Posted by Shan/CA on 4/3/13 9:35pm
Msg #464367

Text message request

This is new for me. I got a request from NotaryPros for a $75 refi via text. No, I did not respond to accept!

Reply by ToniK on 4/3/13 9:38pm
Msg #464368

I get quite a few text message request from other companies. I have no prob with it. However, Im not familiar with notaryPros and their packages.

Reply by Sandra G Holland on 4/3/13 10:03pm
Msg #464369

I have no problem with text messages. I have never received one from a company in reference to signing. My business card for notary work says "call or text". I have had notary customers text but it isn't common.

Reply by Shan/CA on 4/4/13 9:28am
Msg #464396

I didn't respond because the fee, which I failed to mention said, "non-negotiable." I'm glad to know that some companies will text, so at least I now know that it is ok. Thanks all.

Reply by Robert522TX on 4/3/13 10:11pm
Msg #464371

I've had one company's scheduler to set up things by text, and it was fine with me.

Reply by JanetK_CA on 4/4/13 12:41am
Msg #464378

Do they follow up with an email confirmation? n/m

Reply by Robert522TX on 4/4/13 6:56am
Msg #464384

Re: Do they follow up with an email confirmation?

Yes, they do follow up with confirmation and documents through email.

Reply by Luckydog on 4/4/13 9:29am
Msg #464398

Re: Do they follow up with an email confirmation?

I do not like it. I prefer a phone call. If I am driving, I can answer, but will not text and drive.
Get more details through a call, and seems the professional way of doing business.

Reply by Notarysigner on 4/4/13 10:22am
Msg #464407

Re: Do they follow up with an email confirmation?

I don't respond to text for work,...it's tacky. The is a Notary here posing as a SS, i think is something like "bestnotary" that I final text back to stop #@&% texting me!

Reply by ananotary on 4/4/13 11:10am
Msg #464418

I don't mind a text directly to me, mass texting an order

Does. I no longer reply to those. At some point people will get tired of responding quickly to find that the job was filled. That's how I figured out it was mass texting.

Reply by Shan/CA on 4/4/13 5:54pm
Msg #464470

Re: Do they follow up with an email confirmation?

Luckydog, I totally agree with you!

Reply by sueharke on 4/4/13 12:21pm
Msg #464431

I have not used text messaging to accept an assignment. I have used text messaging to complete a notary transaction (tracking number, Fedex or UPS, signing complete). I agree I can accept a phone call via blue tooth, but not by text when driving.

Reply by Lee/AR on 4/4/13 12:43pm
Msg #464437

imho, mass texting a job is just abusive

A dozen people are text-messaged. Costs 'em time and money to check it out. Only one will get the job, but a lot of notaries are jumping thru hoops just so it's super-convenient for the assigning co.
Further, I doubt that a text message has all the details needed for a notary to accurately quote a fee or figure if the fee offered is acceptable. At least, that's the way it would work for me if I accepted text messages.