Posted by Lowana Richardson on 5/3/07 5:16pm
Msg #188680

Sign on the X signing services

I am having difficulty getting payment for the signings that I have done for this company. Does anyone have any suggestions? I have called, emailed, faxed. I am owed over $1600.

Reply by Amalia Contreras on 5/3/07 5:18pm
Msg #188681

Orange Search, Look for SOX!!

Reply by Carla_MD on 5/3/07 5:19pm
Msg #188682

They are the worst. I stopped dealing with them because they take forever to pay. After I finally received my last paycheck 3 months later I told them to stop calling me. Good luck, and I hope you learn from your mistakes. Everyone complains about them.

Reply by carlos/nyc on 5/3/07 5:20pm
Msg #188683

Click on the orange button on top and do a search for "sign on the X". You will see that they are a deadbeat company when it comes to paying notaries. Good luck in collecting payment.

Reply by PL on 5/3/07 5:24pm
Msg #188684

You're on your way to being hosed.

Stop digging the hole you're in and quit accepting work from them. Next find the title companies you sent those docs back to and start calling them, once a day to start and if you get no satisfaction move to twice a day. Ready your collection letter and send to them receipt requested, after that take them to small claims and get your judgement. During all of this continue to call Sox as many times a day and demand your $. Good luck.

Reply by jba/fl on 5/3/07 5:50pm
Msg #188688

File a claim w/BBB in LA, Ca. See past posts. This has worked for many. List all attempts to collect and what responses you have had, etc. (Ignoring you is a response) Documentation and persistance is important. They will lie about you in their response to the BBB, they will be "hurt and angry" but ignore that and collect. Then run the check to the bank, don't write against those funds until they clear. Then laugh when they call you again, and just hang up. They understand - the schedulers know what they are up against.

Reply by JM_NY on 5/3/07 8:27pm
Msg #188710

How did you let it get that far?

Reply by goodgirl on 5/3/07 10:36pm
Msg #188721

Why in the world would you let someone get up to $1600 that has not paid you? "Beam me up Scotty..."

Reply by Michelle Montemorra on 5/4/07 6:51am
Msg #188749

They don't really pay (aside from when or if they get around to it.
I am still working on getting paid as far back as Oct of 2006 and this is April of 2007! They print and state that they pay within 3 months of the signing date, but that simply isn't true if I am still chasing my money 6 months later! Quite unpofessional if you ask me, and it does state on the invoice that if they don't invoice within 3 months of the signing date all fees become void. Still, even if that meant if the nothary didn't invoice within 3 months of the signing date that all fess become voidthen WHY AM I CHASING MY MONEY STILL? They break and broke their own written contract of business practices! Sorry, this compnay does get me upset. High volume of work avialable through them, but they don't pay. I honestly think (just as with a lawyer in MA I dealt with for a number of years, they only pay when they want and escrow your money so they make more off of you. Also, if they bump up paying you your money til the next year they don't have to put that money on the previous years taxes as incomes paid out. Thoughts anyone?

Reply by Sister on 5/4/07 1:53pm
Msg #188821

Re: Two different signing agents

I just found out from another signing agent that we both had the same signing on the same day, but at different times. I called the borrower and he had a business trip, what happen here?

Reply by MelissaCT on 5/4/07 4:59pm
Msg #188852

Lesson to be learned by all...

When establishing business with a new client, whether you're a seasoned pro or a newbie, you should always determine a credit limit for each account. Basically, what are you willing to potentially write off as bad debt? For some, it is $100, for others it may be $500, but it SHOULD NEVER be $1600!!! Especially with a company that is notorious for non-payment. Ok, that's neither here nor there at this point, but this situation underscores the need to sit down and create a BUSINESS PLAN. You are a business & need to operate like one, even if you do your paperwork at the kitchen table in your PJs.

There are too many coming into this work with the wrong attitude and not realizing that you can (and probably will) LOSE $$$$ at this venture until you get your head clear & detail what the expenses are and where your price needs to be to cover those expenses, including the potential bad debt that is inherent in almost any business.