Does this seem like a fair but firm price (recent job from my on the side pc repair business)

DJMK4 · 5 Jan 2011 at 10:34

Done some work for a local dentist.

Here is the jobs I have done

PC1 - Full Data Backup and restore to new PC including Outlook Emails, Accounts, Contacts - Restore on to newly purchased PC - Data restored, and PC cleaned up from all the rubbish put on.

Installed Printer and Configured printer for wireless

2 hours work - £50

New laptop 1 - Cleanup from all the stuff put on laptops, installed and configured ITunes, Configured printer for Wireless - 1 Hour work - £20

New laptop 2 - Cleanup from all the stuff put on laptops, installed and configured ITunes, Configured printer for Wireless - 1 Hour work - £20

Total = £90

Usually I charge £25 an hour but thought I would give him a slight discount on the two laptops

Does this seem fair?

Frenzy · 5 Jan 2011 at 10:35

You can get paid for this?? and all this time ive been doing it for free >_<

Yeah seems ok although I have no experience with this

paradigm · 5 Jan 2011 at 10:36

Configured printer for wireless, 3 times? Surely you did that once.

Sp00n · 5 Jan 2011 at 10:37

£90 for 4 hours work?

That's a bargain, imo.

DJMK4 · 5 Jan 2011 at 10:38

paradigm said:
Configured printer for wireless, 3 times? Surely you did that once.

Technically im not charging him for the printer, its just for reference. The 2 x 1 hour charges are for the laptop clean-ups

Rotty · 5 Jan 2011 at 10:44

perfectly reasonable, too reasonable if anything

mothermachine · 5 Jan 2011 at 10:44

It's reasonable if your client is willing to pay it.

hyperst · 5 Jan 2011 at 10:46

there are silly people in this world for sure, someone paid £90 for 4 hours work, wow

DJMK4 · 5 Jan 2011 at 10:48

hyperst said:
there are silly people in this world for sure, someone paid £90 for 4 hours work, wow

Technically, I have spent around 5 hours on it all due to issues with his old machine, but never mind

£25 an hour is what I would charge, as fixing peoples PC's can sometimes be a lot of hassle for sometimes little pay, I used to charge £15 an hour and just found it wasnt worth my time, so why should I undersell myself when other people are charging around £25 an hour for the privilege

Dannyb01y · 5 Jan 2011 at 10:50

Considering how much Dentists charge then yeah seems fine if they can charge £20 for a check up or whatever.

Maccy · 5 Jan 2011 at 10:51

Seems a good price to me. Was the client complaining?

DJMK4 · 5 Jan 2011 at 10:52

Maccy said:
Seems a good price to me. Was the client complaining?

Havnt given him the invoice yet, I need to drop the stuff off tonight.

Cosimo · 5 Jan 2011 at 10:53

That’s a perfectly reasonable charge to make.

platinum87 · 5 Jan 2011 at 10:54

Make a deal, dentist work for life vs tech support!

DJMK4 · 5 Jan 2011 at 10:55

platinum87 said:
Make a deal, dentist work for life vs tech support!

I do have a tooth missing that iv been meaning to replace

Bes · 5 Jan 2011 at 11:02

I'd say it's too low.

Zowghi · 5 Jan 2011 at 11:03

Seems fair for your time. i am surprised that people cant do this themselfs though

DJMK4 · 5 Jan 2011 at 11:04

Zowghi said:
Seems fair for your time. i am surprised that people cant do this themselfs though

You would be surprised at how many people are complete technophobes and would rather just pay someone else to do it for them as they would be there for hours trying to do a windows re-install, or what ever

Even people doing a healthcheck on their own machine think its a brilliant idea to install 2 virus scanners for extra security, plus spyware and adaware scanners which are not even mainstream and just simply **** up your machine.

Casdawer · 5 Jan 2011 at 11:06

£90 is a great price considering what PC World charge!

edscdk · 5 Jan 2011 at 11:06

Remember he is probably earning 100k + a year....