Ok guys, did not want to update without anything conclusive but here’s the story
1. With the problems in the first location, I was super upfront with this company which is a large national brand, and therefore shouldn’t be as afraid of UM. It was one of the largest clients of the first, local company.
2. This company confirmed they do tons of negative campaigns, and have no problem with it. UM not an issue.
3. I signed the contract and paid them in full. I’ve already posted the document snippets to support this earlier in this thread.
4. I was told management was taking a last look at the copy for final approval. This delayed the launch date. Contract was to be amended.
5. I received CONFIRMATION management has approved the copy. I have this in an email and further confirmed over phone. All lights are green to launch within the next day or two. I post this thread.
6. Posters in town confirm to me that billboard still hasn’t gone up. I message various reps over the weekend and get no responses.
7.
I receive this message on Monday
Long story short, Hecht and/or BOT is more concerned about stopping a billboard *and protecting their image* than cleaning up their mess of an administration. They are clearly monitoring and actively sabotaging this campaign every step of the way. There is no other interpretation. This is of course extremely frustrating for me working in my limited free time to get this done, but fortunately it *proves* how threatened they are by such moves and they do not want them to happen as they will *indeed* be damaging.
As such I and several others are planning our next option. Given it is obvious now that these threads are being monitored, I will not further be divulging any details until the board is up. While speed will be difficult due to these antics and the super bowl swallowing up advertising supply, I promise the location will be excellent or I will instead refund all the money.
Thank you all for your continued support and understanding.
enjoy it when you see it sport!
