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Man do I dislike the FAX machine! People, please just let that technology die!
About 3 or 4 times a year, I do business with someone who “cannot receive e-mail” for one reason or another. Two of these businesses are HP and Dell – now what in the world! When I have an issue I am trying to resolve for a customer and I want to e-mail the HP “support team” the error or anything for that matter and the tell me they cannot receive e-mails, I just about go ballistic (in my head, not out loud). I have had the same experiences with Dell. These are supposed to be the TECHNOLOGY industry leaders and they can’t accept e-mail? Goodness gracious, e-mail has been around since 1985!
In addition, some of my clients cannot accept e-mails because (they say) they must have a signature to validate the documents / contract. I am not sure what to say but “bull”, have you ever ordered anything on line? Your e-mailing an order without a signature, or pressing the “order” or “accept” button constitutes a “e-signature” and acceptance of the contract.
Now to be fair some places e-mail me documents but then they want me to print them, sign them and FAX them back, get over it people, the FAX should have been left behind January 1st 2000. They are slow (try faxing a 70 page loan agreement on your house), peculiar (see what happens when you run out of paper, two Faxes come in at once or you are trying to type in a FAX number and one starts to come in). Continue reading