Posted by chris on 8/24/05 9:34pm
Msg #61525
anyone changing travel fee's due to gas prices?
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Reply by On The Dot Signing Services, LLC on 8/24/05 10:29pm
Msg #61534
I am thinking about adding a gasoline surcharge just like the airlines and other companies do.
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Reply by CaliNotary on 8/24/05 10:57pm
Msg #61539
I hope you're not foolish enough to call it a "gasoline surcharge" when you're quoting fees.
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Reply by chris on 8/24/05 11:10pm
Msg #61540
how much would you take it up to if your normal travel fee is 50.00 for the first 15 miles
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Reply by NY_TaxLady on 8/25/05 1:12pm
Msg #61708
You don't have to put a surcharge on. Just don't accept those $50.00 signings.
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Reply by patricia on 8/24/05 11:23pm
Msg #61543
the Fed-Ex gasoline surcharge is only $1.99, so I cant see raising the fee by that amount.
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Reply by PAW_Fl on 8/25/05 8:14am
Msg #61607
Yea, but that's a $1.99 per package. They do a lot of packages. If each route gets 500 packages a trip (arbitrary figure), that means they get about a thousand dollars extra for fuel. Sound fair? So, if a signing agents charges $5.00 per trip, that may mean a $15.00 extra for fuel a day. Sound equitable?
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Reply by Mike/NJ on 8/24/05 11:43pm
Msg #61551
I have not change my fee's I have shrunk down my coverage are though. I am also taking more local signings and my HELOC business is booming. (for now)
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Reply by LauraV on 8/25/05 12:52am
Msg #61575
Nope. But.....
I severely limit the distance on the signings I will take for my "old" fees. My "county wide" fee is now my "city wide" fee.
I quote higher-than-base prices to addresses farther than 10 miles away.
$3.09 a gallon here!
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Reply by On The Dot Signing Services, LLC on 8/25/05 10:25am
Msg #61633
Re: Nope. But.....
What is wrong with calling it what it is, a gasoline surcharge? If you added just 5.00 per signing it would help offset the cost especially with people trying to drive down the cost of signings. I think any $50 closing should be charged an extra $5 for a gasoline surcharge. No reason to hide the charge, I think must people would understand and honesty is the best policy.
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