Brushed aluminum on dark wood doesnt work well
After we unboxed the address sign, at 1st glance, it looked great.<br />However, there were 2 issues we later discovered.<br />1) The seller sent 2 small picture hanging nails to mount this heavy sign on the wall. We werent about to risk $100 sign getting knocked off the wall, plus with picture hanging nails, the sign wouldnt be flush against the wall. So we carefully drilled 4 holes in the corners and mounted the sign to the wall with 2" torque screws.<br />2) After the sign was mounted on the wall of our home, we noticed something bizarre. At 6' away it looked good. However, looking at it from the driveway, or further, from the street, the numbers disappeared (see photos), which totally defeated the purpose of having an address sign.<br />We came to the conclusion a) the numbers were too thin, and b) evidently, the dark wood color was somehow reflecting off the metal numbers.<br />We exchanged several messages with the seller, who denied there was anything wrong, and refused our refund request.<br />Then, the seller said, if we remove the numbers and mail them back, they would send us white numbers.<br />I removed the numbers, however after pondering what white letters will look like (crap basically) I decided to spray paint them black. I found a nice piece of oak in my shop, used the board from the seller as a guide to drill the holes for the numbers, and made a new sign (last photo).<br />I then asked the seller to refund the difference between what we paid for this sign (over $100) and the cost of 5 metal digits that I found on amazon.<br />Seller ghosted, and hasnt responded since.<br />I'm [now] pleased, with the sign that I built.<br />Im NOT pleased with the lack of support from the seller/manufacturer.
Rating: 1 stars