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anecdote time: A few weeks ago I was frantically trying to find an available covid vaccination slot. I found one doctor who was supposed to have some doses av
by gingerlime 5y ago
anecdote time:
A few weeks ago I was frantically trying to find an available covid vaccination slot.
I found one doctor who was supposed to have some doses available.
Emailed with no response.
Phone line was either busy or no answer.
I sent a fax!
Even asked my son to draw a corona vaccination to get their attention. Wrote a nice handwritten note that I hope to get on the waiting list.
Got a phone call back with an appointment after 20 min :)
I guess they hardly get any faxes, and those who come in are super boring. So I managed to get through.
- kotaKat 5y agoSimilar story I've heard with applying to jobs - blasting resumes over fax (thanks, Windows Fax and Scan!). From what I heard it was an extremely successful tactic landing quite a few callbacks and interviews, compared to blasting them out online.
- ale42 5y agoSimilar story with a company I was struggling to contact (in 2019?) to solve an invoicing problem. Phone calls and e-mails were no success, I was always getting useless answers (when I got any) and interminable wait lines. Magically the problem solved a day after I faxed them a letter. Thing is, nowadays faxes are used so rarely that when they are, they immediately catch the attention of the recipient (assuming they don't end up as PDF in some mailbox that nobody opens... this happens too).
- namelessoracle 5y agoOne reason they get so much attention is that they are a sign that this person is trying to create a legal paper trail that they reached out and contacted you or submitted something to you and you received it.