General LED Electronic Message Center
Cost Information
"How much money should I budget for a new sign?"
The following estimates are based on information on the
Pricing page that proceeded this page and includes all
features. It is a ball-park "budget" estimate of the
general cost of an installed sign. Because of the
huge impact a new sign has on a business you may want to
budget considerably more, depending on your particular
needs.
One-color interior 6" x 80" wall or window signs are
approximately $2,000.
One-color interior 12" x 80" wall or window signs
are about $4,000.
One-color exterior wall 4' x 8' signs are approximately
$15,000.
One-color double-faced 13" x 8' 4" exterior signs (one line
of text) for a pole, pylon, or Monument sign add
approximately $10,000.
One-color exterior double-faced 3' 1"x 8' 4" signs (two or
three lines of text) for a pole, pylon, or Monument sign
add about $20, 000.
Full-color double-faced 5' 3" x 10' 6 " exterior signs (five or
more lines of text) for pole, pylon, or Monument signs add
approximately $63,000.
Full-color double-faced Electronic Message Center
billboards (12' 6" x 48' 3") are about $630,000.
Also explore our NEW "Cheap
Message Centers." These may get you the
attention you need, for less money.
But, please, contact us to develop an exact plan to meet
your particular needs - for free (see our "Design
& Marketing" page!)
If you are planning for the future, please bookmark our
website as a "Favorite" so you can find us when you are
ready.
Thank you. This is what we do to buy groceries!
Controlling Message Center Cost
_small.JPG) Electronic Message Centers cost a lot of money, but they achieve tremendous results.
To keep from spending more money than necessary, consider the design of your sign and the results you want to achieve.
Rather than purchase a larger, blank, rectangular message center and display your name and all other information on it, consider incorporating signage that constantly displays the messages you want to constantly display. It will cost _small.JPG) less, and look better!
Because we manufacture and install all types of signage, not just electronic message centers, we can design, build, and install the most cost efficient and effective signage for you
(see our "Design
& Marketing" page!)
To read what USA TODAY Newspaper says about the cost of signs "click" on their logo to the left.
What Our Message Center Pricing Does NOT Include:
"...I had to hound Vital ***** (a sign broker) for weeks and weeks, then I had to call ******** (the manufacturer) to finally get a hold of Vital *****. I thought Vital ***** was taking my deposit money and running. When he asked for the second deposit I was kind of hesitant based on my experience with him. I did some research on Vital ***** and there were judgments in Dallas County, civil judgments for Vital ***** taking money and not putting up a sign! But the manufacturer said I had to deal with him, and he already had a great deal of my money.
The installation company he subcontracted with, City *****, finally did show up and after giving them another $30,000 the sign was installed but City ***** didn't pay Vital *****, I guess, his "fair cut" of it.
Vital ***** was initially mad at City ***** and then he was mad at me, so he came and took the controller out of the sign so now it doesn't even work! I tried to go back to ******** (the manufacturer), and gave them all of the documentation and they said it's between me and Vital *****, they won't do anything about it. I'm never dealing any way but directly with a manufacturer again!"
Mr. Sinkler, Freedom Wash
"Our
brand new sign looks terrible when it lights. All splotchy and uneven.
The company that installed it refuses to correct the problem. It is
killing our business. Fix it, but keep us informed as to the cost."
Delores Vasquez, Nations Video (They spent $2,000
repairing their brand-new sign.)
"Our
LED electronic-message-center, which cost us over $28,000, failed when it
was 2 weeks old. The company that installed it refuses to repair it -
saying it can't be fixed. The manufacturer refuses to fix it also.
Please repair or replace it."
Mark McCarthy, Harvest Christian Fellowship (We
had to replace it, they had to sue the manufacturer and installer.)
"I cannot express how disappointed we are to
learn that our two-year-old $70,000 message center cannot be repaired.
I obviously wish we had purchased a good one from you."
Apostle Lobias Murray, Full Gospel Holy Temple
You May Qualify for a "Better than Free™" Sign
Dependent on your location, Signs Manufacturing may be able to offer you INCOME from a FREE pole, pylon, monument sign, or electronic message center.
Contact us for exciting details!
Five (5) Different Ways to Purchase a Message Center
Choose from Five (5) different ways
to pay for your message center.
Conserve Your Nest Egg™
Save your cash to operate your
business.
We will help you apply for financing
that allows you to make NO down payment with 0% APR for
the first 12 to 15 months, depending on the plan you
select, so long as you make timely payments.
The companies we associate with allow
you to pay-off your loan any time you wish.
Signs on Time™ Lease
How would you
like to get a $10,000 sign for only $214 a month, or a $50,000 sign for $1,121
a month?
If you want to lease
or lease/purchase, rather than purchase your signs
outright, and need help in arranging a lease, please let
us know.
Our leasing companies
can combine our signs with other equipment you need in
one lease or lease/purchase package.
Equipment such as point-of-sale computerized
cash-register systems, telephone systems, security
systems, manufacturing machinery, etc. can all be leased.
All signs maintenance costs can be
included in the lease package.
Leasing gives you the option to upgrade your signs package, to change your
look, at no additional cost at the end of the lease period.
Credit Cards Accepted
Cash Accepted
We offer a discount for purchases by
cash or check.
Potential Texas Sales/Use Tax Savings – Separated
Contract
If we are manufacturing and/or
installing a newly constructed sign on a newly
constructed building, or a new free-standing sign,
the State of Texas only requires Sales/Use Tax to be paid
on our cost of the materials, NOT the full price of the
sign, because of the “Separated Contract” we will offer
you.
Our invoices are the controlling part
of a “Separated Contract.” In the instances above we
will provide you with an invoice which is written to
reflect Texas Sales/Use Taxes for the materials only.
If we are providing a Sunburst Displays™ Message Center you will save much more than you can from most our competitors. Because we are actually the manufacturer, we must charge sales tax only on the cost of our raw materials, not what we paid someone else to build and ship the sign to us for.
The Obama Tax Compromise
Equipment and machinery purchased in 2012 will be 50% deductible during 2012, the balance depreciated.
An initial amount of $125,000 in purchases is fully deductible.
Signs are business equipment.
The “Average” Cost of Advertising
(U.S. Small Business
Administration figures)
|
Advertising Medium |
Cost Per 1000 Exposures |
|
Mailer (in Envelope) |
$ 790.00* |
|
Mailer (Post Card) |
$ 380.00* |
|
Newspaper |
$ 7.39* |
|
Television |
$ 6.26* |
|
Radio |
$ 5.47* |
|
Average Channel Letter
Sign* |
$ .14 |
|
Average Free-Standing Sign* |
$ .27 |
|
Average Free-Standing w/
Electronic Message Center* |
$ 1.17 |
* Assumes 10,000 cars per
day – a very conservative figure for ANY business street,
only 1 person in each car, and only a 10 year useful life
for the sign. ALL very conservative!
Most of the Newspaper, Television and Radio consumers reached are not in most businesses marketing area, a 5 mile radius of their store according to the US Small Business Administration. The actual cost of reaching a POTENTIAL consumer by these means is unknown, but much higher.
Mailing list costs are not included.
Securing Your Investment
“After being ripped-off by one
sign company, who took my several-thousand-dollar deposit
but never delivered my sign, I was nervous. I’m sure
glad I met you guys!”
Paul Lewis, Jubilee
Mortgage
All too often we hear about sign
companies who took deposits from customers but never
delivered their signs. In every instance, because
the sign company had few assets, there was no recourse.
We are also told of companies that
don’t pay for the materials used in a sign, and/or never
pay their laborers, in which case(s) THE CUSTOMER is
legally liable for these bills EVEN THOUGH they paid the
sign company!
Signs Manufacturing Corporation
protects our customers, as the law allows, by providing
them with both “Partial” and “Final” Lien Releases to
legally protect them should ANYONE question whether we
paid for materials and/or labor.
We also offer all our customers to be listed as "Additional Insured" for free on our $2,000,000 insurance policy, providing coverage if we default.
Also, size DOES matter. Our
size, our investment in the community, and our State
licensing, insures our customers that we will be here to
deliver and install our signs (and to back our Lifetime
Warranty if our signs need service.)
Signs Manufacturing is insured,
registered, licensed and bonded per City and State
regulations, and carries product liability insurance.
We are regulated by the Texas Department of
Licensing and Regulation, P. O. Box 12157, Austin, Texas 78711, 1-800-803-9202,
512-463-6599; website:
www.license.state.tx.us/complaints.
"Our
($70,000) electronic-message-centers were nightmares. Even
though they were only 2 years old the manufacturer
refused to service them. Your new signs, and
your service, have been exceptional."
Major
Vincent, Salvation Army
"We paid $34,000 for a full-color LED message center from Wal**** Signs & Lighting. It took them 11 months to get it installed. It is now 4 months old and has never worked in full-color mode. They don't know how to make it work. Can you fix it?"
Jack Miller, Grace Point Church
"...the sign will be dismantled. ...not knowing when and how to get parts was a major factor..."
Cathy Clarke, Johnson Elementary School, Southlake. They are throwing away their $40,000 six-month old sign because they can't get parts to repair it (company out of business.)
LED Message Center Rentals
Signs Manufacturing rents SunburstDisplays™ LED full-color digital animated electronic message centers.
Contact us for details. |
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