Posted by cayenne1227 on 4/18/11 9:34pm
Msg #380347

To Glenn Strickler

"We have notaries from 80-100 round trip miles away from "down the hill" San Bernardino / Riverside / Ontario area driving to the High Desert of California to be paid $75 for edocs. I ran into one at a Fedex a few months ago and was simply told "Once I get all your business, I will just raise my rates".

Un-beeeeee-lieveable, but that CAN work both ways.....

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 4/18/11 9:36pm
Msg #380348

Yeah...I thought that was a rather arrogant remark

from that notary...wow..

Reply by Glenn Strickler on 4/19/11 2:09am
Msg #380377

Re: To Glenn Strickler n/m

Reply by Glenn Strickler on 4/19/11 2:17am
Msg #380379

Well, I would have like to have reported that I had something witty to respond to them with, but I was pretty silent. Of course you always think of something to say 10 minutes after ..... Oh well. ...

Time will come that they they can't pay the bills at those rates, and perhaps that is becoming the case. .. I actually had 2 today that met my fee. But I don't bargain any longer. If they say they can't meet my fee, then I politely say, "OK, thanks for calling anyway, have a great day."

Reply by James Dawson on 4/19/11 2:56am
Msg #380380

That is happening up here also Glenn....Notaries are being told that "they" (SS) can't find "good" notaries so they are being asked to travel 35 - 50 miles one way to come into the Bay Area. What they're really saying is no body here is accepting low-ball fees. I spoke with a notary who called me (not a member of NR) who told me she didn't know you could charge more then $55 - $60 dollars.

Reply by C. Rivera Chicago Notary Services on 4/19/11 9:39am
Msg #380398

OH WOW James...I'm sure you 'schooled' her then....WOW... n/m

Reply by Alz on 4/19/11 2:33pm
Msg #380496

Let the notaries say "Amen". n/m

Reply by Les_CO on 4/19/11 9:18am
Msg #380391

Yeah…He’ll adjust his rates…LOWER..when the 10 new part-timers that come after him lower their rates!

Reply by C. Rivera Chicago Notary Services on 4/19/11 9:37am
Msg #380396

its an endless cycle that all of us go through in this biz..

...once this notary realizes just how much hoop jumping they're doing for such low pay, and how much their very little profit is eaten up by gas, toner, paper, etc., they'll raise their rates, then BAM, they'll be out of work, just as quick!

Those cheap a$$ companies that hire NSA's for $50-$75 normally move on to the next sucker notary....a pattern has been the norm for quite a while in this biz IMO...

Reply by aanotary on 4/19/11 11:43am
Msg #380436

Re: its an endless cycle that all of us go through in this biz..

And how come it seems the low payers are also the slow or non payers?