Posted by SLB SIGNING SERVICES, INC. - Sherry on 9/27/07 12:05pm
Msg #213448

Positive thinking in these lean times.

First off...a quick hello to all! Havent posted in awhile but have continued to read. I just wanted to take a moment and respond to all of the negativity regarding the status of the industry right now. EVERYONE is feeling the effects of the slowdown...I think that we all need to keep in mind that this slump that we are is going to have some positive affects on the industry as a whole. It is going to weed out all of the bad apples (signing services and notaries alike) and seperate the men from the boys leaving only the ones that deserve to be left standing, standing . Just keep your chins up. There are good things on the horizon! For those of us able to ride this out, I think we are going to reap the benefits....JMHO.

Ok enough of my pep talk for the day.....Have a great one!

Reply by BetsyMI on 9/27/07 12:07pm
Msg #213451

Good to hear you're still there Sherry! n/m

Reply by SLB SIGNING SERVICES, INC. - Sherry on 9/27/07 12:09pm
Msg #213456

Re: Good to hear you're still there Sherry!

Hey...we aint going nowhere! LOL..glad to hear your still hangin on too! We will be sure to throw some work your way should we have any in MI

Reply by MistarellaFL on 9/27/07 12:10pm
Msg #213459

seperate the men from the boys? LOL

And the women from the girls!

Reply by Ndwa on 9/27/07 12:29pm
Msg #213467

I'm still standing...Yeh yeh yeh!

Sing with me...

Reply by Kevin/Ct on 9/27/07 12:48pm
Msg #213476

An economist on the CBS Morning News predicted that the market would not bottom out until next spring or summer. However, the good news is that the Federal Reserve will most likely continue to cut interest rates. He predicted a one half point cut in either October or November.

Reply by Sandra Clark on 9/27/07 1:10pm
Msg #213492

Sherry - great to see your post....truer words were never spoken. Great services like SLB and great notaries will survive - it may be leaner times ahead but we will.

Reply by Kate/CA on 9/27/07 2:17pm
Msg #213502

Thanks, I hope you are right!!! n/m

Reply by Lee/AR on 9/27/07 4:44pm
Msg #213527

Appreciate the pep talk. But what I'm seeing is the great rush to the bottom. The constant downward pressure on fees will result in many experienced signing agents leaving the field.

Leaving it to whom? Well, I think we know the answer to that. A constant stream of people with no prior experience in any industry-related field who've been brainwashed by a certain national organization and who will work for fees that net them about as much as their former position (you want fries with that?). Resulting in SS & TC having to spend a lot of time/money/labor giving them the education they paid for but did not receive.

QC faxbacks will increase, making for a 'documentation overload' & increased labor at TC/SS end. Quality will continue declining as 'quality-control' measures multiply geometrically to cover every error ever made on every one of the 100 +/- pages in a package (many of which will NOT apply to THIS package)...virtually guaranteeing that the 'booklet' of instructions will NOT be remembered--possibly not even read by the person at whom it's directed.

Proof? I recently received an eSpam from a co. to remind NSAs of how the 3 day RTC is calculated because there have been too many errors. This same co. includes a 2 paqe Recission Date calendar in every package. I can only conclude that, given the fees they pay, the people they hire cannot count to 3 nor read. No, I don't really believe that, but I do believe that when the insructions run to pages of often not-applicable information, it's self-defeating.

The solution is really quite simple: If you want to drive a Cadillac, don't buy a Yugo.