I agree with you. A person's time, knowledge, and skills are only as valuable as THEY think they are. When a signing service (SS) calls and offers $100, e-docs included, on a rush job, and oh, by the way, it's 45 min away, if the notary signing agent (NSA) accepts it, that is all they believe they are worth.
I have received calls from companies I have worked for on a regular basis only to have new people on the other end offer me $65 to close. When I'm finished laughing at them, I quote my fee and tell them to look at my information on file with them. I called one of them back and spoke to the supervisor I have dealt with for years. I informed him that if I received another call like that, insulting me by trying to low ball me, that I would take them off my list of companies I would work for, regardless of the fees offered. He must have made some kind of note in my file because I do still get calls from them but I have not had another insulting offer yet.
If the companies are offering $65 for a close normally, then want to offer you $100 because they are in a rush, I say charge them $250 -$300 + edoc fees. If they agree, do the job and get paid. If not, they may have to turn the job back to title. After so many of these returned jobs, a title company might start to rethink using that low ball company.
Of course, it doesn't help that some signing agents advertise that their average charge for a signing job is only $85- $125 on their websites. Why should we be surprised when companies only want to offer $85 then? |
