought maybe they blew away, but no way, 2 of the signs were staked into the ground about a foot down.
The stupid thing is, they have our address written on them, so whoever nicked them will either have to paint over them or somehow cover them up. It just really irritates me, I hate thieves. We bought proper signs so we could use them over & over again. We won't be wasting our money buying new ones.
On the plus side, we made $72.75, which will pay a bill.
Sep 6th 2006, 1:31 pm
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Re: Thieving bas*ards
Originally Posted by Partystar
It was probably some punk kids or some arsehole, either way, karma's a bitch!
Sep 6th 2006, 1:40 pm
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Re: Thieving bas*ards
Off with their goolies.
Sep 6th 2006, 2:02 pm
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Re: Thieving bas*ards
Originally Posted by Chorlton
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Sep 6th 2006, 2:08 pm
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Re: Thieving bas*ards
Originally Posted by CarlM
Off with their goolies.
Sep 6th 2006, 3:05 pm
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Re: Thieving bas*ards
Originally Posted by snowbunny
Around here the homeless take them in order to make their begging signs.
Sep 6th 2006, 3:16 pm
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Re: Thieving bas*ards
Originally Posted by snowbunny
Then they'd have even more reason to beg!