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Thread ID: 49287 2004-09-15 02:56:00 what would you charge? robsonde (120) Press F1
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272523 2004-09-15 23:31:00 when looking at my rates,its best to take into consideration that im in Wanganui,not Auckland.

Current population of about 20 thousad people,and thats probally counting their dogs, cows AND chickens.
metla (154)
272524 2004-09-15 23:49:00 Free :)

I give all my existing customers a fair bit of tech support, physically as well as online and phone.
Greg S (201)
272525 2004-09-15 23:59:00 Guys,

you install $20-00 items, we install $20,000-00 items. But you can NOT charge out $0.50 per Km, and even come close to covering cost unless its on long haul 200Km plus when you factor in a reduced Km rate (this is for small service vehicles not HMV).

CBD parking costs are/must be, a straight plussage.

Hourly rate for retail end users is difficult for non commercial IT. However even if you work from home, less than $25-00 hour, or part off for the first, is not only cutting your own throat but everbody else's.

That behaviour put the heavy transport industry in the mess its in today.

A lot of the larger software supplier/installers are $150-00 HR then by quaters after the first. They are charging travel time on top of Km's.

$20-00 buys nothing today.

D.
drb1 (4492)
272526 2004-09-16 00:01:00 xtraka:
I'd be keen to get in contact with you and find out a little bit more about what your lawyers etc mentioned...

Chill [at] dimension [dot] net [dot] nz
Chilling_Silence (9)
272527 2004-09-16 00:03:00 > $20-00 buys nothing today.

Actually, if you come to see me - You'll get an Internet 56k PCI Modem ;-)

Installation extra if required..... :p
Chilling_Silence (9)
272528 2004-09-16 00:05:00 i could sell you 2 keyboards for $20...... metla (154)
272529 2004-09-16 00:13:00 > i could sell you 2 keyboards for $20......

*sigh* I remember the day I bought a 64MB sdRAM chip for $180.00 :( It was shortly after the huge fire in a factory in Taiwan, after which the world's manufacturers artificially inflated chip prices.

Greg S = mug
Greg S (201)
272530 2004-09-16 00:18:00 How much for Postage to Auckland? Chilling_Silence (9)
272531 2004-09-16 00:19:00 Guys,

Thats kind of the point, your trafficking a large volume of stock items, with such a little margin . and charge a light Hourly rate, and light Km rates .

Thus you keep your selves and your businesses financially constrained, and cash poor .

Its the way the industry has moved, you buy your modems for @$10-00, So what do they land at .

Soon as the small folk on the bottom of this equation you will see your living standards further eroded, by more red sheds and smithys . They know what they are doing with their labour practices, and they dont care about the long term effects .
drb1 (4492)
272532 2004-09-16 00:24:00 $40 bucks an hour is better then $8 an hour digging ditches,besides,no mans skills are worth $150 an hour,not unless they are saving lives.

Granted it maybe viable situation when your talking billion dollar companies with million dollar setups,...not to many of those in Wanganui though.....
metla (154)
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