Posted by 101livescan on 4/7/13 6:42pm
Msg #464863

Fess up!

Who are you? ND says that 46,124 notaries are signed up with them and serve their clients. We all know they pay $50 a pop. that means they're making $xxx. Wow! They've signed over 2,500,000 loans since 1987. Do the math, you know what the translate$ into, so what I'd like to know is, just who are the folks that are doing this business.

All you gotta do is say no, no, no! I mean, what if no one accepted their offers. Can you believe they've stayed in business this long? YIKES!

Reply by CaNotary777 on 4/7/13 6:52pm
Msg #464865

What do ND stand for? n/m

Reply by doglover/CA on 4/7/13 7:01pm
Msg #464866

Re: What do ND stand for?

Nations Direct

Reply by Hugh Nations Signing Agents of Austin on 4/7/13 7:56pm
Msg #464871

Re: What do ND stand for?

Not to be confused with this poster, who can sometimes be direct, but never takes advantage of a fellow notary.

Reply by Lee/AR on 4/7/13 7:16pm
Msg #464869

In less notary-saturated areas, we can do better...

Much better. But 101livescan's point is still very valid. If you all would say NO to $50 (& $60, $75, $95, etc.) the fee simply has to increase. A rising tide raises all boats.

Reply by Susan Fischer on 4/7/13 11:10pm
Msg #464881

Fabulous Gem, Lee: "A rising tide raises all boats." n/m

Reply by Notarysigner on 4/7/13 8:17pm
Msg #464873

Re: Fess up! $70 e-signings too

There's a notary on another forum that says she takes $70 esigning 'cause we're lazy....I didn't even respond to her post, disgusting!

Reply by ananotary on 4/7/13 10:04pm
Msg #464875

That's nuts. I am in their database. However, I will not

work for them unless they meet my fee. I think that was once last year.. and so far none this year. LOL

Reply by Cody on 4/8/13 6:43pm
Msg #464987

Re: That's nuts. I am in their database. However, I will not

every time they meet my fee i wish they hadn't....the non stop phone calls about when i am going to print and when i arrive and what color ink i use is just too much....

Reply by KayK/CA on 5/11/13 1:32am
Msg #469641

Re: Fess up! $70 e-signings too

Seriously?! Lazy? Ugh, today I had nothing to do, and they actually met my fee of $100 (they offered $60), the signing was just down the street from my house and they said it was one borrower. NOT. Yeah, one borrower and a wife who also had to sign.

So let's see ... I arrived at 5 pm, we weren't done signing until 6:45 pm - lots of questions and wanting to read, yeah, one of those. 9 notarized signatures, 2 sets of about 140 pg docs. Then 45 pages of fax backs. So tomorrow I still have to drive to Fed Ex and drop them after they approve the faxes. 4-5 hours of work for $100?! Bleh, I made more an hour pushing paper at the County for 11 years.

I officiate weddings for $125 and those take me maybe an hour prep and ceremony time. I notarize docs for a realty co and get a mobile fee and then $10 for each notarized signature, and most days he just needs one doc notarized, so I'm in and out in 5 or 10 minutes.

I know what I'm worth, and it's sad that there are notaries who don't value themselves and take the low pay and lower the bar for the rest of us.