Posted by Tanya Laudenbach on 7/26/10 2:23pm
Msg #346316

Pacific Document Services

Has anyone done any signings for APDS lately and not been paid? I am still waiting for payment on a signing I did from early May. I have emailed, called 2x's and faxed an invoice with no response.

Reply by oldhippie_IL on 7/26/10 2:38pm
Msg #346323

Which one?

Reply by Yoli/CA on 7/26/10 2:43pm
Msg #346325

Pacific Document Services is in Los Angeles, CA
Pacific Document Signings is in Brentwood, CA

Reply by BossLadyMD on 7/26/10 2:51pm
Msg #346328

In SC, they both have room for improvement... n/m

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 7/27/10 10:25am
Msg #346422

Other way around, Yoli

Services is Brentwood - that's Paul's company
Signings is L.A. - better but, as BossLady said - room for improvement.

P.S. - no personal experience with either of these companies - just forum talk and SC ratings.

Reply by Yoli/CA on 7/27/10 11:34am
Msg #346434

You're absolutely right, Linda. My mistake :( n/m

Reply by Jean Lawry on 7/26/10 5:56pm
Msg #346348

I did a job for them on Feb 16th and didn't get paid till May 20th. That was my all-time slow pay record of 93 day! It was also a small amount of money so I didn't sweat it too badly, but would think twice about taking another assignment. They just kept telling me that the check was in the mail. I finally forgot about them and got the check eventually.

Reply by Tanya Laudenbach on 7/26/10 10:04pm
Msg #346371

Right after I posted my message, I recieved a call from Paul from APDS. If I had known thats all it took to post it on here, I would have done it last month. He said my check went out in the mail today, so we shall see if I get it or not.

Reply by jba/fl on 7/26/10 10:57pm
Msg #346380

Be sure to let us know too.

If you read up on him, you will see that this is his standard MO. The time to check these companies out is BEFORE you start printing and do the job. If you don't like what you read then give the job back.

Reply by jba/fl on 7/26/10 11:00pm
Msg #346382

Also, I have linked your posting

It is much easier to see all comments about a particular company if you link them. Then, you can see not just the Signing Central comments, which because of space limitations, can be sketchy, but see all comments in the various threads posted in the forum. That most times gives one a better picture of the company in question.

Reply by Tanya Laudenbach on 7/29/10 10:26pm
Msg #346923

Re: Also, I have linked your posting

Sorry, kinda new to this forum so I'm not sure how to link messages.

Thanks for the help

Reply by SheilaSJCA on 7/26/10 10:10pm
Msg #346373

What does the A stand for APDS? If you have checked this forum, you would find plenty about payments from Paul Gambs. Good Luck!

Reply by Tanya Laudenbach on 7/29/10 10:24pm
Msg #346922

I've done signings for them before and recieved payment, thats why I took the signing. And the A stands for Atlantic and Pacific Document Services.

Reply by jba/fl on 7/30/10 9:13am
Msg #346973

Thenk doesn't that make it a different company altogether?

Which is it?

Reply by Tanya Laudenbach on 7/30/10 2:31pm
Msg #347039

Thats what I thought too, but their paperwork says APDS on the top of it, but their contact info is under Pacific Document Services.

Reply by Don Hildebrandt on 7/28/10 6:10pm
Msg #346691

APDS still owes me for 2 jobs completed in April. The story is the same; emails, phone calls, faxes and no payments. I had troubles with APDS back in '09 and we agreed to switch to PayPal payments. That worked fine for awhile, but now it's going on 4 months without payment. I've stopped trying, but certainly will not take any more APDS jobs.

Reply by HrdwrkrVA on 8/7/10 4:21pm
Msg #348105

Don't give up - keep bugging him. I finally got paid in

June, 2010 for closings in Feb, 2010. Watch out for this slickster!!! He pays w/ bad checks! This last one was dated 3/3 - but it wasn't written 'til June!!! I called, faxed & emailed at least 10 times! He's trying to make it look like he's paying us on time! Any checks you get, go to BOA & cash them! Walmart charges $3, but that's better than bouncing a check (or 2 or 3)!

Reply by Tanya Laudenbach on 8/26/10 10:59pm
Msg #350637

Re: Don't give up - keep bugging him. I finally got paid in

I actually tried cashing my check from him at walmart and they wouldn't take it. They gave me a print out that declined the check with a phone number on it to call, I called it and it said that their account is no good in the walmart system. horrible!

Also, my check that I did recieve was dated back two months as well.