Posted by Anonymous on 10/27/03 6:39pm
Msg #173

Nations Direct

Who's doing these $30 signings?

Reply by Cheryl Elliott on 10/28/03 10:08am
Msg #175

NO ONE IN THEIR RIGHT MIND! Don't buy into these low ball offerings. We've got to take a stand. Personally, I don't leave my driveway for under $75, and I do pray this spreads among all of you out their to protect our livelihood as professional loan signing specialists. $30....you may as well go get yourselves a job at Taco Bell, pays better and you get free food!

Reply by the believer on 2/22/05 11:17pm
Msg #21931

I have done several signings for $30 because the are only 10 pages in the documents and only one documents needs to be notarized. If they give about 3 or 4 a night it's well worth it. Each signing takes me about 15-20 minutes. The $40 signings are also alright on a free night when they can give you a good amount of business. I have spoken to notaries that group together and do the $40 signings and they are completely booked every hour of the day!!! So is it better to make $150 a signing for once a month or make $40 for several signings in a day for a whole month? So I think that some of you are losing sight of the main objective which is to make some money. And besides, the main requirement to get your notary license is to take one measily little test, and some states don't even require that. So I am not sure how you think that passing one test entitles you to $75 to $100 an hour. So baiscally you can sit around for your $75 companies to call you with their couple of signings that they get, or you can get up off your pedestal and make some money. Your choice..........................

Reply by HisHughness on 2/23/05 12:38am
Msg #21954

the believer actually boasts:

***I have done several signings for $30 because the are only 10 pages in the documents and only one documents needs to be notarized. If they give about 3 or 4 a night it's well worth it. Each signing takes me about 15-20 minutes.***

Methinks NotRot has attracted a ringer for Nations Direct, or someone suffers from both a proclivity for exaggeration and a lack of any business sense.

Reply by Carrie on 2/23/05 1:59pm
Msg #22018

Believer #2

I got my start with Nations Direct and personally don't like to work for other signing services. Nations always pays on time, they are very polite and helpful, and I make a decent profit off of all of the signings they give me in my area. Besides, I think it is inexcusably rude for people to be bad-mouthing a company that clearly doesn't deserve it. God forbid they attempt to make it in such a competitive business arena. If they're such a terrible company because they pay $40 a signing why are the the #1 signing service in the nation right now? You people are missing out on a good thing.

Reply by PTFL on 2/23/05 7:06pm
Msg #22057

Keep in mind this person does not give a name or state and what is said must be taken with a lot salt.

Reply by Carrie on 2/23/05 7:27pm
Msg #22058

Carrie in CA -- I don't happen to see your name or state either. Bring on the salt.

Reply by ptfl on 2/23/05 7:38pm
Msg #22059

Carrie in Ca My name is Paul and I am in FL

Reply by Carrie on 2/23/05 8:14pm
Msg #22063

Pleased to make your aquaintance Paul.

Reply by BrendaTX on 2/23/05 10:55pm
Msg #22098

Carrie...you are not in CA - You are in Kansas n/m

Reply by Carrie Ward on 2/26/05 10:26am
Msg #22608

Hahaha....ok, you're not really that funny

Reply by Fay, CA on 2/23/05 2:45pm
Msg #22022

You have the right to your opinion regarding Nations Direct but please don't ever attempt to direct your opinions to anyone else but yourself. I used to do $50 signings then as I got more efficient (99.999% accuracy), I asked for and received more money for my expertise. When I first started out, I was the "clean up woman" and getting $50 to go out and fix other notaries's mistakes. I thought that was wonderful!

I do believe that some of you who advocate lesser amounts are actually signing agencies in disguise and that, my friend, is rude and cantankerous.

Reply by Carrie on 2/23/05 3:05pm
Msg #22025

***don't ever attempt to direct your opinions to anyone else but yourself***

I don't get it...isn't the object of an opinion to direct a point to others? I don't appreciate being accused of being a liar, and that, my friend, is what is really rude and cantankerous.

Reply by The believer on 2/23/05 6:51pm
Msg #22054

IN RESPONSE TO " HISHUGHNESS"

I do happen to see your name posted several times throughout this message board. I guess you $150 or $75 per signing companies must NOT be keeping you very busy.....

Reply by HisHughness on 2/24/05 1:07am
Msg #22116

Re: IN RESPONSE TO " HISHUGHNESS"

The believer snipes:

***I guess you $150 or $75 per signing companies must NOT be keeping you very busy.....***

I guess that's relative. Eight signings this week for a littlle more than $800. That's busier than I wish to be. I have wanted to be lazy, I have worked hard all of my adult life to be lazy, and at my advanced age I deserve the privilege of finally being lazy.

Along with your dyspeptic disposition and deceitful ways, you don't happen to own a big chest (to offset the little mind), liquor store, trust fund and bass boat, do you? I might be persuaded to overlook the former for access to the latter.

Reply by Carrie on 2/24/05 4:41pm
Msg #22222

Re: IN RESPONSE TO " HISHUGHNESS"

Why are some of you so bitter? You don't have to do the $40 appointments if you don't want to, but you don't have to whine about it so darn much!

Reply by ERNA_CA on 2/24/05 5:05pm
Msg #22232

Re: IN RESPONSE TO " HISHUGHNESS"

I would not call it bitter, but we all work hard and we should be compensated acordenly. SS should not get away with making 200 or 300 dollars a signing and pay us 40 dollars and then sometimes not pay us at all. Our expences include many things. Doc's usualy come directly from lender so what is the expence to the ss. They dont have to print drive ect.

Reply by Carrie on 2/25/05 4:47pm
Msg #22510

Re: IN RESPONSE TO " HISHUGHNESS"

So it's always going to be a constant battle between us and the SS's? That's not fair. They have to make their money too. I work hard, but I don't feel like I'm cheated just for getting $40. I'd rather get a bunch of closings for $40 than one or two a month for $75. We all have to make money somehow!

Reply by HisHughness on 2/25/05 5:01pm
Msg #22517

Re: IN RESPONSE TO " HISHUGHNESS"

Carrie continues to grouse:

***I don't feel like I'm cheated just for getting $40.***

The signing services are not cheating you, Miss. This is a largely capitalist system and they're making a buck; not doing it the best way, but doing it the way they wish, which is permitted. They are not cheating you. You are cheating yourself.

Reply by Carrie Ward on 2/25/05 5:10pm
Msg #22518

Re: IN RESPONSE TO " HISHUGHNESS"

I do not feel the least bit cheated, and I don't appreciate your implication. Isn't it my choice to decide who I work for? U.S.A = Free Country. They make their money, and I make mine. I don't have a problem with them trying to survive in this business, and it's rude to be so bitter and upset that they're just trying to make their money too. Like I said before, I would rather get a lot of signings for $40, than a few a month for $75.

Reply by CaliNotary on 2/25/05 5:52pm
Msg #22528

Re: IN RESPONSE TO " HISHUGHNESS"

Lets see how you feel in a year when these same companies are offering you $25 or $30 for the same signings. We're not bitter and upset, we're competent business people who understand how the cost of doing business works.

You enjoy your piddly pocket change while it lasts because it'll be gone soon enough. Ironically enough it'll be gone because of people with exactly your attitude.

Reply by Carrie Ward on 2/25/05 7:46pm
Msg #22540

Re: IN RESPONSE TO " HISHUGHNESS"

Oh, so is that why they've kept me in business for over 2 years now? Hm...that's interesting. "Competent" business people? That's a riot. How many signings would you say to average a month? I understand the "cost of business" and I also understand compromise. Meeting half-way and coming to a mutual understanding. I cover my costs just fine, thank you. If you ask me, some people on here have WAY too much time on their hands. I guess their SS's just aren't keeping them busy enough! That's too bad....

Reply by BrendaTX on 2/25/05 9:00pm
Msg #22559

I am bitter because...

I am bitter because Carrie's last name spelled backwards is "Draw."

Mine is "Enots."

That's just wrong.

Reply by CaliNotary on 2/25/05 9:49pm
Msg #22565

Re: IN RESPONSE TO " HISHUGHNESS"

Accepting $40 for a signing is not meeting halfway. It's bending over and willingly taking it up the rear. Exactly how low does their offer have to be for you to think it's too low?

Ever heard the phrase "work smarter, not harder"? It's not the number of signings we have at the end of the month that's important, it's the total amount of money we've made during the month that's important.

Reply by CaliNotary on 2/25/05 5:50pm
Msg #22527

Time to retire it

"you don't happen to own a big chest (to offset the little mind), liquor store, trust fund and bass boat, do you?"

Hugh, the liquor stor/bass boat thing is a horse that is twitching on the ground begging to be put out of its misery. Please stop flogging it and let it die a dignified death!

Reply by HisHughness on 2/25/05 7:42pm
Msg #22539

Re: Time to retire it

CaliNotary grumbles:

***Hugh, the liquor stor/bass boat thing is a horse that is twitching on the ground begging to be put out of its misery. Please stop flogging it and let it die a dignified death!***

I'm stunned, Cal. If someone had taken that attitude about horse's asses, you would long ago have ceased to grace our presence. I don't think I could face that prospect; you're like a member of my own family. At least the two of us share the same end of the horse.