JUDY, I ALSO RECEIVED A FAX TODAY FROM A DOCUMENT RESEARCH COMPANY WANTING TO USE "MY" SERVICES BUT YET THEY HAVE AN ABSTRACTOR AGREEMENT FORM THEY WANT ME TO SIGN SO THEY CAN TAKE 45-60 DAYS & ON 'THEIR" PAYMENT TERMS.
JUST DON'T DO IT.
YES, WE KNOW WE CAN PROVIDE GREAT SERVICE --BUT IT IS COMPANIES LIKE THESE THAT WE END UP WITH -- THE ONES WHO WE LOSE BY! WE LOSE TIME AND ENERGY REFAXING INVOICES AND SOMETIMES WE NEVER GET REIMBURSED FOR ALL OF THOSE COPIES THAT WE PAID FOR -- OUT OF POCKET & OUR $$ IS DUE BACK IN 30 DAYS OR LESS! NOT 45 NOT 60.
ARE THEY KIDDING ME!? -- ARE THEY KIDDING YOU?
I'M STILL AWAITING PAYMENT OF OVER $800.00 JUST FOR COPIES & THAT WAS FROM LAST YEAR! JUST DON'T DO IT.
LET SOMEONE ELSE BILL AT THAT LOW OF A FEE & PAY FOR THEIR COPIES AND HAVE TO BEG THEM FOR THEIR MONEY BACK. (YEAH THAT ROOKIE UNDER-CUTTER THAT'S WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT)
I'M HAVING A REAL HARD TIME FINDING NEW DEPENDABLE CUSTOMERS WHO ACTUALLY PAY ON TIME AND WITHOUT REMINDER...AND BY ME NOT HAVEING TO NAG ABOUT MY JOB WELL DONE! I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING SINCE 1985!
SORRY I'M VENTING!  THIS HAS ALSO BEEN A BAD WEEK FOR PUTTING OUT FIRES FOR FREE! AND THEN -- I HAD ANOTHER CUSTOMER ASK FOR A COMPLETE HISTORY FROM 1997 WITH FULL COPIES OF ALL OPEN DEEDS AND MORTGAGES. SO I RETRIEVED $47.00 OUT OF POCKET COPY MONEY AND FAXED HER THE DOCUMENTS AND THE RESEARCH? SHE CALLED ME TODAY SAYING SHE WASN'T GOING TO PAY FOR TWO OF THE MORTGAGES BECAUSE THEY WERE FORECLOSED ON --- KEEP IN MIND WE WERE NOT TO RESEARCH JUDGMENTS AND ONE OF THE MTGS THAT HAD BEEN FORECLOSED ON HAD BEEN ASSIGNED AFTER THE FORECLOSURE....MTG'S IN INDIANA DON'T GET RELEASED BY A DOCUMENT IF FORECLOSED ON IN INDIANA. THE ORDER PLACED WAS JUST NOT CLEAR AND MY CUSTOMER TOOK ADVANTAGE.
I'M BURNT OUT & TIRED OF THESE CUSTOMERS WHO ARE TRYING TO DICTATE HOW WE RUN OUR BUSINESS!
THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHY WE ALL NEED TO STICK TOGETHER!
MY ANWSER TO YOU IS: "JUST DON'T DO IT." 

GOOD THINGS!  MIRIAM