It's been amusing toying with this hick, RedBandit1. But his 15 minutes of Causs fame are up.

Unfortunately for him, he's about as transparent as most trolls who visit the Causs website for a spell and then leave defeated. Using child psychology (appropriate for a person of RedBandit1's maturity level), you can detect his real anguish:

1) He gleefully urges us to remove his signs (Real message: "I am hugely inconvenienced when you remove my signs, so I'll try reverse logic on you, making it seem I *want* you to take my signs. Then, maybe you'll stop.")

2) He's happy to return two or three times a day to replace illegal signs that we've legally removed. (Real message: "My business, if I really own one, is floudering. I am in such financial duress that I cannot afford to take out legitimate advertising in newspapers or on radio. The cheap bandit signs are my last hope. Causs is putting me out of business when you remove my spam signs!"

3) He boasts that his solar business makes piles of money, he has many employees and that Fortune magazine is about ready to do a profile. (Real message: "In reality, I am a low-level employee with limited skills and a spotty work record; all my frustrated boss entrusts me with is jabbing signs in lawns. If these signs disappear, he may have no use for me, and I'm back out on the street once again."

"It's 10 p.m. Do you know what Dumpster your street spam is sleeping in?"

>It's been amusing toying with this hick, RedBandit1. But his
>15 minutes of Causs fame are up.

NOT HARDLY!!!!!

>Unfortunately for him, he's about as transparent as most
>trolls who visit the Causs website for a spell and then leave
>defeated. Using child psychology (appropriate for a person of
>RedBandit1's maturity level), you can detect his real
>anguish:


Anguish???? Not me ... I am smiling from ear to ear baby!!!


>1) He gleefully urges us to remove his signs (Real message:
>"I am hugely inconvenienced when you remove my signs, so
>I'll try reverse logic on you, making it seem I *want* you to
>take my signs. Then, maybe you'll stop.")

Not at all... By someone removing signs off the corners that I use it reduces the clutter... So when I get back there and it is spick and span clean there is less distraction from mine!!!! Plus I use 4 different sign layouts and like to rotate them... People get immune to seeing the same one all the time!!!!


>2) He's happy to return two or three times a day to replace
>illegal signs that we've legally removed. (Real message:
>"My business, if I really own one, is floudering. I am in
>such financial duress that I cannot afford to take out
>legitimate advertising in newspapers or on radio. The cheap
>bandit signs are my last hope. Causs is putting me out of
>business when you remove my spam signs!"

I live and operate my buisness in Florida... The solar buisness is hardly floundering!!!!! Educate yourself by following the solar links in one of my other posts


>3) He boasts that his solar business makes piles of money, he
>has many employees and that Fortune magazine is about ready to
>do a profile. (Real message: "In reality, I am a
>low-level employee with limited skills and a spotty work
>record; all my frustrated boss entrusts me with is jabbing
>signs in lawns. If these signs disappear, he may have no use
>for me, and I'm back out on the street once again."


You people crack me up!!!!!


I use Bandit signs because they maximize my advertising at a LOW LOW cost... I have been able to build the buisness as quickly as I have and maximize profits by using the lowest cost forms of advertising available... I have and still do advertise in neighborhood mailers, papers etc... But the response I recieve from those are NOTHING near what I get from my street ads..

Billboards??? Forget that..at a cost of $2200 per month per billboard.. for just one location....

I can post up a 1000 street signs for that price!!!!


BTW... My lowest paid salesmen took home 86K last year... They are all independent contractors for me... and work straight commission!!! Anybody want a job???

Go ahead and take'em... I will be back tomorrow

>Go ahead and take'em... I will be back tomorrow

And so will we, my friend.

>>Go ahead and take'em... I will be back tomorrow
>
>And so will we, my friend.


I already said that is OK!!!!! It also helps me keep up with buisness... Sometimes the calls come to fast that we cannot keep up with all the leads!!!!

And that's a fact jack!!!

Go ahead and take'em... I will be back tomorrow

Actually... No. Taking down a sign appearing daily does not help your business at all. It costs you money. $3.50+/- Keep placing them up where I walk daily, I'll continue taking them down, cutting them up, and turning them over to the DOT...

>I use Bandit signs because they maximize my advertising at a
>LOW LOW cost...

Why do you brag so hard about your repeated violations of the law?

Do you sleep well at night, knowing that you are violating the law and trashing the streets? If you say that you are fine with that, then I think that you have a problem with your integrity. No moral compass...

Do you rip off your "customers"? Since you have no regard for the law, what stops you from cheating the people who call you from your illegal signs? I know that I would not hire someone who knowingly breaks the law when it suits him!

You are a leech on society (somebody who exploits somebody else: somebody who clings to or takes advantage of somebody else, for example, for financial support) and a blight on our neighborhoods.

SHAME ON YOU!

>>I use Bandit signs because they maximize my advertising
>at a
>>LOW LOW cost...
>Why do you brag so hard about your repeated violations of the
>law?

I would not call it bragging... I call it honesty... I do not deny the fact I use them... And as long as there are Billboards, private buisness signs etc.. all along the road I will continue to use my form of advertising!!!



>Do you sleep well at night, knowing that you are violating the
>law and trashing the streets? If you say that you are fine
>with that, then I think that you have a problem with your
>integrity. No moral compass...


I sleep on satin sheets... And sleep very well I might add!!!!


>
>Do you rip off your "customers"? Since you have no
>regard for the law, what stops you from cheating the people
>who call you from your illegal signs?


I have a perfect record with the BBB.. .So I would say that speaks for itself... It's hard to rip someone off in this buisness here in Florida... There is alot of competition to keep you honest and competitive... And I or my installers ALL hold the proper licensing from the State of Florida to do their jobs ..



>I know that I would not
>hire someone who knowingly breaks the law when it suits him!


That's ok my feelings are not hurt... I have PLENTY of buisness and HUNDREDS of VERY happy and satisfied customers who are living a much better and cleaner life because of companies like mine...



>You are a leech on society (somebody who exploits somebody
>else: somebody who clings to or takes advantage of somebody
>else, for example, for financial support) and a blight on our
>neighborhoods.


On the contrary... I am a person concerned with mass pollution in our earths ozone layer.. I am concerned with this global energy crisis we are facing, I am concerned with making people less reliant on Oil and Power companies that are making BILLIONS of dollars in profits while at the same time Americans are having to sacrafice so much just to keep the power on in their homes... I am concerned with Global warming and the ice caps melting... I am concerned with the Cat 4/5 Hurricanes of recent that are being fueled by rising temperatures in the oceans bacause of our overuse of Fossil Fuels causing GW... I could go on and on...

here is a little something for you to educate your small mind with...

http://www.sunlightandpower.com/re/



>SHAME ON YOU!

What are you doing to help in this Global Energy and Global Warming crisis... Do you use Solar energy in your home????

SHAME ON YOU BUDDY!!!!!!!

Go ahead and take'em... I will be back tomorrow

>Why do you brag so hard about your repeated violations of the
>law?

I bet you always do at least 1mph under the speed limit on your sign runs, and never pull over into areas that you're not supposed to... LOL

Spam is annoying, sure, and its all well and good that we fill a little spare time pulling them, but how many of you here really think these people are "hardened criminals" or "lawbreakers" or some horrible offensive person? You guys most of the time have it right, but posts like this one make me embarassed to be a sign puller.

Let's stick to the issue, which is that the signs are a distraction and a traffic hazard, as well as irritating.

I've seen too many signs that were just pulled up and left on the side of the road, meaning they're still litter.

>... how many of you here
>really think these people are "hardened criminals"
>or "lawbreakers" or some horrible offensive person?

I have spoken with a spammer that admitted that he had done prison time.

Do you really think that people with no concern for sign laws will follow any other laws that they don't care to follow? No, they will show the same disregard for any other laws. They don't care!

Read this and tell me that these illegal sign spammers are not horrible and offensive criminals:

Pro-homeowner, anti-'bandit sign'

Groups target roadside advertisements posted by predatory real estate businesses

By Phillip McGowan
Sun reporter
Originally published June 25, 2006

Cephas Richardson wanted to refinance a house along Lorraine Avenue in Charles Village. But instead of calling a bank, he called a number he saw on one of the "We Buy Houses" signs in the neighborhood.

Richardson was told he could get a $100,000 refinance. All he had to do was show up at a building on Mulberry Street with $5,000 in cash. "I never went," said the vice bishop of Greater Jerusalem Church in Waverly.

Richardson eventually got a $65,000 loan from a reputable lender and didn't let his house slip through his fingers. But housing advocates say that many others in Baltimore are falling victim to businesses that offer quick cash to the financially desperate in exchange for their homes.

Yesterday, housing advocates mounted a drive to put a stop to such operations, seizing more than 300 illegal signs that offer to buy homes for cash.

"If you are putting up these signs, it's time to stop," said Kristine Dunkerton, executive director of the Community Law Center, whose organization has helped remove more than 900 signs in the past two months.

The small cardboard and plastic signs are placed on roadsides, utility poles and private property. Their messages are similar: "CA$H 4 HOMES," "We Buy Houses ... Cash," "I BUY HOMES." According to homeowners advocates, the signs promote predatory real estate practices, conning financially vulnerable residents to give up their homes for pennies on the dollar.

"I'm tired of being lied to ... and seeing poor people being taken advantage of," said Ralph E. Moore Jr., who sits on the board that oversees St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center, a nonprofit agency that helps save homeowners from foreclosure. ...

Such signs are illegal under existing city law ...

These signs "literally prey on people, prey on property owners and prey on neighborhoods," said Jody Landers, executive vice president for the Greater Baltimore Board of Realtors.

...

Read the rest here:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.signs25jun25,0,6996262.story?coll=bal-local-headlines

While it's an interesting article, and the "$5,000 cash" is suspicious, $5k cash could be cashiers check, and it could have been for any number of things. Besides, I don't consider the clergy to be trustworthy individuals anyway. Churches are some of the worst offenders in my area with their signs.

>>... how many of you here
>>really think these people are "hardened
>criminals"
>>or "lawbreakers" or some horrible offensive
>person?
>
>I have spoken with a spammer that admitted that he had done
>prison time.
>
>Do you really think that people with no concern for sign laws
>will follow any other laws that they don't care to follow?
>No, they will show the same disregard for any other laws.
>They don't care!
>
>Read this and tell me that these illegal sign spammers are not
>horrible and offensive criminals:
>
>Pro-homeowner, anti-'bandit sign'
>
>Groups target roadside advertisements posted by predatory real
>estate businesses
>
>By Phillip McGowan
>Sun reporter
>Originally published June 25, 2006
>
>Cephas Richardson wanted to refinance a house along Lorraine
>Avenue in Charles Village. But instead of calling a bank, he
>called a number he saw on one of the "We Buy Houses"
>signs in the neighborhood.
>
>Richardson was told he could get a $100,000 refinance. All he
>had to do was show up at a building on Mulberry Street with
>$5,000 in cash. "I never went," said the vice bishop
>of Greater Jerusalem Church in Waverly.
>
>Richardson eventually got a $65,000 loan from a reputable
>lender and didn't let his house slip through his fingers. But
>housing advocates say that many others in Baltimore are
>falling victim to businesses that offer quick cash to the
>financially desperate in exchange for their homes.
>
>Yesterday, housing advocates mounted a drive to put a stop to
>such operations, seizing more than 300 illegal signs that
>offer to buy homes for cash.
>
>"If you are putting up these signs, it's time to
>stop," said Kristine Dunkerton, executive director of the
>Community Law Center, whose organization has helped remove
>more than 900 signs in the past two months.
>
>The small cardboard and plastic signs are placed on roadsides,
>utility poles and private property. Their messages are
>similar: "CA$H 4 HOMES," "We Buy Houses ...
>Cash," "I BUY HOMES." According to homeowners
>advocates, the signs promote predatory real estate practices,
>conning financially vulnerable residents to give up their
>homes for pennies on the dollar.
>
>"I'm tired of being lied to ... and seeing poor people
>being taken advantage of," said Ralph E. Moore Jr., who
>sits on the board that oversees St. Ambrose Housing Aid
>Center, a nonprofit agency that helps save homeowners from
>foreclosure. ...
>
>Such signs are illegal under existing city law ...
>
>These signs "literally prey on people, prey on
>property owners and prey on neighborhoods," said Jody
>Landers, executive vice president for the Greater Baltimore
>Board of Realtors.
>
>...
>
>Read the rest here:
>http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.signs25jun25,0,6996262.story?coll=bal-local-headlines

>It's been amusing toying with this hick, RedBandit1. But his
>15 minutes of Causs fame are up.
>
>Unfortunately for him, he's about as transparent as most
>trolls who visit the Causs website for a spell and then leave
>defeated. Using child psychology (appropriate for a person of
>RedBandit1's maturity level), you can detect his real
>anguish:
>
>1) He gleefully urges us to remove his signs (Real message:
>"I am hugely inconvenienced when you remove my signs, so
>I'll try reverse logic on you, making it seem I *want* you to
>take my signs. Then, maybe you'll stop.")
>
>2) He's happy to return two or three times a day to replace
>illegal signs that we've legally removed. (Real message:
>"My business, if I really own one, is floudering. I am in
>such financial duress that I cannot afford to take out
>legitimate advertising in newspapers or on radio. The cheap
>bandit signs are my last hope. Causs is putting me out of
>business when you remove my spam signs!"
>
>3) He boasts that his solar business makes piles of money, he
>has many employees and that Fortune magazine is about ready to
>do a profile. (Real message: "In reality, I am a
>low-level employee with limited skills and a spotty work
>record; all my frustrated boss entrusts me with is jabbing
>signs in lawns. If these signs disappear, he may have no use
>for me, and I'm back out on the street once again."



Oh, and one other thing Mr. English Professor... You have some run on sentences in this post that need to be addressed.

Also I believe you meant to spell FLOUNDERING not "FLOUDERING"

Go ahead and take'em... I will be back tomorrow

Hey - good observation. They're all the same. The trolls come here because of one reason: we are effective in removing illegal signs.

Be sure to discuss the spam problem with Code Enforcement in your area. Most CE officers appreciate contacts from concerned citizens.

See ya on the street!

DenverShark

Well, it seems like a fellow Florida shark is quite effective removing solar signs. What kind of solar signs do our Florida friends see? RedBandit1 claims he spams with numerous signs. So what kind of sings are you posting RedBandit1?

>Well, it seems like a fellow Florida shark is quite effective
>removing solar signs. What kind of solar signs do our Florida
>friends see? RedBandit1 claims he spams with numerous signs.
>So what kind of sings are you posting RedBandit1?

I am not telling!!! If someone finds one then post it up ... Otherwise you guys are not doing as good as a job as you think!!!!

Go ahead and take'em... I will be back tomorrow

RB1 is probably bent out of shape because of the massive sweep and cleanup by Orlando code enforcement back in January.

http://www.causs.org/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=18&topic_id=217&mesg_id=217&page=

Orlando CE is on to RB1 and they'll probably help him lighten his back pocket and then he won't be concerened about laying on the beach and sipping rum punch, pina colodas, in Arbuba.

>RB1 is probably bent out of shape because of the massive
>sweep and cleanup by Orlando code enforcement back in
>January.
>
>http://www.causs.org/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=18&topic_id=217&mesg_id=217&page=
>
>Orlando CE is on to RB1 and they'll probably help him lighten
>his back pocket and then he won't be concerened about laying
>on the beach and sipping rum punch, pina colodas, in Arbuba.


I am not based out of Orlando first off....

And 2nd, Orlando is NOT in Seminole County ... Learn your geography... And I am not there either...

I am closer to water... hint hint!!!

Go ahead and take'em... I will be back tomorrow

How is ARBUBA this time of year?

>>RB1 is probably bent out of shape because of the massive
>>sweep and cleanup by Orlando code enforcement back in
>>January.
>>
>>http://www.causs.org/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=18&topic_id=217&mesg_id=217&page=
>>
>>Orlando CE is on to RB1 and they'll probably help him
>lighten
>>his back pocket and then he won't be concerened about
>laying
>>on the beach and sipping rum punch, pina colodas, in
>Arbuba.
>
>
>I am not based out of Orlando first off....
>
>And 2nd, Orlando is NOT in Seminole County ... Learn your
>geography... And I am not there either...
>
>I am closer to water... hint hint!!!
>