How is it that no one seems as concerned about fax spam? If you have a fax machine, particularly for a business, you undoubtedly receive a stack of fax spam on a daily basis...everything from stationary supplies to training services and carpet cleaning.
I guess no one talks about it so much because it doesn't clog up anyone's personal inbox like email spam...except now it is clogging up my inbox. Our incoming faxes are delivered as PDFs to my email (and Dave's), and I am geting bloody fed up having to open everyone to see if it is legit or not.
If you are sending bulk faxes like this you should consider two things:
- Personally I will never buy anything from someone who spams...and this is spam. I didn't ask for it, and while the office does need to have the carpet cleaned occasionally I don't consider unsolicited offers for such as relevant to my business.
- You might also want to consider what implications there might be from the new anti-spam legislation that's just come into effect here in New Zealand. I am getting you unsolicited faxes as email (as I'm sure many people are)...and the new legislation has some pretty stiff penalties, up to $500k per offense for spamming.
Tell us what you think...