Posted by Becca_FL on 9/8/08 11:58am
Msg #263517

Let the hate mail commence!

It's bad enough that we have to deal with competition that finds low fees acceptable, but this is just ridiculous!

FREE NOTARY FOR VERO BEACH AND SURROUNDING AREAS (NOTARY)
Reply to: [e-mail address] [?]
Date: 2008-09-08, 12:31PM EDT


HELLO!

I AM A BONDED FLORIDA NOTARY! I CAN COME TO YOU! MY SERVICES ARE BY DONATION ONLY!

I CAN DO ALL LEGAL NOTARY SERVICES!

I HAVE EXPERIENCE PERFORMING WEDDINGS AND LEGAL UNIONS!

EMAIL BACK OR CALL 772-538-8068




* Location: NOTARY
* it's ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

PostingID: 832494962

Reply by goodgirl on 9/8/08 12:09pm
Msg #263519

Does this goofball have a website

Reply by davidK/CA on 9/8/08 12:12pm
Msg #263522

What are the legal maximum fees in FL? n/m

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 9/8/08 12:14pm
Msg #263526

David...no more than $10/ack or jurat...$20 for weddings n/m

Reply by davidK/CA on 9/8/08 12:30pm
Msg #263533

Re: David...no more than $10/ack or jurat...$20 for weddings

I guess then that any "donations" likely won't cause a blip in the Gross National Product. Still it's really sad that someone would think this is a good Business Plan.

I can see it now: "Make **BIG** money from Notary donations! Classes are forming now!"

Reply by Becca_FL on 9/8/08 12:39pm
Msg #263539

Lind, it's $30 to officiate a wedding even though the

manual says $20.

Reply by Sylvia_FL on 9/8/08 12:41pm
Msg #263542

Re: David...no more than $10/ack or jurat...$20 for weddings

Linda
The fee for performing weddings was increased to $30 a few years ago (when the fee for performing weddings by a clerk of the court was increased to $30)

I know the reference manual says up to $20. But that was published in 1997.
You have to go by the statutes.

117.045 Marriages.--A notary public is authorized to solemnize the rites of matrimony. For solemnizing the rites of matrimony, the fee of a notary public may not exceed those provided by law to the clerks of the circuit court for like services.

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 9/8/08 12:49pm
Msg #263545

Okay..sorry..told you I don't do weddings..:) n/m

Reply by notaryinmo on 9/8/08 12:12pm
Msg #263524

Giving away free services - or just an advertising gimmick to create attention... Either way, hope it's nothing illegal to give away or solicit <ewg>

Reply by Becca_FL on 9/8/08 12:39pm
Msg #263541

Re: Let the hate mail commence! Yep!

http://gaychris.tripod.com/cblatusrn/

Reply by Philip Johnson on 9/8/08 12:12pm
Msg #263523

You've found a true non-profit, sad. n/m

Reply by MW/VA on 9/8/08 12:14pm
Msg #263525

Hate mail is right. What is this person thinking? I would think that if you wanted to "donate" your services, it would be through a senior citizens organization or something. I'm also wondering if this person thinks this is a tax exempt situation. They need to report all income, "donations" or not. It must be some desperate advertising ploy. I wouldn't worry about it too much--if they can't place a value on their services they probably won't last.

Reply by Steve Carter on 9/8/08 12:28pm
Msg #263532

I would actually believe that this is a ploy to get more money from the person she is notarizing the doc for. Being that most of the general population has no clue as to what a notary is supposed to receive. I believe it would be her actions to get it notarized and then hope the person gives her more money than allowed and try and get away with it. Anyone in the area that can give it a try and get a receipt for the "more than allowable fee" and report her to the state?

Reply by Ernest__CT on 9/8/08 12:32pm
Msg #263535

Don't bombard her with hate email, ...

... bombard her with questions and especially ask what her Web Site is. Email would be best, IHMO. I've just sent a message.

Thanks, Becca_FL, for pointing out this ... umm ... can't think of a word other than an unkind one, so I'll just say "clueless person".

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 9/8/08 12:45pm
Msg #263543

"her" is a "he"....Christopher...

sissychrissy...<G>

Reply by BrendaTx on 9/8/08 1:39pm
Msg #263561

"her" is a "he"....Christopher... <---PAY ATTENTION

Linda is correct. Google the phone number.

Reply by Becca_FL on 9/8/08 1:44pm
Msg #263562

AND the email addy he is using to converse w/me is, get this

[e-mail address] ROFLMAO!!!!

An email address like that just SCREAMS professionalism...NOT!

Reply by CaliNotary on 9/8/08 2:08pm
Msg #263566

Re: AND the email addy he is using to converse w/me is, get this

It's gay guys like this that make me completely understand why there is still so much homophobia in the world. Everything has to have a sexual undertone to it, they're incapable of leading a life that isn't dictated by their penises.

Reply by Trish/CA on 9/8/08 1:01pm
Msg #263550

This brings to mind two famous quotes: 1) "You get what you pay for"; and 2) "Nothing in life is free.

If I were searching for a notary or NSA, I would never respond to her ad. It immediately raises a "red flag". My guess is that she may receive many responses to her advertisement, but it certainly isn't going to be from clients that most of us would want to do business with.

Reply by Linda Hubbell on 9/8/08 1:06pm
Msg #263552

Google the phone number.... n/m

Reply by Ernest__CT on 9/8/08 1:16pm
Msg #263556

She says "Anywhere from 25.00 to 100.00" n/m

Reply by Vince/KS on 9/8/08 3:54pm
Msg #263588

Didn’t plan on being an eleemosynary institution it just

happened. What a sissy....chrissy

Reply by goodgirl on 9/8/08 5:45pm
Msg #263605

All I can say after looking at that website is "Oh dear..." So, on top of everything else now, he's a Notary... "Oh dear..."