Posted by Robin L. May on 7/28/10 3:43pm
Msg #346648

call escrow?

What does it mean to call escrow if a company refuses to pay? How do I do this and does it work?

Reply by Ilene C. Seidel on 7/28/10 3:47pm
Msg #346650

Was it a signing company that hired you?

Reply by Robin L. May on 7/28/10 3:54pm
Msg #346652

yes, Sunset signings and Vipclose. Neither will answer my calls or emails or faxes. I called the title companies and they were paid for My work.

Reply by John/CT on 7/28/10 4:01pm
Msg #346655

Re: Sunset

Should be no surprise ==> no pay. Both "Sunsets" have a pretty terrible reputation on SC. Looks like you'll have to pursue collection measures much stronger than simply calling escrow, who probably won't be much help anyway. Good luck.

Reply by CopperheadVA on 7/28/10 4:08pm
Msg #346662

On the west coast, title companies are also referred to as escrow companies. Sounds like you've already called escrow.

Reply by James Dawson on 7/28/10 5:02pm
Msg #346680

Re: call escrow - Msg #326882 n/m

Reply by MW/VA on 7/28/10 4:02pm
Msg #346656

You might do a search using the orange search button. I think VIP Close was discussed the other day.

Reply by Robin L. May on 7/28/10 4:10pm
Msg #346663

thank you for the comments, any suggestions? The Title Companies were 0 help, they could care less.

Reply by JulieD/KS on 7/28/10 4:42pm
Msg #346673

Have you faxed them a stern collection letter?

Reply by Lee/AR on 7/28/10 4:46pm
Msg #346676

Call, fax, e-mail--rotating daily or several times a day until they 'see the light'. Good luck.
Still, while 'escrow' or TC won't pay you, it doesn't hurt that they know that the SS they hired doesn't pay the notary. Most do care; some don't. But, you can look at it this way: they sort themselves out into our G/B/U categories.

Reply by Robin L. May on 7/28/10 5:26pm
Msg #346685

Thanks for the help, I have just finished a stern letter and will be faxing it momentarily. I will update with the results.

Reply by MW/VA on 7/28/10 5:43pm
Msg #346687

See msg #346370. n/m

Reply by MikeC/NY on 7/28/10 8:05pm
Msg #346702

Sometimes it helps to fax the letter daily, along with copies of the fax logs from the previous transmissions. It's called "progressive faxing", and I used it when I was a total newbie and stupidly accepted a couple of assignments from SOX. I think I was up to about 15 pages per fax transmission when they emailed me and asked me to stop - the check arrived a couple of days later...