Posted by Teddog_CO on 3/16/06 12:09pm
Msg #105758

Your Laugh for the Day!

At Home Signings - $50 bucks for a 40 mile radius, you better keep calling sweetheart! On a Saturday no less! Gee!! That just made my day. Everyday that passes and you get these Goofy calls for 40-45-50 Bucks "What are these people thinking???" Gas is now close to 2.50/gal.

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT>I do not take part in the "Notary Auction" My FEES are my fees!

I have to admit I really get a kick out of turning them DOWN!

LOL Teddog

Reply by cyndi_ca on 3/16/06 12:13pm
Msg #105765

Since I have seen nicknames being posted to others I'm going to call you Conan the Barbarian. You are killin' me. You take no cr@p from no one. You go!!!

Reply by Teddog_CO on 3/16/06 12:17pm
Msg #105771

Thanks Cyndi_CA

I just wish that some of these companies "Could just GET IT!" If anyone doesn't know what it cost to run a business out there-they just haven't done their taxes yet. LOL

Reply by cyndi_ca on 3/16/06 12:20pm
Msg #105775

Re: Thanks Cyndi_CA

I think that the companies who don't "get it" are the people who run them and they wouldn't "get it" to save their life.

Reply by JanetK_CA on 3/16/06 1:05pm
Msg #105789

Kidding aside...

Unfortunately for us, the reality for them is that they are thinking about what it costs THEM to do business and they couldn't care less about what OUR costs are. (And aren't we really doing the same thing in reverse?) In my (our?) "neck of the woods", at least, every month there are several classes being held by various entities pumping out new wanna-be SAs who are willing, it seems, to take almost anything to get some experience. I guess the SSs figure the increased profit margin is worth risking the occasional screw-up in situations where someone with more experience could have dealt with it in a way that might have saved the signing. I see that as short-sighted and penny-wise, but we each must define our own niche. I'm with the rest of you, though -- for me, that ain't it!! ;> Sadly, it does seem like an increasing chunk of our industry is moving in that direction....

Reply by SatomiCO on 3/16/06 12:16pm
Msg #105768

I forget who it was that posted some time ago "I'll have to get that approved and call you back," but I wanted to thank you, because I use that line quite often now. Funny, I've never called any of them back though.

Reply by Teddog_CO on 3/16/06 12:19pm
Msg #105774

SatomiCO

I like that one too! I was on I-25 at the time and blew it<Darn It!! To many trucks to watch out for. LOL

Reply by Laura Upton on 3/16/06 1:31pm
Msg #105797

i received a phone call the other night for a ss adding to their 'database'. she said our base fee is $50 and that includes up to 100 miles each way. I said, well I am sorry, i am not interested in being in your data base. She said why not? i said because my base fee is more than that for much less mileage, thank you for your call!

they were based out of Cali. dont remember the name. Why dont they get it?

Reply by cmd_NH on 3/16/06 5:51pm
Msg #105897

Re: I got the same call Laura....

$50 overnight docs...70 for edocs....75 for piggyback. She said the loans were mostly DiTech loans. I told her my base fee for xx miles and my edoc fee and my piggyback fee. Then said it goes up from there depending on mileage and other circumstances (i.e. faxbacks, handholding etc). She was shocked! And then she asked what I would charge if they sent me a lot of work. I told her that my fees are my fees. She said "Well, I guess I'll have to keep looking". I said Okay then, Goodbye. My fees are not unreasonable, but they are definately higher than she quoted!