Posted by Marian_in_CA on 2/18/10 12:00pm
Msg #323354
Check this out... from the NNA...
They've buried it.... but it's been published all the same:
http://www.nationalnotary.org/join/index.cfm?text=nsAgentMain
At the very bottom in italics:
"The NNA has eliminated the suggested fee schedule that previously appeared in this section and encourages all of its members to independently negotiate fees for their services based on the factors that apply to each member’s circumstances and particular assignments."
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Reply by Stamper_WI on 2/18/10 12:09pm
Msg #323357
I have noticed a lot of fee amount requests lately. Don't they teach about price fixing in the NNA S certification course?
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Reply by Marian_in_CA on 2/18/10 12:20pm
Msg #323361
Not directly, no... 
But in the 6th edition (from 2007, which is the one they are selling as the most current) of the NSA guide, page 414, for example...it talks about recording fees in the journal for California:
"A California notary Signing Agent divides a $50.00 signing fee by six notarizations performed for the signing and enters $8.33 in the fee column for each notarization."
Have you stopped laughing yet?
Granted, this was published before they took down the "suggested fee schedule".
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Reply by Bob_Chicago on 2/18/10 12:14pm
Msg #323360
When they first came out the the infamous schedule, I ..
believe that it was with the good intentioned (albeit, IMO, questionably legal)
hope of setting a floor for signing fees. Cynics might believe that they hoped to
encourage certification by suggesing a higher fee for "Certified NSAs. Also recall
that they suggested an additional fee for edocs. Way back then, overnite dox were
the norm and edocs were the rare exception. This of course has reversed with overnite dox now being seldom used.
Unfortunately, as usually happens in such cases, TC/SS chose to regard it as a ceiling.
Glad that the suggested schedule is forever gone.
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Reply by BrendaTx on 2/18/10 12:43pm
Msg #323367
Cynics?! I'm a cynic...I'll be counted. :) n/m
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Reply by Glenn Strickler on 2/18/10 1:41pm
Msg #323383
Re: Cynics?! Count me in too!!!! n/m
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Reply by MW/VA on 2/18/10 3:57pm
Msg #323391
Yes, this is exactly what the DOJ investigation was about.
There were some major companies that took that fee schedule literally and wouldn't budge from it.
I'm among the cynics--especially with them promoting their cert/bgc criteria. I'm no longer a member because I think they hurt us more than they helped us.
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Reply by BrendaTx on 2/18/10 12:31pm
Msg #323365
Well...hopefully Bagger will take this as another
clue that the DOJ was serious. If not, maybe he'll get to talk to those nice DOJ agents soon.
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Reply by Claudine Osborne on 2/18/10 8:42pm
Msg #323434
Re: I asked the NNA
At the 2008 NNA Conference, I spoke to the executive director of the NNA about removing this schedule! told him that this was hurting us..I also followed up with a phone call.
At that time there were different thoughts about this schedule within the NNA, and that a committee had been formed to check into this! I know it has been removed for quite a while now! Thank goodness! I am not claiming to take credit for this..As many of us have tried to get this fee schedule. Just wanted to share my experience..I was also interviewed by the DOJ!
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