Posted by LKAmikeVa on 3/6/12 10:57am
Msg #414074

Genuine Title got me

So I was driving one day and the phone rang. I couldn't understand the young lady when she said the companies name. When I arrived at my residence I found out that I had accepted a job from Genuine Title. I am now on the telephone hitting redial every 40 seconds and have filed a BBB complaint against this company and the Federal Credit Union that hired them.

I feel if I complain to the hiring party and draw them into this I will no longer have to deal with non paying companies like this and just maybe they'll come straight to me. If not, oh well, maybe they just won't contact me ever again. I'm begging ever one out there to not take assignments from this company.

Reply by mwm143 on 3/6/12 11:01am
Msg #414076

But they do pay.....eventually and only if you scream loud enough!

There has got to be some nepotism involved with these hiring parties who still continue to use deadbeats with no regards for their own reputations. What other explanation could there be???

Reply by LKAmikeVa on 3/6/12 11:04am
Msg #414077

Well, the fact that I've gotten him to remove his phone for a busy signal is a sign. Is that considered screaming loud enough?

Reply by A S Johnson on 3/6/12 11:16am
Msg #414079

I'm NOT fusing with you an this. But a suggestion I use. When I'm driving, I state I'm driving and ask for time to pull over to a stop so I cal talk. When stopped, I start the conversation over from the begining.

Reply by CopperheadVA on 3/6/12 11:36am
Msg #414083

You can always turn the job back to a company after you receive the confirmation and discover they are a non-payer. If it were me, I would contact the state regulatory agency for Genuine Title - the Maryland Insurance Administration - and file a complaint against the registered responsible licensees for failure to fulfill contractual obligations in a real estate transaction.

https://sbs-md.naic.org/Lion-Web/jsp/sbsreports/LicenseeListExtExtract.jsp

Be sure to rate Genuine Title in Signing Central.

Reply by C. Rivera Chicago Notary Services on 3/6/12 1:22pm
Msg #414092

your post is somewhat confusing...are you saying you

closed for GT, then didn't get paid? If so, kudos to you for calling the BBB and their client. They should be reported and their hiring party needs to know about their bad rep which could come back to haunt the credit union.

Or are you saying they called, and you later found out about their "deadbeat status" then called the BBB, etc.?

If this is your, then I think you stepped ahead of yourself, when all you had to do was check them out FIRST here in SC, then call back or shoot an email rejecting the closing based on their rep, and cc'd the credit union. The credit union may have appreciated your honesty.

But am not sure if this is what you're saying??

Reply by LKAmikeVa on 3/6/12 1:51pm
Msg #414096

Re: your post is somewhat confusing...are you saying you

They called me while I was on the way home. I accepted offer from them not knowing it was GT. Driving on a two lane road with no shoulder (rural Va). I didn't realize it was them until later when I opened email. I did not turn it back (probably should have).

I conducted the signing without issues. I have not gotten paid to date. I have filed a complaint with the BBB in Md. I contacted Emery Federal Credit Union and they say it is GT's problem not theirs. So, I filed a BBB complaint in Az about EFCU.

Reply by Marian_in_CA on 3/6/12 2:26pm
Msg #414102

The BBB is completely useless...

I'm not sure why people still think that the BBB will help? It's only of any use when the company is a MEMBER of the BBB. The BBB is a private company, not a government entity. They have no authority at all.

Reply by bagger on 3/6/12 3:50pm
Msg #414106

Marion is right on.

The BBB is a meber organization.
If you want to display the BBB torch, it's a premier membership!

Reply by ToniK on 3/6/12 3:58pm
Msg #414110

Re: your post is somewhat confusing...are you saying you

My advise....you could have still cancelled the appointment. Sent them an email saying you were cancelling it and then call BO and say the appt had been cancelled. OR you could have called the lender directly and worked something out with them if they wanted to continue forward with the signing.

Now you are stuck with trying to get payment. Goodluck!

Reply by mwm143 on 3/6/12 3:53pm
Msg #414108

It is my opinion that any company who hires a commissioned officer of the state to facilitate a loan closing then refuses to pay is teetering on loan fraud. Any time that I have had to chase my money I advise all parties of my opinion and payment has always been made promptly.