Special offer
Annette Lawrence , Palm Harbor, FL 727-420-4041, Making FLORIDA Real Estate EZ  (ReMax Realtec Group)

Spam prevention
Rainmaker
1,466,257
Michael Setunsky
Woodbridge, VA
Your Commercial Real Estate Link to Northern VA

Annette Lawrence , Palm Harbor, FL 727-420-4041 Although, slowly fading away, there are still some fax machines out there.

Sep 20, 2016 02:39 AM
Rainmaker
5,583,328
Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

well, along the same lines, postcards tend to go there too....but not all of them!!! and I always keep one telephone book!!!!!!!!

Sep 20, 2016 02:23 AM
Rainmaker
5,115,617
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Ain't that a kick. Now, when they drop off the book at my house, my husband actually keeps it and refers to it.

Sep 20, 2016 04:00 AM
Rainmaker
1,506,623
Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

Yes, but was it the recent one or a previous edition?  I actually opted out of the phone book drop somehow.

 

Yes, I believe there will always be a need for some old tech.  I had to use a fax machine this year because KW needed my tax info and they couldn't figure out an encrypted zip.

Sep 20, 2016 03:50 AM
Rainmaker
846,475
Marco Giancola
Beachfront Realty - Miami Beach, FL
Realtor (305)608-1922, Miami Beach Florida

I think that the phone book thing really needs to stop and be on demand, such waste of natural resources.

Fax machines need to go like now!

Sep 20, 2016 03:02 AM
Rainmaker
1,574,666
Gary L. Waters Broker Associate, Bucci Realty
Bucci Realty, Inc. - Melbourne, FL
Eighteen Years Experience in Brevard County

Maps... yes, I have seen some folks using them in 2016!  And I ahve a fax number but not sure why!

Sep 20, 2016 02:59 AM
Rainmaker
7,869,827
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

We no longer use the printed phone books.

Sep 20, 2016 09:05 PM
Rainmaker
2,443,250
Evelyn Johnston
Friends & Neighbors Real Estate - Elkhart, IN
The People You Know, Like and Trust!

Newspaper advertising.

Sep 20, 2016 02:23 PM
Rainmaker
2,224,473
Debbie Laity
Cedaredge Land Company - Cedaredge, CO
Your Real Estate Resource for Delta County, CO

Ohhhhh...that's a lot of waste. 

Sep 20, 2016 01:17 PM
Rainmaker
1,157,791
FN LN
Toronto, ON

I keep telephone books as I still use them for a variety of purposes.

Sep 20, 2016 01:05 PM
Rainmaker
3,986,308
William Feela
WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN
Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.

Pen and paper!!!  I still use my yellow pages a lot.  For me it is faster.

Sep 20, 2016 12:15 PM
Ambassador
3,743,463
Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@properties - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

I got one of those, too!  And the amazing thing?  It was really skinny!

Sep 20, 2016 12:05 PM
Rainmaker
766,669
Tony Lewis
Summit Real Estate Group - Valencia, CA
Summit Real Estate Group Valencia & Aliso Viejo

Homes and Land, The Real Estate Book, Real Estate Section of the Newspaper...

Sep 20, 2016 08:05 AM
Rainmaker
4,965,048
Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

I can not recall the last time I open one

 

Sep 20, 2016 07:53 AM
Rainmaker
1,712,876
Joe Pryor
The Virtual Real Estate Team - Oklahoma City, OK
REALTOR® - Oklahoma Investment Properties

Hadn't used one in many years

Sep 20, 2016 06:59 AM
Rainmaker
913,818
Jeff Pearl
RE/MAX Distinctive / LIC in VA - Lovettsville, VA
Full Service Full Time Realtor

We still keep phone books and use them. It's actually faster than looking up a business or person on the internet. We also still use fax machines, as do a large % of title attorneys, doctors, CPAs, lenders,  etc. Old technology- pagers.

Sep 20, 2016 06:43 AM
Rainmaker
679,404
Diana Dahlberg
1 Month Realty - Pleasant Prairie, WI
Real Estate in Kenosha, WI since 1994 262-308-3563

The times they are a changin and wasting all those trees to make Phone Books that just get tossed make no sense ... I mean cents at all.

Sep 20, 2016 05:23 AM
Rainmaker
5,244,211
Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

Barbara Todaro summed it up well! Nothing further to report!

Sep 20, 2016 04:51 AM
Rainmaker
2,817,727
Debbie Gartner
The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY
The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

But there are so many other uses...sub as a step ladder, fun for my cats, my mom used to use as a car seat when she was learning to drive, so she could see out the window better.

Sep 20, 2016 04:48 AM
Rainmaker
2,195,063
Michael J. Perry
KW Elite - Lancaster, PA
Lancaster, PA Relo Specialist

Dido

Sep 20, 2016 04:33 AM
Ambassador
6,423,249
Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

Though I never look in my neighbors garbage or recycling bins I do notice how many companies still waste the money on a fax line, and posting unread adds in the shopper that nobody reads anymore.

Sep 20, 2016 04:24 AM
Rainmaker
823,679
Susan Laxson CRS
Palm Properties - La Quinta, CA
Realtor in San Diego, CA & Naples, FL

Maps and fax machines and yes, any phone book delivered would be recycled.

Sep 20, 2016 04:05 AM
Rainmaker
716,452
Lynnea Miller
Bend Premier Real Estate - Bend, OR
Premier Real Estate Service in Central Oregon

Real Estate newspaper ads.

Sep 20, 2016 03:57 AM
Rainmaker
2,785,276
Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

Whats your number is no longer necessary thanks to caller ID

Sep 20, 2016 03:43 AM
Rainmaker
1,513,143
Raymond E. Camp
Ontario, NY

Just think with most of the newer phones the SLR might be a thing of the past and soon cable networks!

Sep 20, 2016 03:36 AM
Rainer
45,957
Andy Madrid
Hawaii Coast Realty, LLC - Kailua-Kona, HI
Expertise, Professionalism, and Service

Funny you should mention the phonebook.  I was just talking to someone yesterday about how the phonebook is such a waste.  It never makes it through my front door except to go straight to the recycle bin

Sep 20, 2016 03:04 AM
Rainmaker
4,905,712
Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
REALTOR®, Broker

fax machine, flip phone and 25' tape measure

Sep 20, 2016 02:39 AM
Rainmaker
1,280,848
Donna Foerster
HomeSmart Realty Group - Parker, CO
Metro Denver Real Estate Assistant

I recycle mine every year. 

Sep 22, 2016 08:22 AM
Rainmaker
1,153,794
Kevin J. May
Florida Supreme Realty - Hobe Sound, FL
Serving the Treasure & Paradise Coasts of Florida

If it wasn't for governmental issues my fax machine would've disappeared a decade ago. I am pretty sure some departments still use Windows 3.1.

Sep 21, 2016 12:58 PM
Rainmaker
3,416,038
Scott Godzyk
Godzyk Real Estate Services - Manchester, NH
One of the Manchester NH's area Leading Agents

Too funny, same here

Sep 20, 2016 11:28 PM
Rainmaker
991,652
Jennifer Mackay
Counts Real Estate Group, Inc. - Panama City, FL
Your Bay County Florida Realtor 850.774.6582

I keep my phone books - lots of businesses do not have websites

Sep 20, 2016 11:22 PM
Ambassador
3,350,439
Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

Fax machines for sure ... 

Sep 20, 2016 10:58 PM