"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
. uk...
Hi All

Still struggling with the horrendous cost of advertising. You would not
credit how much the buggers want. I came up with the following cunning
plan;

A large (huge) sign to mounted on the roof bars of my vehicle. Something
like 6' x 3' full colour, professionally done.

Checking out the car parks of local B&Q, Homebase, Morrisons, Asda, Tesco
stores etc they all have the following restrictions;

Maximum stay 2 hours, customers only.

So, I park in B&Q car park in prominence position, attach sign to roof,
buy packet of screws (therefore becoming a customer) and leave car there
for 1 hour 55 mins. Remove sign, drive to Homebase & do the same. Then
Morrisons etc.

Perfectly legal, not flyposting, doesn't annoy people like windscreen
flyers, can't be banned for doing anything.

Result is that a HUGE number of people see my advert. Minimal cost, huge
bang for the buck.

Anyone see any snags? Any thoughts?

I would expect that to get you banned from the car park, to prevent the
proliferation of such advertising. You may well also get a planning
enforcement notice - around here even simple A board advertising gets an
almost immediate enforcement notice. OTOH, really eye catching sign writing
on a van (preferably a large van) will probably be as effective, works
everywhere you drive it, and does not count as a static advert.

Colin Bignell