Problems using Free Transform within a Photoshop action

I have a few hundred images each containing text on a separate layer. The text is in different positions on each image. I'm trying to write an action to move the text in each image to a specific location on each one. When creating the action I use free transform to move the current layer to x=750 y=800. I type in the desired coordinates and make sure not to click the delta between the x and y settings so that it doesn't use relative positioning. When I click the return button the text moves to the desired spot so all seems okay. When I run the action the text moves a fixed amount relative to its initial position which is not what I want. Each text layer is supposed to move to x750, y 800. I'm having this problem with both Photoshop CS6 and CC2014 running on a Mac using OS 10.9.4.
Does anyone have any idea what I'm doing wrong?

I think you misunderstood me. You can use the mesh on images of the same size but different resolutions, but you don't have to if you don't want to. Simply do your distortions, save the mesh, then load it for any image of the same size and all your distortions will be applied. Note that if you go into and out of liquify, the mesh will not remember the distortions you made in previous liquify adjustments. Any mesh you save will only remember the distortions you applied within that current instance of the filter.
I don't know how liquify may interact with an action, so you'll have to test that yourself.

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