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[-] Negative ratings to slow pay-no pay companies - christine hughes/MA (15 replies)
4/8/2005 7:07:42 PM (2431 views)
Re: Negative ratings to slow pay-no pay companies - Judy Nisonger/CA
4/8/2005 9:59:41 PM (2652 views)
Re: Negative ratings to slow pay-no pay companies - Michaela Urban/OH
4/8/2005 10:56:10 PM (2716 views)
Re: Negative ratings to slow pay-no pay companies - Barbara Bennett/IN
4/9/2005 9:24:48 AM (2626 views)
Re: Negative ratings to slow pay-no pay companies - Kevin Ahern/CT
4/9/2005 2:52:53 PM (2634 views)

The rating system is an excellent tool for registering legitimate complaints about service or payment, but it is a double edge sword that cuts both ways. I recently saw someone on this board negatively rate an abstractor for poor service...only to see the complainant was negatively rated on one of the signing agent boards for slow payment. If a client company's cash flow is declining, and they have nothing to lose there is nothing to prevent them from posting a retaliatory negative posting about the complainant. It can initiate a series of negative postings for both parties which may or may not be accurate. Be prepared for a negative rating in return from your problem client. As you have indicated you routinely check the ratings of companies to find out if they have problems with timely payment. So also do the legitimate companies look at these ratings for complaints of service problems for abstractors. Rarely does anyone try to ascertain whether the information is correct...too much time and effort.  Rather they assume that where there is smoke there must be fire, and because of the negative rating there must be a problem with the abstractor. They then move on to the next abstractor to assign work.

I have found it more productive to deal directly with a delinquent account, work with them to resolve the problem, and terminate them if the fail to make reasonable efforts to resolve the problem. We normally have credit limits that we extend to various clients. There is also resort to the legal process for collection, and in various states there are statutes on the books which allow the recovery of litigation expenses as an alternative to common law contract disputes.

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Re: Negative ratings to slow pay-no pay companies - Anne Gilbert/VT
4/10/2005 9:58:03 AM (2623 views)
Re: Negative ratings to slow pay-no pay companies - george Hubka/MI
4/10/2005 9:54:15 PM (2597 views)
Re: Negative ratings to slow pay-no pay companies - Kevin Ahern/CT
4/11/2005 6:15:02 AM (2584 views)
Re: Negative ratings to slow pay-no pay companies - Lisa Ramsey/TX
4/11/2005 8:01:17 AM (2476 views)
Re: Negative ratings to slow pay-no pay companies - george Hubka/MI
4/11/2005 8:30:59 AM (2578 views)
Re: Negative ratings to slow pay-no pay companies - Kevin Ahern/CT
4/11/2005 9:33:49 AM (2446 views)
Re: Negative ratings to slow pay-no pay companies - Lisa Ramsey/TX
4/11/2005 3:10:35 PM (2506 views)
Re: Negative ratings to slow pay-no pay companies - Michaela Urban/OH
4/11/2005 4:29:26 PM (2531 views)
Re: Negative ratings to slow pay-no pay companies - george Hubka/MI
4/11/2005 6:25:11 PM (2462 views)
Re: Negative ratings to slow pay-no pay companies - Judy Nisonger/CA
4/11/2005 6:55:22 PM (2539 views)
Re: Negative ratings to slow pay-no pay companies - Kevin Ahern/CT
4/12/2005 8:01:25 AM (2564 views)

[+] not paying? - tb/NJ (1 reply)
4/8/2005 6:53:33 PM (2249 views)

[+] Doc Hunters(FLA) good or bad?? - Gary Crump/TX (10 replies)
4/8/2005 4:04:45 PM (2559 views)

Team Title - John Sauers/NY
4/8/2005 2:38:30 PM (1833 views)

[+] No one answered my question... - Judy Nisonger/CA (8 replies)
4/7/2005 12:12:49 PM (2260 views)

[+] Members of NALTEA/ALTA/SOT and Can Do Online Searches? - Lisa Ramsey/TX (45 replies)
4/7/2005 11:12:19 AM (2419 views)


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