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Banners — Just in Case You Need One

— LRicci at 12:52 am on Friday, July 21, 2006

1DayBannerI just finished shopping for a display banner and found a place that is pretty amazing. I shopped 6 different sites. Several required individual quotes you would email and wait for a response. Sam’s Club had an online service that allows you to design a banner, but after 3 HOURS of trying, I gave up and moved on to my last two sites.

One Day Banner turned out to be my lucky strike.

I’d learned in my research to use vinyl and avoid polyester since I want to re-use this banner. The weight of the vinyl indicates how thick and sturdy it will be, and 1Day had one of the heavier gauges of vinyl.

Their website design was minimal, but gave me plenty of options and more colors than most. The next morning I had an email with a PDF proof, and a fellow called just after sending the proof to alert me in case I wasn’t close to my computer. They’ll tweek it four times without special charges, but I got mine perfect with just one more change. Proof #2 was back in an hour or two, and I responded right away.
Today (3 days after I started shopping) the banner arrived and it’s a beauty.

Finally, the price was half of many the sites, so I was prepared to be disappointed.

Very cool.

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