Posted by Melanie Everett on 12/17/04 10:37am
Msg #13909

Fee INQUIRY....

I agreed to take a signing that I have been to before, however, the fee was 5 dollars more than last time. It is a piggy back plus borrowers copies totaling 310 pages plus my instructions. I am not sure what the acceptable fee would be but I charged and they agreed on $137.50. Is this too low?

Reply by KC/IN on 12/17/04 10:42am
Msg #13910

Depends on your area. Here in IN (in the part of IN that I'm in) yeah, but in CA, probably not.

Reply by PAW Notary Services on 12/17/04 10:52am
Msg #13912

A double (aka piggy-back) edoc for me would be $210. If I had to go further than my kitchen table, add travel fees to that.

Reply by Melanie Everett on 12/17/04 11:12am
Msg #13915

Thanks.....

for your imput guys. I doubt I can change this but we live and learn. We will see.

Reply by Ted_MI on 12/17/04 1:13pm
Msg #13925

Hi Melanie,

Yeah, but the kicker or the variable is how far away it is. You don't indicate what state you are in, but if you happen to be in CA, I know that it can take a long time to go a few short miles there.

Also a lot depends upon how busy you are and what sort of relationship you have with the entity that retained you.

Reply by Art_MD on 12/18/04 2:16pm
Msg #14032

You should have some type of schedule to set a fee for a given signing. i.e.
base fee 75
2nd 25
E-doc 25 EACH
Total 150 - if within your base area.

Depending on where you are, this would change.
Note: in your name, put your state, then the people who live in that state can give more concise advice/opinion