I Need to Send a Fax to the USA... How?

scoot65

I need to send three documents to a company in Pittsburgh USA.

Their fax number is 800-xxx-xxxx. This is the number to dial if I was in the US.

How do I dial this number internationally?

Do I simply dial the USA international dailing code which is 001 and then 800-xxx-xxx

Many thanks

ballyblack

unlikely to work as it designed for free use within USA

Surely they have an email address?

Woodstok2000

That's it - same as a phone call.

Ayr_Rage

Try the USA code plus the number, if it doesn't connect it won't cost you anything.

twopenny

Definitely a UK number. Is it possible they have an office in the UK and this is that number?

Using the name of the company you should be able to get a phone number or email to ring and ask.

Or you could try faxing a single sheet stating on it that this is a trial to see if it works before sending documents.

Do you have access to a fax machine or can you use a computer to send a fax?

Frozen_up_north

Fax machines are obsolete and have been for several years. Can you not scan the documents to PDF and attach to an email?

If the documents are of a sensitive nature, note that a fax has no security whatsoever.

TadleyBaggie

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81889751#Comment_81889751

Neither have regular emails

sausage_time

You can call US "800" numbers by preceding it with 001 (1 is the international code for the US), so it should be 001800xxxxxx.

That should work for faxes too (if you can find a working fax machine!)

Note, while 800 is a US free number you will pay standard international rates.

SiliconChip

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81889647#Comment_81889647

How do you work out that it's a UK number? If it was it would start with a zero, i.e. 0800, because it starts 800 that is, as the OP describes, a US number format.

MyRealNameToo

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6655892/i-need-to-send-a-fax-to-the-usa-how

From a standard UK phone you would dial 00 for an international line, 1 for the US international code and then the number.

If you are using a company phone then you may need to add another digit, often 9, first to show you want an outside line rather than calling an internal extension number.

Some online services you are better off doing +1 rather than 001 because some other countries use a different prefix for international but "+" is the almost universal indicator and the software will convert it to whatever is required for where the printer actually is (eg Japan is 010 rather than 00 for international)

scoot65

Many thanks for the replies. Much appreciated!

The number is definitely a US fax number as it was on the letter which came from the US. There is no email address, but there is a PO box number address on the letter.

Anyway, I did a bit of googling and found a phone number. I called, of course it went to voicmail! However I left my UK tel number and email address and a couple of hours later I got an email from the person I needed to contact. We've exchanged several emails and the issue has been resolved.

I'll bookmark this thread as it may be useful in the future.

Again, thanks for the replies