Is it still worth it to buy a Fax machine for the home?

[froggyboy604]

Do people and companies still use Fax machines for sending faxes over the phone line, or is it a dying technology which people don't use much or at all?

I never had a need to own a Fax machine since I have no one to fax, but I notice many big companies still use faxes to send and receive documents according to their contact information on their business cards.

The only use I see for sending fax is if there is an internet outage meaning your internet does not work, or your computer got stolen or broken but you need to send a document, picture, or text quickly to someone who also has a fax machine, so you save money by not using FedEX, UPS, etc to manually deliver your documents which can be very expensive, and more time consuming.

 

[ManSkirtDude101]

they still our but no one is buying them now since you can send a fax online

 

[Gimgak]

I use a custom mod on all of the forums I have run to print out a fax report every time someone signs up, makes a post, and logs into the website. It costs about $200 a week + $100 per funeral of the Amazon natives who fight back against me cutting down their sacred trees, even though I clearly had a fair and honest agreement between the tribe leader and me by giving him an Ipad 2 in exchange for all the sacred trees I wanted. What can I say, perfection has its price. Besides, those sacred trees make damn fine paper.

 

[etc]

probably not useful at home. if you'll be using it on your office, it could be useful for documents and paperworks.

 

[Watch Me Sink]

Buy a printer/copier/fax machine. That way if you don't use the fax part you aren't wasting money.