Posted by Notarysigner on 6/13/11 7:52pm
Msg #386124

This is funny...

Got a request for my fees for a signing in my area. I responded by saying (why did I do this?) $125 for professional services and $75 for sign and observe. The reply was, " sorry we can't justify your fees."
This was from a 4 1/2 star SS on this site.

Reply by trnsa_IL on 6/13/11 8:37pm
Msg #386130

Maybe they read your response as a total of $200 instead of $125 or $75. Perhaps even I have it wrong and you meant $200?

Reply by Moneyman/TX on 6/13/11 8:40pm
Msg #386131

LOL - They want LESS than a sign & observe notary?? In CA, without any travel fee, that is less than 8 notarized signatures.

How does a TC justify the fee that the SS is charging? I doubt they would if they knew what the SS was actually looking for to complete their jobs.

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 6/13/11 9:27pm
Msg #386132

I'm with Tonya - I bet they thought you wanted

$200 to do the signing (which you probably did...hehe) - not $125 OR $75..

Reply by Notarysigner on 6/14/11 7:54am
Msg #386144

Re: I'm with Tonya - I bet they thought you wanted

Okay...The truth is they offered $75.00 I countered $125.00.........email below

>>>>>>>Good afternoon!

We have a REO cash purchase taking place on Tuesday, 6/14/2011, at 11am in San Francisco, CA. This is a small package of 15-20 pages with approx 8-9 signatures. Our fee on this is $75. <<<<<<

There are two buyers, downtown S.F. (parking $8.00/20 mins) plus $6.00 bridge toll. My counter was for NSA services. If they just wanted me to walk in/stamp and walk out, I would have done it for $75.00 plus parking and toll fees. That's what I meant, not $200.00

Reply by MW/VA on 6/14/11 9:03am
Msg #386148

You know the deal, James. In this economic climate they

will get someone to cover it for $75. Fees are trending lower these days. Not saying that's good, but it is a fact.

Reply by Carole Breckbill on 6/14/11 10:35am
Msg #386154

Re: You know the deal, James. In this economic climate they

...and they think that just because the pkg is 15 pages, that the fee should be commensurate - instead of the fee being based on time and travel. If I'm going across town, my fee *could* be less than if I'm going to another county.

Reply by Notarysigner on 6/14/11 10:44am
Msg #386156

Yep, sure do AND I hope they did, their message to me? was

">>>>We can not justify that fee for such a small package. Thank you for your time!"<<<<

Oh well, I just lost out of $27.50 which would have been my profit for two hours work.

Reply by Moneyman/TX on 6/14/11 11:32am
Msg #386160

Re: Yep, sure do AND I hope they did, their message to me? was

LOL -- What is the name of the SS so that when they call with a package of 180+ pages we can tell them that based upon $75 for 20 or so pages that we CAN justify a charge of $675+ (using their own math of course).

Also, I'm just curious what the name is so that I can add them to the long list of SS companies looking for garage sale priced NSAs. Eight to nine signatures to be notarized alone in CA is $80-90, if I'm not mistaken. Plus the printing, travel, toll charges, parking fees, your time, knowledge, & expenses all for $125 seems more than reasonable to me. <just saying>

Reply by Notarysigner on 6/14/11 11:44am
Msg #386162

Sure ..

From: Rebekah Parker <[e-mail address]>
Subject: Skye Closings- Notary Assignment Offer [ET-7378264595676721769]
To: [e-mail address]
Date: Monday, June 13, 2011, 11:48 AM

Reply by SouthernOK on 6/14/11 1:26pm
Msg #386177

The SC ratings don't seem to match, hummm?

Maybe you should report this on SC so that others can see it.

The ratings seem not to be in sync with this experience, "great pay" isn't the case.

Reply by Notarysigner on 6/14/11 1:50pm
Msg #386178

Re: The SC ratings don't seem to match, hummm?

I didn't take the assignment, they did nothing wrong. If they want to offer $75 that's their business. If someone accepts it and think that's great, that's their business also. I understand some people are paid more and I bet it has to do with how many notaries are in the area.

On another note, I recently did a signing for a first time TC, I charged way more, they said no problem. Then I find out they charged the borrower of $600.00. Compared to what I got, they were the low-ballers, by definition. IMO See what I mean? It's all relative.