The Infamous Fax
“I do collections that, occasionally involved speaking with businesses about past due accounts. Their main tactic was postponement and delay, of any kind. Negotiations could drag on for months, even if you were speaking to the principal payee or their lawyer.
I would fax important paperwork, receive a fax confirmation and yet, somehow, they ‘didn’t receive it.’ ‘Oh, gee, sorry. Can you refax?’ My response was to apologize for the confusion and ask them if it was ok for me to continue to re-fax the paperwork until they finally received a copy.
I would always receive a smug ‘Sure!’ from them because they had no intention of acknowledging receipt and planned on simply throwing the fax away. So they thought…
I would make three copies of the bill, tape them end to end, feed the first copy into the fax and, as the top came out, quickly tape it to the bottom of the third copy, making an endless loop for faxing.
Within the hour, I would receive a call screaming obscenities about their jammed fax machine and how much trouble I was in. My response was:
‘So you acknowledge receipt of my fax?’
‘But, but, but, but…’
‘Sorry, you said I could.’” – Reddit user witwats
This is one of the best tactics to get back at those that try to avoid paying. Here are some other great examples of people acting all “I want to see the manager,” and then regretting it the very next second…