Schneider Time

Tonight, Buildasign.com is sponsoring a Bob Schneider concert downtown. A promoter called us up and asked if we'd like to sponsor the local event and we said we would, and the whole process reminded me of all the strange calls we get requesting trades, barters, in exchange for money or signs.

A lot of people are call trying to get a "good cause" discount or handout, but a lot of people feel as though they need to at least be offering SOMETHING.

One guy called up and wouldn't say why he was calling, only that it involved a great opportunity and that he had to speak to a manager or the CEO or someone like that. I took the phone call because it sounded strange from the description, and a little strangeness is oftentimes just what you need at the officeplace. The gentleman on the phone explained to me that he had a private island in the caribean with a resort that he wanted to "lend out" in exchange for about a $1,000 worth of signage.

I know the market for luxury private island resorts is a little flooded right now, but even that sounded a little too low.