How much to Charge??

LeeTaylor17 · 5 Mar 2008 at 19:28

Been given a computer to install an OS on mainly because he went round town and prices were extortionate so he says. So was wondering how much to charge as Ive never done anything on a computer outside of Family and Friends. This bloke is a man who my mum got talking too at the gym so I dont really know him and neither does my mum. Oh also hes wanting Office on too.
Yeah so how much really? If at all

Baring in mind hes buying OS and Office.

Thanks

Craig R · 5 Mar 2008 at 19:37

LeeTaylor17 said:
Been given a computer to install an OS on mainly because he went round town and prices were extortionate so he says. So was wondering how much to charge as Ive never done anything on a computer outside of Family and Friends. This bloke is a man who my mum got talking too at the gym so I dont really know him and neither does my mum. Oh also hes wanting Office on too.
Yeah so how much really? If at all

Baring in mind hes buying OS and Office.

Thanks

So he's already bought the OS and Office, and just needs someone to install it for him?

LeeTaylor17 · 5 Mar 2008 at 19:46

Yep... He says he knows how to use a computer but isnt very confident so my mum says so I got asked if id do it

crazyDAJT · 5 Mar 2008 at 19:47

charge him a £5 for this

insert the CD into the CD Drive
power on the PC
when it asks you "if you want to boot form CD" hit enter
folow the instructions
ow you don't care about the old data do you
so when it tells you it will erase everything just ignore it

You can paypale me £1.5 for that gem if you want

semi-pro waster · 5 Mar 2008 at 19:51

It should take you about an hour or so to install Windows and Office and get it all working properly (assuming his computer isn't ancient) so anywhere from £10-15 is probably reasonable. If you want more work then it might be best to aim at the lower end of the spectrum.

For comparison a few years back now I was getting about £20 and a 24 pack of beer to build a PC and install Windows, it wasn't my rate as such, just what people felt they wanted to give me.

LeeTaylor17 · 5 Mar 2008 at 19:58

crazyDAJT said:
charge him a £5 for this

insert the CD into the CD Drive
power on the PC
when it asks you "if you want to boot form CD" hit enter
folow the instructions
ow you don't care about the old data do you
so when it tells you it will erase everything just ignore it

Click to expand...

You can paypale me £1.5 for that gem if you want

I may just use that! Cheque/Cash?

semi-pro waster said:
It should take you about an hour or so to install Windows and Office and get it all working properly (assuming his computer isn't ancient) so anywhere from £10-15 is probably reasonable. If you want more work then it might be best to aim at the lower end of the spectrum.

For comparison a few years back now I was getting about £20 and a 24 pack of beer to build a PC and install Windows, it wasn't my rate as such, just what people felt they wanted to give me.

Yeah I thought around £10. Lets be fair how hard is it to install an OS!

Kanifee · 5 Mar 2008 at 19:59

i charge £10 for an os install with all the related drivers etc. some times this works in my favour and other times with older machines it can work against me.
for a complete build its £25, i find that if the customer is happy with the job and glad they finnally have a pc to use they bung me an extra tenner or something. it helps if they see me do the work because in there mind it sets in concreate the thought that there was no way they could have done it and creates an air of knowladge about the easy task i just performed lol!

toosepin · 5 Mar 2008 at 21:12

Just got back from a family friends after installing a few anti-spyware apps and cleaning up their current setup. Work was pretty much clean, defrag, repair registry, reboot, check, double check - solve any other problems. Voila.

Didn't ask for anything - was given 30 pounds

J.B · 5 Mar 2008 at 22:58

I was always doing little jobs for people, for what you've described I'd install the OS and Office, download all tha patches and call it £20

platinum87 · 6 Mar 2008 at 00:56

LeeTaylor17 said:
BThis bloke is a man who my mum got talking too at the gym so I dont really know him and neither does my mum. Oh also hes wanting Office on too.
Yeah so how much really? If at all

Baring in mind hes buying OS and Office.

Thanks

sounds shifty... personally i would care so little i might just pass out.

and i dont know why this is in hardware. this is software, and even then its nothing to do with software if you know what i mean, so it belongs in other, or sumthing like that

J.B said:
I was always doing little jobs for people, for what you've described I'd install the OS and Office, download all tha patches and call it £20

id pay them 20pounds to do it themselves and not bother me, its real annoying i find, although i love re-installing windows from time to time, like trial and error, you fine tune what programs mess things up or not

Skeeter · 6 Mar 2008 at 01:35

be carefull... you may think your just doing this, but he may start to use you for all tech support. Soon you will be asked to come over because a popup has come up saying he has a virus, or he wants to install a game and it didnt work, or hes just got a new machine, how do i copy the data.....

Kanifee · 6 Mar 2008 at 08:32

Skeeter said:
be carefull... you may think your just doing this, but he may start to use you for all tech support. Soon you will be asked to come over because a popup has come up saying he has a virus, or he wants to install a game and it didnt work, or hes just got a new machine, how do i copy the data.....

yes all sounds too familier lol!

shauncr91 · 6 Mar 2008 at 08:50

Skeeter said:
be carefull... you may think your just doing this, but he may start to use you for all tech support. Soon you will be asked to come over because a popup has come up saying he has a virus, or he wants to install a game and it didnt work, or hes just got a new machine, how do i copy the data.....

And naturally, you charge him £20 per virus if he becomes annoying

Rackerz · 6 Mar 2008 at 11:01

Ask him for a tenner, if he's a top geeza he'll have no trouble paying you that if prices are extortionate.

oap · 6 Mar 2008 at 11:35

Offer him a fiver for giving you the pleasure of using his pc

Banzai_Joe · 6 Mar 2008 at 11:48

Blimey, 4 years ago a guy i was at college with was charging £100 to build and install etc. and he wasd getting at least one order a week for a new pc.
If you think about it, building a pc and installing the os, then doing all the updates can easily take up 3 hours, depending on hard drive size as well as your internet connection of course.
So by some peoples rationale thats about £5/hour, or minimum wage.....for a technical job?
Nutters!

Bonjour · 6 Mar 2008 at 11:59

Don't 'charge' anything.

See what the guy offers you. If he doesn't offer you anything, then you know not to do any work for him in the future.

imar · 6 Mar 2008 at 12:17

LeeTaylor17 said:
This bloke is a man who my mum got talking too at the gym so I dont really know him and neither does my mum.

Nuff said.

helmutcheese · 6 Mar 2008 at 12:19

Seems your mum and him are "friendly"

Datamonkey · 6 Mar 2008 at 12:28

helmutcheese said:
Seems your mum and him are "friendly"

Lol

was waiting for that to crop up, surprised it took 19 posts to though lol

£35 i would say, By the time you have installed the os, updated it, installed office and updated that it takes a while. Also you could go that bit further and put on cc cleaner and spybot and other free apps which could save his bacon later on.

Then while you at it, put on logmein lol

JOKING!!!