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How much to Charge?

Snipe343 said:
What do you do? or what does he do
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My dads an Electrician. We operate on practically all types of Ships, Oil Ships, Tanker Ships, Navy (if we get lucky) you name it. We fix any electrical problems the ship may encounter and even Motors, but thats someone elses job. An example would be a generator we had to fix, the Control panel had broken. Its a pretty risky job when you deal with voltages that could potentially kill you 500 or so times. He takes me with him to learn the job so I don't have to go work at McDonalds or to fall back on it in case things don't work out.

If you are intreasted you can google Universal Marine Electric and find out more on us.
 
AphexDreamer said:
I make $50 an Hour working with my Dad lol... I don't think I will charge him that much :laugh:. But thanks for the suggestion.
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WHY not ??? If your friend was to take it to a shop then he would expect to be billed @ the going rate And your current rate is $50/hr... That's fair if you really fell the neeed to give him a break then do $25/hr ...but in the future when 2 or 3 of his buds need a quick Fix .........;);)
 
MKmods said:
its hard to charge a bunch if you havent mentioned cost up front. Can I come work for your Dad?
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I relize thats a joke, but suppose I were to seriously answer that I would say no, simply beacuse A. You don't live near us. B. I'm not sure how much you know on the Field and C. If something were to happen to you we would be held responsible.:p
 
Frogger said:
WHY not ??? If your friend was to take it to a shop then he would expect to be billed @ the going rate And your current rate is $50/hr... That's fair if you really fell the neeed to give him a break then do $25/hr ...but in the future when 2 or 3 of his buds need a quick Fix .........;);)
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Ah, I see. Indeed. ;)
 
Price it out after the job, if it goes smoothly and is ez make him pay a little amount (20 or something) if its a bitch, and stock cooler wont go on (i know mine didnt) or cables are a hassle, than charge him accordingly :)
 
look at it as if it's the only job you have or plan to have and ask your self "what's a great job with support worth" (cause you know he'll be back for help & won't expect to pay for the help) and bill him with that in mind
 
Frogger said:
look at it as if it's the only job you have or plan to have and ask your self "what's a great job with support worth" (cause you know he'll be back for help & won't expect to pay for the help) and bill him with that in mind
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Definitely, I'm always nice with my customers. I typically have done only minor computer repairs for customer like OS installations, Virus and Spyware removal, you know the easy stuff. This will be the first guy whos computer I will build and organize for him, I want to make a very good impresion for sure, so he can come back to me.:D
 
oh come on hes a friend smarten up, your not korean your not even arab. tell him to pay for shipping and send me his unit i'll do it for free.

- Christine
 
^^^^ :roll::roll: with tracking and overnight by 10 am would prob cost $150 to get it up here :(
 
calvary1980 said:
oh come on hes a friend smarten up, your not korean your not even arab. tell him to pay for shipping and send me his unit i'll do it for free.

- Christine
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Wow, I wish more people had the same mentality as you do. Hey would you buy me the HD3870 X2 and have it shiped to me, thanks. OH PM me for the address.
 
is it going to cost you anything to assemble? no, 10 minutes for a friend. do you think I want his crappy ATI card don't flatter your self.

- Christine
 
calvary1980 said:
is it going to cost you anything to assemble? no, 10 minutes for a friend. do you think I want his crappy ATI card don't flatter your self.

- Christine
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My Time..... Which is very valuable the last time I checked.
 
the road to hell is paved with good intentions. your disgusting :)

- Christine
 
less flaming plx
 
Well I think I got a pretty good Idea of how much to charge now. Thanks tons everyone.

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Go hang out and make him out it together, just tell him what he needs to do.
 
DaMulta said:
Go hang out and make him out it together, just tell him what he needs to do.
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:toast:That's exactly what i do.If they want to set down and learn,i just talk them through it step by step.Build,bios,install,updates,drivers.Done this way,they are way less apt to call on you for every little problem,If any.Plus you add to the whole geek factor of the world.
If they're too lazy to want to do this:slap:$150.00.
 
I charge a flat $50 for a "complete sysware removal" which means wiping XP, reinstalling, putting on security software, restoring music\pix ect...
 
just charge him a 6pack and pizza dinner.

but then again once friends and fimily know you can do it, you become thier tech support guy forever. i have 2 pc's here that dont belong to me, that i have to fix or install windows on.
 
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