I guess I`m wondering what people think about Service Link?
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They play a ârace to the bottomâ game. Theyâll tell you to reduce your fee to get much more volume. If you do, theyâll call the next notary & tell them the same thing. Repeat endlessly. The volume isnât there, but low fees sure are!
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@bruce Hmmm . . .
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LISTING OF THREADS ON SERVICE LINK
Extremely low Fees for MANY years
Very low amount of available Signing Orders [SOs]
Professional Signing Agents [PSAs] are simply a commodity to that business entity
@bruce Also, keep in mind that the Notary Cafe forums are PUBLIC platforms.
As such, posts are available for public viewing.
Donât work for that company. I guess thatâs what I think.
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Getting ready to cut ties because of their insultingly low fees $70 to drive 30 min each way for a refi w scan backs! Ya no! My time is more valuable than that!
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Only 2 orders with them so far. Both for $125. First one has paid, 2nd one is coming up on 30 days so should be paying soon. I donât anticipate getting much from them but so far, I have no reason to stop doing business with them
No one is insulting anyone. Theyâre responding to what the market bears. If it doesnât bear a $70 fee theyâll stop offering that. Donât take any of it personally.
I donât think anything drives me crazier than this statement here. Exactly WHO determines what the âmarket will bearâ?? Seems to me if ANY company is still pushing $70 fees (or less, or anything under at least $100 for that matter) they have absolutely NO idea what the market will bear and have no consideration for the increased costs assumed by the notary/signing agent.
SL pulled this on me 15 years ago and told me THEN that my fee should be $85 or less to get assignments - point being, theyâve been pulling this crap for far longer than anyone can imagine. Yet buyers/borrowers/signers are still paying their fee.
Yes, itâs insultingâŠand no, I donât do signings any more (before that comes up) but I"m glad I donât - not at that very low, unprofessional fee.
My $.02 FWIW
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No theyâre not ârespondingâ. They are playing the same game theyâve always played and newbs fall right into their get experience, lower fee for volume horsefeathers. These are fees from 2010: $125.00
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All local. When they started the game, I pretty much stopped working for them, so itâs now maybe 1 -2 per year & pay for those is around $200.
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If you work all the time at your published fee it seems the market will bear it.
Iâve said it many times, there is no insult in any of this. People take it personal when itâs just business. Companies want a higher profit rate and notaries tolerate it? Thatâs not insulting thatâs notaries not aware of what they can charge and get paid.
Not only are their fees low but they cut your fee (in my case $20) for any error, even if itâs minor, something you quickly fixed, and didnât cause a delay. Then they rate you every month with the goal being less than 2% error rate. Mind you the packages are 100-175 pages with many dates, names, initials and other areas for to be filled out to guide the signers though. I think they may be using AI now to catch mistake??? Not sure on that, but they have very high quality control on files, which is good, but they are harsh on needing corrections, so beware of that if you take a job from them as well.
100% correct. They donât pay well
I have done a lot of work for servicelink, I donât reduce my fees however. They have a right to look for other notaries, just like I have the right to price my fees. I donât negotiate, I donât bargain, my fees are fixed. If they want professional work, they call me, I usually have to go out and fix someone elses work anyway.
Bruce, you really want to know?? Iâve worked here and there for them, small packages that pay quickly and fair fee for number of pages. HOWEVER, I had an appointment scheduled for tomorrow at 3pm. Itâs a refi for $100. Skeptical, yes but banked on the fact that it might be a small package. Itâs been scheduled and confirmed for over a week. Today at 4pm I received an email that it has been reassigned to another agent. When I asked for an explanation all I was told was âper lender requestâ. I call BS. We are supposed to be at their beck and call (tracked via our phone and a monthly âscorecardâ) but when the tables turn itâs just to bad for you. Ridiculous to say the least! I could go on but whatâs the point. Lots of signing services I love working for and have no issues! TTFN