By P James.

Do you know where YOUR nearest fax machine is?

No – seriously – do you? A while ago I had to fax some information off to my mortgage provider, and the only way I could get the request to them in time, was to send them a fax message.

I didn’t have a fax machine as I didn’t run a business from home. I had no idea where to locate my nearest fax machine, in time before the close of play.

Eventually I found a post office counter a few miles away that did provide a faxing service, and I had to pay a tidy sum to get the 6 pages of information off to the mortgage company!

Later on, I was telling a friend about the situation, and she asked if I knew about faxing software that I could install onto my computer. I had to admit – I didn’t!

But since then it seems, everyone I know has had to send or receive a fax from one company or another, and now they’re using my fax software that I installed!

For example:
• A car insurance company wanted proof of a like for like quotation from another company that had to be faxed.
• A solicitor company required proof of ID be faxed over to them in the interim before an appointment.
• An employment agency requiring a fax of a P45.
• Mortgage company wanting a faxed copy of a letter that wouldn’t make the deadline if sent by traditional post.