Posted by Cathy Meyer on 6/5/10 11:37pm
Msg #339975

Pacific Documents: Join the Paul Gambs class action lawsuit

To all Notary Publics who have had the misfortune to do a signing for Pacific Document/Paul Gambs I would like to invite you to join in a class action lawsuit to hopefully put this dishonest person out of business and (which I doubt he has any assets) recoup your losses. Any interested parties please repond. You may email your interest to [e-mail address]

Reply by Sylvia_FL on 6/6/10 8:52am
Msg #339986

Carol
From what I understand about Class Action lawsuits, it is the attorney who gets the lions share of the money. May be better to sue individually.

I hope you all get your money:)

Reply by Art_PA on 6/6/10 9:34am
Msg #339988

This is a collection matter. Have you spoken to and retained a collection attorney? How much are you willing to spend to get a judgment you cannot collect?

Reply by Bob_Chicago on 6/6/10 10:54am
Msg #339992

Never worked for him, but doubt that this would

meet the criteria for a Class Action in most jurisdictions.
You might want to consider talking to a bankruptcy attorney in
the area of the party you are after , to discuss the advisabilty
of forcing him into a involuntary bankruptcy.
Not legal advice yada yada.

Reply by 101livescan on 6/6/10 12:15pm
Msg #339997

I've also attempted to sue in Small Claims from some flaky signing services who simply "went out of biz, declared BK, or pulled up stakes and disappeared." There is little opportunity to collect from these companies who are about to disappear from the radar screen. Then there are those companies who open up under another guise. Class action lawsuit, well, that's a huge expense. How about simply contacting the LOs and the Title Companies to lodge a formal complaint about lack of Best Business Practices? Might have better results.

Reply by pat/WA on 6/6/10 1:10pm
Msg #340000

Ponzi?

Looks like a Ponzi Scheme, Walks like a Ponzi Scheme is it a Ponzi sheme? Granted its on involved in stocks and bonds. But, they are taking money from new clients to pay off old. Eventually they get caught in their greed.

Reply by aanotary on 6/6/10 2:56pm
Msg #340006

This guy is a whimp and not that hard to get money out of-

First I told him I would contact the title company and he sent me a check. The check bounced- then I told him I would contact the sheriff- and he deposited cash into my account-all paid- not that big of a problem. It is a shame we have to do this- but it beats not getting paid. And believe it or not- they ( had the guts) to call me last week for a modification- no thanks!

Reply by SReis on 6/7/10 7:20am
Msg #340015

I get pd via paypal, never an issue.... n/m

Reply by MW/VA on 6/7/10 8:08am
Msg #340017

Same here. It's a good arrangement. n/m

Reply by Cathy Meyer on 6/7/10 2:15pm
Msg #340052

Re: Same here. It's a good arrangement.

For you who are recieving payment via Pay Pal I have read that isn't always working for people. They get shorted what they are owed. I do appreciate all the great input.

Reply by docnomad on 6/7/10 3:00pm
Msg #340062

Re: Same here. It's a good arrangement.

Been thinking about using paypal or something like this. Has any of the SS complained about using it? how do you set it up with the SS?? pros? cons?

Reply by MW/VA on 6/8/10 9:04am
Msg #340180

I haven't been "shorted". Paypal charges a small fee for

handling & I don't have a problem with that.

Reply by npross on 9/16/10 12:39am
Msg #352854

A lot of title companies require signing services to be on their approved lists. Contact Fidelity, First American, etc and speak to their county management and they will remove and block their company from ever allowing PD to sign any of their files.