The problem is that a lot of those companies think that they can get away with paying those "volume" prices across the board.
I, for one, could never handle volume.... it doesn't exist in my area because the population is spread out by geography. As such, a lot of the signing services simply don't even bother calling me anymore because they know I'll never accept their lousy offers. I do the work that everyone else doesn't want to do
Volume is great for city notaries and even some suburban ones. But those of us in the rural areas? No freaking way. $60-75 won't even cover my travel fees most of the time, especially if it's one of the times when I have to stay somewhere overnight.
I'd rather do 2 loan signings a day and make $600 - $900+ (yes, I can and do make that much on some of these) while driving to the ends of the earth than deal with 4-6 and make half that doing more work. Plus, I get to listen to a lot of audiobooks.
There are still plenty of notaries in CA to do the work... it's just that most of them have absolutely zero business sense.
I've always felt the the idea of "volume" in NSA work is a fallacy anyway... you're doing the same amount of work and you have the same expenses... so where, exactly, is the volume benefit to the notary? You aren't a production line. You're a single person taking individual jobs. Lots of jobs does not = volume discount. It means you can't do math very well. |
