Good, cheap
Works well; replacement ink is cheap if you buy non-factory. Cheap to buy. No frills and easy to use. Does the job.

It's worked ok
We at the office just had our first problem with it after over a year, while trying to send a fax it got stuck on receive mode, we called Brother and after 5 mins on hold we were helped, apparently we just needed to lift the paper to be faxed from the machine to release the receive mode it was on.
Everything else works out well, hope this is helpful, cheers.

review of Brother fax
Brother Fax 1270e is a replacement for an earlier version of the machine that, after 15 years, gave up. It uses the same cartridge as the earlier one and works very well. Reasonably priced, friendly and streamlined.

DO NOT BUY
We have this machine in a public library where we send faxes for both patrons and ourselves. This machine has been trouble since Day One. I have called Brother's customer service, and they were no help. The machine jams constantly. To send ANY fax, we have to stand over the machine and babysit it to make sure the paper feeds correctly. It just will not consistently feed straight. Every once in a while it works beautifully, but most of the time my staff is really frustrated when they "get" to send a fax for someone. Stay away from this machine. The price may be right, but you will pay out the wazoo with frustration.

jammed up
The Brother 1270e Fax machine is always jamming. Extremely slow and usually have to make several attemtps at sending a fax before it connects and sends the message. Don't consider this one.