| Received a phone call from a potential customer that found me on Notary Rotary. Asked if I was available for a purchase package. Find out it was from a law firm. The caller asked what was my fee? After asking a few questions, the caller state documents would be provided and a shipper label would be included. I asked how many notarial acts would be involved, she stated not to sure, may be around 10. Next she started talking about Hybrid and asked if there happened to be more notarial acts would the fee changed. I gave her my fee of $200. She stated that sound good, but she would call me back upon making a decision. That's when I knew that she was fee shopping. I didn't hold my breath expecting a callback. She didn't understand, even though there may not be any printing of documents on my end. Because printing isn't the biggest costs, she had mentioned the potential usage of other equipment and internet. It's our labor costs, driving, prep time, signing time at the table, and other miscellaneous expenses that we have to price into our services. Why do these law firms want to devalue our services? Law firms billable hours are greater than a loan signing fee of $200. She found me on Notary Rotary, doesn't she realize that an a cost I have to account for as well. No worries, I pickup a mortgage modification paying $120 that takes 15 minutes and under 50 pages printing. Happy New Years to all of my Notary Publics/Loan Signing Agents colleague! |
