Outdoor Impact

I received this promising letter from Outdoor Impact Inc, indicating their desire to place a «pedestrian» sign on the side of my commercial bldg.
When I contacted their office to find out what this was about, I was not at all amused or interested in their paltry offer and took it as an insult to my intelligence and that of the community my bldg is in, Ukrainian Village.
A pedestrian sign should be at eye level on sidewalk, not on a brick wall in an alley. What pedestrians might you be reaching out too in an alley? The use of my wall would pay a low price of $ 1,000 per year or about a miniscule $ 83.34 monthly. In my phone conversation with their representative, this is what they would pay and he further went on to say they are looking to sign a 10 year contract. You must be high!
Seriously?! You are going to come to me and dictate what you’re going to pay me to use my space for advertising? Imagine going to a bank seeking a home loan and telling them the very lowest interest rate you expect to receive? They would show you the door in a minute flat!
First off, Ukrainian Village is a very HOT area! Only a fool would sign an agreement with such poor return for a ten (10) year term. I told the representative I wasn’t interested and hung up after I found out the details of his extremely low offer. He called back three (3) times after, I put that number on automatic block on my cell phone.
I am sure they would be selling to their A list clients that the sign would be visible from the street and that vehicular traffic would see it, especially backed up from the corner waiting for the light to turn green. Pedestrian sign, right!
The short of the story is buyer beware. Never sell yourself short. Never tie yourself up for 10 years on something like this… Once you loose trust in company, forget it.
I wrote this review so others will think twice before committing to a deal that clearly may not have their best interests in mind.