Well, this shop paid $45 including $10 for the paper form, so it was worth doing. But still a pain. I have terrible handwriting, so I was thrilled when shops went online. The MS companies were as well, I'm sure.@BuffaloNY101 wrote:
I would take normal cost for me to do job and add $20 to $30 for the hassle.
Did you know that if you type or copy and paste your report into Word, that you can save it as .pdf? Also there is a free application that can make a .pdf copy from a photograph (http://www.freepdfsolutions.com). Either of these methods should take no more than a minute.@BuffaloNY101 wrote:
My fee to do shops that require such goes up substantially. Printing cost are miniscule but time to handwrite then type into report exact as written or vice versa is time consuming and unnecessary. Add to that time to photograph and upload after converting to pdf to make more readable. I would take normal cost for me to do job and add $20 to $30 for the hassle.
@AZwolfman wrote:
Did you know that if you type or copy and paste your report into Word, that you can save it as .pdf? Also there is a free application that can make a .pdf copy from a photograph (http://www.freepdfsolutions.com). Either of these methods should take no more than a minute.@BuffaloNY101 wrote:
My fee to do shops that require such goes up substantially. Printing cost are miniscule but time to handwrite then type into report exact as written or vice versa is time consuming and unnecessary. Add to that time to photograph and upload after converting to pdf to make more readable. I would take normal cost for me to do job and add $20 to $30 for the hassle.
I agree that handwritten reports are so yesterday. I doubt any client would pay me what it would take to get me to do such a shop, especially when there are so many shops available that allow me to take advantage of technology. I type my narratives into a Word document first anyway in case something goes wrong with their technology.
So will Google Drive. My printer's autofeed isn't working, so I just took pictures with my phone in Drive and let it put together the PDF file for me.@walesmaven wrote:
Modern printer/scanners will scan to pdf.
I did the same shop last month. Didn't mind the handwriting that much because it made me feel young again lol. (I was a solid "B" in penmanship when that was on report cards.) But I admit I'll try walesmaven's idea if I do another one.@MisterBill wrote:
Well, this shop paid $45 including $10 for the paper form, so it was worth doing. But still a pain. I have terrible handwriting, so I was thrilled when shops went online. The MS companies were as well, I'm sure.@BuffaloNY101 wrote:
I would take normal cost for me to do job and add $20 to $30 for the hassle.
Maybe they think it's a way to ensure that the shopper writes down the information as soon as they leave the bank? Didn't work for me, when I got there I remembered that I had forgotten to print it out .@Shop-et-al wrote:
So... umm... are they analyzing people's handwriting? Profiling shoppers this way? Recruiting people with "good" handwriting to put little notes on snail mail-outs?
I am so cynical...
I forgot about the signature. But it seems like they could have just had us print and sign that page. On the other hand, in theory the shop fee includes a bonus amount for printing and scanning, so it's costing them a bundle to have it.@walesmaven wrote:
I have been told that it is the client, not the MSC that imposes this requirement. On the one hand, I suspect that the client is relying on legal advice that is not actually justified. It seems like evidence overkill to require a written report, complete with shopper signature. On the other hand, the client may have been badly burned by some legal action way back before they introduced the requirement.