TomInTib
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Fri Apr-18-08 04:27 PM
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OK, I have effing had it with robo-faxes... |
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We only use our fax machine for freight quotes.
But the vast majority of faxes we receive are some bullshit Vacation, Investment, Health Insurance junk.
I don't know why it took so long for me to realize it, but all of those damned things have a toll-free number to call.
And it only takes two buttons (Speaker and Redial) to call those numbers.
The average call - from first button to answer - takes about 22 seconds.
I can call those bastards around 150 times an hour without missing a beat.
Now, if I could just figure out how to program my computer to do it 24 hours a day...
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Clear Blue Sky
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Fri Apr-18-08 04:31 PM
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Perhaps try adding your fax number to the national do not call list. I did it with my home fax and the junk eventually stopped.
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Fri Apr-18-08 04:35 PM
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3. Doesn't work on business lines. |
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That was the bone that FCC tossed to the bastards.
There is even a note on the bottom of the fax to call to remove your number. That doesn't work, either. The sons-of-bitches have scores of numbers from which to fax.
I think that I may hire someone to punch those buttons all day long.
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Fri Apr-18-08 04:32 PM
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2. Attach a scan of 50 black pages of paper, and you'll really tick them off! |
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Fri Apr-18-08 04:36 PM
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4. Unless they're using some sort of program like Faxserve. |
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Doesn't go to print unless directed to do so.
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Fri Apr-18-08 04:38 PM
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5. I did that to someone who owed me money, once. |
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Cheap bastard asked me to not fax him so often, as he had one of those fax machines that used a film roll.
I found out that he was away most Sundays, so I made a loop of paper and painted a broad stripe on it.
Dialed that number and let it run for hours. Let him know it was me who was doing it, too.
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