06-05-2020, 08:01 AM
(06-04-2020, 04:34 PM)FireWood Wrote: It's 2020... Even my lawyer, accountant, and real estate agent have given up their fax machines!
Back when I had my photography portrait business, one of my customers, a neurosurgeon did not pay his bill. He owed me just over $1,300.00 back in 1985, or about $3,160.00 in current dollars.
I had sent he many invoices but he kept ignoring them.
I found out that he shared an office with four other doctors in Roslyn, New York. I looked up and then I started sending dunning faxes to his office. Keep in mind that every secretary in the office would see that fax before the doctor did. So the fact that he was not paying his bills was known throughout the office.
I suspect it was embarrassing.
In any event he called back and threatened to sue me. And that I had to stop immediately. I agreed. I would stop immediately upon receipt of payment. Until then I would send out notices every Monday and Thursday.
I received my check on Wednesday.
Nowadays I will send a fax of an email if I want to really get someone's attention. The impact of a fax cannot be underestimated in an era of emails.
I used to use Western Union telegrams to get urgent attention, but they are out of business. Faxes are still effective communication devices.
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