Posted by guest on 6/12/05 1:26pm
Msg #44072

a Couple of questions from a newbie

Are dual tray printers an absolute necessity?
When the signing co sends an Independent Contract Agreement and one of the questions is what is your all-inclusive fee?, what do you put there?

all of your experienced feedback is greatly appreciated!

Reply by JanetK/CA on 6/12/05 2:08pm
Msg #44074

Most people print packages all on legal-size paper (even some title/escrow companies), so dual trays is not critical. There may be some, however, who insist on it.

As for an all-inclusive fee, usually when I see that on an application, it goes into the "maybe-I'll-get-to-it-some-day" pile. That's like a red flag to me. To answer that, you either have to over charge or under charge to cover things like occasional e-docs. An exception would be if you know the ss client always uses edocs or always sends overnight. It also makes me feel like there's going to be lots of misc. junk work with their assignments which I try to avoid.

Reply by guest on 6/12/05 2:15pm
Msg #44075

Thanks for the info. The SS is NB signing agency. Any feedback on them?

Reply by TEXAS NOTARY on 6/14/05 5:46pm
Msg #44637

NB Signing is in Texas, I have gotten a few jobs from them and always printed everything legal. They always pay super fast, if you put their name in the search on this chat you will find nothing but good things. I had to fill out their contract too, a couple of months ago, the all-inclusive is b/c of 99% of the time they are e-docs.

Reply by BrendaTx on 6/14/05 6:34pm
Msg #44649

I have only received one call from them. Since I am aware they do a lot TCT jobs I quoted them a little under what TCT pays me. They passed me over and looked for a lesser fee. I cannot blame them for that, but I quoted them a fee that other SSs find to be a decent fee for base + eDocs.

I hear they are a class act, however. I would love to work for them.

Reply by Bobbi in CT on 6/13/05 6:38am
Msg #44211

Dual trays & all-inclusive fee ...

1. Dual tray. 99.9% of the time "all on legal" is fine with companies. Whether to start out paying for two trays depends on your budget. My HP 3330 is paid in full, owes me "nothing," is 3-years old, going strong, and has one tray. It's painful at times with one tray, but at this time not worth the out-of-pocket expense just to purchase a new printer to obtain two trays.

2. All inclusive fee. You need to determine how YOU want to operate based on your competition, expenses, and areas you are traveling to. In my case, all the fees I quote are "all-inclusive." Just too lazy and know my area too well to break it out. It allows me to quote my fee within seconds .... even sitting in my car in rush hour traffic with no charts, price lists, etc. at hand. Over the course of a year it averages out; i.e., the win some, lose some theory. Consider "all inclusive" based on 1) paper or Edoc and 2) area (if you know certain areas are over 30 miles one way, then that area is a higher all-inclusive fee).

I notice that my full-time business associates who cover an entire state or wider area have spent the time to work out fees based on distance. If you do this, be ready to quote quickly. A scheduler isn't going to "wait while I look my fee up" or wait while you "call you back with my fee in a few minutes."

Good luck.