From time to time a Notary "decides" they want to "become" a Signing Service. Unfortunately, they do not understand anything about running a business. They need to be capitalized - 99% are not. Secondly they have to have a business plan. I can almost guarantee 99% don't. This is why you get a hodge-podge of "rules" and "regulations" that they expect from their notaries, copied from other signing services. Yes, they "copy" instructions because that's easier than preparing their own.
There ARE good signing services out there - and you should only accept their signings. Inexperienced and sadly unqualified notaries accept anything from anyone for any fee. This is pathetic but is a fact. Go to Signing Central. Disregard the moronic one star comments and focus on the "real" comments, and the general tenor of comments in sum, and how old the comments are. It's like a mine field.
Lastly, SC is not the only record you can refer to. SC listings are peppered with some silly, useless comments that you have to disregard. There are other places to go also - Notary Beware for one. Sometimes one cannot look up a reference because of this "area" situation which I still can't make heads nor tales of. List EVERYONE - not just because someone thinks they don't belong in a certain "area." I get this all the time and when I enter a new customer, it comes back already listed (but invisible). Invisible? What does that prove? Invisible? That unhelpful invisible thing needs fixing.
Oh, and FAX is not obsolete. Businesses use FAX all the time. I have one company that prefers fax over emailed documents, because of security. Anyone that says FAX is obsolete certainly doesn't do much business in the real Signing Agent world.
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| Testa Notary Services, LLC - waiting on payment from 5/18/18 - NotaryOH on 7/11/18 10:08pm |
| Re: Testa Notary Services, LLC - waiting on payment from 5/18/18 - Cheryl Elliott on 7/12/18 7:22am |
| Re: Testa Notary Services, LLC - waiting on payment from 5/18/18 - NotaryOH on 7/12/18 8:24am |
| Re: Testa Notary Services, LLC - waiting on payment from 5/18/18 - Cheryl Elliott on 7/12/18 8:54am |
| Testa appears to run a childish scam, not a business, IMHO. n/m - Jack/AL on 7/12/18 9:40am |
| Re: Testa Notary Services, LLC - waiting on payment from 5/18/18 - NotaryOH on 7/12/18 9:40am |
| Re: Testa Notary Services, LLC - waiting on payment from 5/18/18 - Cheryl Elliott on 7/12/18 10:05am |
| Testa does not pay, and is horrible to work with. - SC/CA on 7/12/18 4:12pm |
| Faxing is obsolete - Luckydog on 7/12/18 9:50am |
| Re: Faxing is obsolete - NotaryOH on 7/12/18 9:52am |
| Don't toss that fax machine yet ... - BobbiCT on 7/12/18 10:29am |
| MA SSN law - VT_Syrup on 7/12/18 11:20am |
| Is uploading to their website as secure as a fax? - Lee/AR on 7/12/18 10:58am |
| Re: Is uploading to their website as secure as a fax? - Luckydog on 7/12/18 11:09am |
| Re: Is uploading to their website as secure as a fax? - VT_Syrup on 7/12/18 11:28am |
| IMO this is a classic case of defensiveness, where they try - MW/VA on 7/12/18 11:06am |
| Re: IMO this is a classic case of defensiveness, where they try - Luckydog on 7/12/18 11:19am |
| I disagree, posting the responses is a defense against libel - Moneyman/TX on 7/12/18 1:34pm |
| Re: I disagree, posting the responses is a defense against libel - Luckydog on 7/12/18 6:20pm |
| Re: I disagree, posting the responses is a defense against libel - Cheryl Elliott on 7/12/18 7:40pm |
| ["I have a 3rd Party who handles all our payments"] - NVLSlady/VA on 7/12/18 12:52pm |
| ["I did you a favor and faxed it for you."] - NVLSlady/VA on 7/12/18 2:10pm |
| Some People Cannot Run A Business - Too Many In Fact - Scriba/NM on 7/12/18 3:28pm |
| Re: Some People Cannot Run A Business - Too Many In Fact - Luckydog on 7/12/18 7:14pm |
| Testa Notary Svcs: tried adding co to SC says already exists - NotaryOH on 7/12/18 9:12pm |
| Re: Testa Notary Svcs: tried adding co to SC says already exists - NotaryOH on 7/12/18 9:17pm |
| Because they have a basic notary listing..can't list in SC - Linda_H/FL on 7/12/18 9:20pm |
| i received a test email from Zelle $1.00 on behalf of Testa. - NotaryOH on 7/12/18 9:32pm |