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Originally Posted by kubed_zero 
How did you go about asking for money? Or was he just willing to give you some of it when you were done?
How did you go about asking for money? Or was he just willing to give you some of it when you were done?
When I have charged (which I've only done a couple of times to people I don't particularly like) I tell them up front, "Sure, I'll look at it, but it will cost you $20 an hour." They usually laugh at first, then I tell them I'm serious and they are like, "Oh, OK..." Then when they hum and hull around I tell them that the Geek Squad charges about $60 an hour and they have to take their computer in. I can do it in home. This usually gets them to agree.
It agravates me that people think that IT stuff should be free! Heck, I have a close friend that is a mechanic, works on my cars for me and always tries to not charge me. I refuse, I figure if he takes his time to help me, that's time he could have been working on a paying customer's stuff or doing something else, so I'll toss him some cash (and usually a 12 pack of beer). I just don't feel right taking people's time for nothing. But man, everyone is ready to take mine without wanting to cough up any cash. It really ticks me off.
ok, /rant.
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| Core i5 2500k @ 4.78GHz | Gigabyte P67A-UD3-B3 | Gigabyte HD5450 | 8GB Corsair Vengeance Black DDR3-1600 |
| Hard Drive | Cooling | OS | Monitor |
| 80GB WD Drive | Cooler Master Hyper 212+ in Push/Pull Config | Ubuntu 10.10 | 23" Acer |
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But yeah, if I was trying to have a business of doing it, I'd charge like you.
(and that was just for figuring out how to remove Heroes of Might and Magic)
