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| Thread ID: 80696 | 2007-07-02 07:01:00 | Clive Wilson Computers | pctek (84) | PC World Chat |
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| 565085 | 2007-07-04 21:45:00 | What, I should have charged $500? I charge for what I do. I was not at their place, they bought it here. Therefore I am not charging for time while things scan or install or whatever. I am off doing something else during that. If they want me to do this sort of thing at their place then yes, I would charge for the time I am there. Update of anti-malware, repair of system file. Install NIC purchased by them. Didn't take me long at all. Your $75 charge is less than 1 hours labour in my world. And few businesses these days in any industry, charge less than a 1 hour minimum. Of course you can charge whatever you want but Clive Wilson is running a business and needs to make money. I don't know if PC repair is your primary income or not but I don't see how you could make a living charging such low prices. |
Mackin_NZ (6958) | ||
| 565086 | 2007-07-05 00:15:00 | What does a mechanic charge? Ours charges $45 an hour. Inc. They make a living. I don't care if its one hour in your world or not. Like I said, I charged for what I did, not waiting around twiddling my thumbs. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 565087 | 2007-07-05 06:20:00 | pctek, your price is ok. granted some charge $100 an hour and some charge $20. also its an old sales trick to up the charge rate or bloat the quote to make them buy a new product. easier to sell a product than to fix one. plenty of school kids charge less, i know there is a fair few of them on here reading this ;) and many have gone on to pc carrers. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 565088 | 2007-07-05 08:33:00 | pctek, your price is ok. granted some charge $100 an hour and some charge $20. also its an old sales trick to up the charge rate or bloat the quote to make them buy a new product. easier to sell a product than to fix one. plenty of school kids charge less, i know there is a fair few of them on here reading this ;) and many have gone on to pc carrers. $75 is a fair price for the job as far as I'm concerned. Charging $500+ is stealing. If you ask Billy, he'll probably say it's in breach of the fair trading act (reasonable price?). What I do in these situations is not recommend unless I'm asked. If I get a 7 year old Duron, I could say to them that fixing it might be $100, or they can get a new computer with .............. specs for $1000. I can tell them how often I think it will need work in the future, that it's only worth $80 now, but that they could well get years more trouble free operation from it if they're lucky. The choice is normally easy for them, and it depends mainly on the client's financial situation. |
george12 (7) | ||
| 565089 | 2007-07-05 08:38:00 | What does a mechanic charge? Ours charges $45 an hour. Inc. They make a living. I don't care if its one hour in your world or not. Like I said, I charged for what I did, not waiting around twiddling my thumbs. You don't go to varsity to become a mechanic, while people who work with computers often do. Even builders get paid around $60 and hour these days in my area. |
rogerp (6864) | ||
| 565090 | 2007-07-05 09:48:00 | You don't go to varsity to become a mechanic, while people who work with computers often do. most pc repairs would have never been to any training whatso ever. those who can afford to do training don't waste their skills on fixing home pc's. its almost the bottom of the pile as far as pc jobs go. those with training go into the commerical sector. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 565091 | 2007-07-05 09:55:00 | You don't go to varsity to become a mechanic, while people who work with computers often do. Even builders get paid around $60 and hour these days in my area. Actually you do a mechanics apprenticeship which is 4 years I think.(my brother-in-law did his one to become an A grade mechanic.) |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 565092 | 2007-07-05 10:13:00 | Actually you do a mechanics apprenticeship which is 4 years I think.(my brother-in-law did his one to become an A grade mechanic.)You mean fixing PCs? I thought CompTIA A+ will do. | PedalSlammer (8511) | ||
| 565093 | 2007-07-05 19:34:00 | There seems to be a lot of people saying "in my world, we charge this". I know what Wyndham is like, much like Mataura or Gore (I lived in Southland for 15 years). Money isn't easily forthcoming. You can't charge huge fees, people just say screw it. Same here where I live now, my hourly charge is $40 (lower than the local full-time dodgy repairer, but then he has overheads to cover). Ah, multitasking, I wanna learn that too bad girls are better at multitasking. :annoyed: They don't want to share that secret with guys. Most people use the same old system because they're using the old software and never upgrades. Oh god, I can't even stand it using a single core anymore for compressing/decompressing. I wanna play the new games too, that's forcing me to get a new system. Yes, many NZealanders like throwing out a malfunctioning PC because of little problem in it.You appear to be more the perfect consumer than someone who upgrades because he has to. One of the Jones's (no offense intended Jonesy ;)) Man, you're damaging the market, try charging higher. Think of others as well, I might want a part time PC repair job as my hobby, but now I have to relook at uni courses available.Should you decide to go into business with that attitude, I have a feeling you won't be lasting long. When one is in business, there is a bit of give and take... one takes the money, but occassionally has to give a little extra in order to satisfy the customer (sometimes, you cant please em all) |
Myth (110) | ||
| 565094 | 2007-07-05 21:01:00 | Yes Wyndham is small. Still there are a few who buy a PC just because. Building one today for a lady who has absolutely nothing wrong with her old one apart from its a bit slow - clutter. But this is why home users ask the neighbours brotherinlaws kid and don't go to a real tech - they don't want to pay ridicculous amounts for small problems. And note: I am just a tech, I do home PCs, I am not offering network engineering services, I do not do big business, nor even medium business which is a whole nother matter. CW would prefer to be the next Geni. I have met them you know. Me, I just like PCs. And I went to Polytech in case it matters, I found it better for the tech stuff, Uni seemed to be more for the programmers and such. Then I did my MS Cert later on. Whether you go to tech or Uni or just do an apprenticeship has nothing to do with whats charged. Well it should'nt. My neighbour is a mechanic (diesel) - he is sent to Aussie quite often for various course, he just did one on some pump thing, or injection thing, Bosch. I bet that wasn't cheap, his boss sent the lot of them. |
pctek (84) | ||
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