Arlene, I assume you are referring to a commercial search.  I get that it's annoying, however, sometimes the person requesting the quote is at the mercy of a client who is probably asking other people to provide a quote as well.  If I had to pay to get the quote and then didn't get the job, I'd be out money.  I also get it takes time to review a search to be able to quote it, which to me a fair, to make sure an abstractor gets paid fairly for their work.   In the past when we've been asked to quote stuff that we routinely don't get, we'll tell clients we can't piss off our abstractors by continually asking them for quotes and then not giving them the work.  You can always tell a client, that isn't a job you want to quote and take a pass if it is someone who never gives you work.  If it is a good client, then roll the dice :)

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