I've been fixing a computer for my aunt, and she's offered payment for it. so I'm trying to figure out how much I should charge...
Here's the rundown of what I've done:
At my aunt's house:
-swap the hard drive out of the broken machine and into a "new" machine
-The monitor then died. I took the box home, and my aunt paid for a new monitor
at my place:
-turns out Windows 98 hates it when you change hardware that much, it didn't even recognise the CD drive.
-So I wiped it and did a clean install of Windows 2000 using a license I salvaged from a machine that got trashed last year
-Also installed all the updates, nearly all drivers (just one left) and some software
still to do:
-install the last driver (modem driver, I can't find one online but I found the CD that goes with that particular modem)
then after delivery:
-set up the PC at my aunt's house
-set up internet and email
-install printer driver
So, what sort of amount should I charge for such work? Of course I'll include a family discount but I'll work that out after I've worked out the base rate.
Here's the rundown of what I've done:
At my aunt's house:
-swap the hard drive out of the broken machine and into a "new" machine
-The monitor then died. I took the box home, and my aunt paid for a new monitor
at my place:
-turns out Windows 98 hates it when you change hardware that much, it didn't even recognise the CD drive.
-So I wiped it and did a clean install of Windows 2000 using a license I salvaged from a machine that got trashed last year
-Also installed all the updates, nearly all drivers (just one left) and some software
still to do:
-install the last driver (modem driver, I can't find one online but I found the CD that goes with that particular modem)
then after delivery:
-set up the PC at my aunt's house
-set up internet and email
-install printer driver
So, what sort of amount should I charge for such work? Of course I'll include a family discount but I'll work that out after I've worked out the base rate.
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