Posted by SheilaSJCA on 5/8/08 2:09pm
Msg #246748

Received this from Old Republic Title Company!

Hello,
We are looking for individual notary's.
Our pricing-
$85 1st mtg e-docs $70 heloc e-docs $50 no sign/no show fee.
If you are interested, please fill out the vendor packet and email it back or fax

These are fees I would not feel comfortable accepting from a signing service! Not a good sign, but expected, as so many have jumped on the low fee band wagon. I wonder where it will end?

Reply by Les_CO on 5/8/08 2:22pm
Msg #246751

Old Republic is a very large insurance company. They underwrite many other smaller title companies. I can guaranty that many of the title companies that use Old Republic pay more. You need to post EXACTLY whom you are speaking about.

Reply by SheilaSJCA on 5/8/08 3:52pm
Msg #246759

It came from Akron, Ohio. This came from a customer service department that handles appraisals, surveys, abstracts, closings etc....Not a direct ORTC branch office.

Reply by CJ/Alaska on 5/8/08 2:22pm
Msg #246752

I wish I could remember what company it was - they sent me one like that, and If
I promised to accept $40 a signing, they would keep me very busy!! YIKES
I would rather hang out at the mall than take on this kind of work for that amount.
I'm not a Non-Profit organization!

Reply by Roger_OH on 5/8/08 3:25pm
Msg #246756

Send it back with YOUR fees...

they'll still call you sooner or later.

Reply by CJ/Alaska on 5/8/08 5:50pm
Msg #246777

Re: Send it back with YOUR fees...

Are you kidding? You think they will go from $40 up over to a 3digit offer??
I have a hard enough time getting companies to match a 3digit offer when
they wanted to pay $75... !

Reply by janCA on 5/8/08 8:36pm
Msg #246813

Got the same e-mail a couple of weeks ago

I e-mailed back and asked if the fees were negotiable. I didn't hear from them so I went ahead and filled out the application with my fees. Right before I was going to fax it back to them, I received an e-mail saying that they couldn't offer any more than the $85 with e-docs. I faxed the application anyway, because as was stated, if they need you, they'll call you. Well, I just received an e-mail on Monday, Tuesday of this week saying they had received my application and they wanted to put me in their data base and also wanted to make sure that I understood that $85 with edocs was their fee. So I e-mailed back and said not to bother to put me into their data base as the fees they were offering were just an insult.

Reply by Pat/IL on 5/8/08 10:37pm
Msg #246832

Re: They're beating up on the abstractors, too ;/ n/m