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Question: Is it ethical to send a fax advertising your goods or services to the recipient?

(Posted by: Mai C on 2009-10-29 14:47:38)

I have a fax machine and I keep getting faxes advertising goods or services. When I get into my office at home, I find the faxes are already printed and I have paid for the printing myself when its about other people's busnesses. Is this ethical? Can I do anything about it without incuring further costs? Can I send them a printing bill? How much would I have to charge?

Posted by: Paddy B on 2009-10-30, 05:51:12

Register with FPS - link below

Posted by: homeboy on 2009-10-29, 14:50:28

What is ethics? really? its so abstract

Posted by: Paul B on 2009-10-29, 14:50:47

Turn your PC into the fax machine (fax modem card in PC) then you can delete them without printing them. Simple.

Posted by: happyfeet on 2009-10-29, 14:57:50

Paul B. absolutely NAILED it. Do that. Now.

Posted by: Jake159 on 2009-10-29, 15:02:41

If you are receiving unsolicited faxes, you can register your fax number with the fax preference service. This is a list of number that most marketing companies have to see who NOT to send faxes to. The service I believe is free and takes I think about 28 days for it to become effective.

Posted by: stuie on 2009-10-29, 17:01:33

Register your number with the fax preference service. Works like the telephone preference service and once your number is registered, companies should not send you stuff unless you ask for it.

Posted by: A T on 2009-11-01, 01:51:02

Nice to see a question answered by so many in a simple clean fashion, I would go with the preference service but a computer fax system is easily set up, and a lot better at excluding this junk mailing expense, that being said, ( it still wastes time though ), there is a facility on something called "Incredimail " ( free service, but extras cost a little more, but not much ), that allows you to "bounce back " all this rubbish as e-mails, hopefully it will allow this to be done with faxes in future, keep an eye on this, or drop them a line, who knows ? Wonder why the makers do not have an automatic "hit list " for stopping these things coming through, as they do for my e-mails, seems a point of service is being missed here, a couple of clicks and no more selling, from people you do not want to entertain in your own home, business, or with your time or money..... PPS it is not ethical to annoy any prospective customer, neither is it sensible in business terms, sadly, however, it is legal, and that is the closest many businesses, get to ethics these days.....and then only just.