Posted by HisBemusedHughness on 6/18/04 11:27am
Msg #3189
I think I'll take the advice
Some others of you may be interested in the following exchange with the customer service section of notarywork.com, an outfit that bills itself as listing 1,350 notaries nationwide and charges $40 for a listing. I found these guys while scouting the web for effective places to list the services of Signing Agents of Austin. A check showed that of that alleged [see earlier thread regarding connotation of alleged] 1,350 notaries, only three were in Texas. Extending that ratio to the entire country, including Alaska and Hawaii, that would mean only 150 notaries actually listed. Even at their advertised figure, it comes out to only 27 notaries per state -- awfully thin coverage, it seems to me. So I sent off the following e-mail, admittedly somewhat provocative, though I really would have signed up had I been persuaded it was a sound business decision:
"I'm puzzled. Why would any company go to your site to find a notary in my area, when you offer only three possibilities for the entire state of Texas? If I were a title company in Pennsylvania, I think I would quickly decide that other sites are a better expenditure of my time. Which leads to my next question: Why, since title company traffic is essential to my business, should I invest in joining your business?
The company's reply was brief, and fully answered my reservations about whether I should list with them. It was:
"Then don't!"
It was crudely reminiscient of the time right after I passed the bar, and the National Enquirer refused to pay me for a story I had contracted for. Armed with the lance of my brand-new certificate, I wrote the editor: "One of the advantages of being both a lawyer and a journalist is that you can sue an editor when necessary." The editor replied: "One of the advantages of being an editor is that you can tell a lawyer to 'Kiss my ass.'"
It was such a magnificent response I gladly yielded the field, vanquished by a pen that had proved, if not ultimately mightier, then certainly wittier than the petition.
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Reply by Brenda Stone on 6/18/04 5:02pm
Msg #3203
Hugh, I appreciate your wit, and I appreciate the fact that if I did not appreciate your wit, and, disdained to state my opinion publicly, you could then publicly tell me "Kiss my ass." We are really blessed. Appreciative of the humor, Brenda
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