Payment for computer work?

Messiah Khan · 4 Sep 2006 at 21:39

One of the people I work for has asked me to help them set up their new computer(They're not very computer literate at all), i.e. Put everything together, copy old documents over and connect to the internet etc. She has insisted that I receive some payment, but I have no idea how much to charge. Im guessing some sort of flat rate would be best, and I can see the job taking no longer than 2 hours or so. Roughly how much sould I be looking to charge per hour?

axe · 4 Sep 2006 at 21:41

Kroegen · 4 Sep 2006 at 21:41

£15 plus a pint.

Al Vallario · 4 Sep 2006 at 21:43

It depends how well you know her (Edit: and how hot she is), but I'd say £20 as a flat-rate fee wouldn't be too unreasonable.

Whatever you do, make it clear that you have no intention of being her own personal customer support service

Matthew-1985 · 4 Sep 2006 at 21:47

Is she hot?

Messiah Khan · 4 Sep 2006 at 21:50

Matthew-1985 said:
Is she hot?

NO! The complete opposite infact.

Matthew-1985 · 4 Sep 2006 at 21:53

messiah khan said:
NO! The complete opposite infact.

Payment will have to be in money then.

I think about £10/15 is fair.

ErNciLator · 4 Sep 2006 at 21:56

she got a daughter or sister?

Kerplunk · 4 Sep 2006 at 22:00

I did pretty much the same sort of thing earlier for a guy at work, he gave me a fiver...Should I be overjoyed?

Mp4 · 4 Sep 2006 at 22:01

Rotfl you lot are nuts

Kerplunk said:
I did pretty much the same sort of thing earlier for a guy at work, he gave me a fiver...Should I be overjoyed?

i would have said "and the rest..."

i find it arkward taking money also, for instance i installed Nod32 on a computer last week "how much do i owe you" hmm £15 shall do

ended up getting £20 lol

and a bottle of wine...

why so much! ? £15 - i was there for 2 hours .., their computer is old / slow as hell, spyware galor i installed spybot / adware etc etc

Hamish · 4 Sep 2006 at 22:03

I usually say £20 for a build and windows install. Seems fair enough to me

Tru · 4 Sep 2006 at 22:05

£20 p/h minimum, you'll regret charging less.

Mp4 · 4 Sep 2006 at 22:08

Tru said:
£20 p/h minimum, you'll regret charging less.

Thats fair enough , i ushally charge (depending how far i have to travel) £5(petrol) then £10ph , if i have to do more while im there e.g. install a camera , anti virus etc little things that people ask , ill charge an extra £5 depnding how long im working on that item at the time , if its simple i dont charge the extra dont know if thats fair or not really..

pumpman · 4 Sep 2006 at 22:08

ive never charged yet i usually get the favour returned in some form or other

D.Roberts · 4 Sep 2006 at 22:11

messiah khan said:
NO! The complete opposite infact.

hope she dont read these forums..i know you said she aint computer minded but still would be funny.

Raumarik · 4 Sep 2006 at 22:21

Tru said:
£20 p/h minimum, you'll regret charging less.

What I use to charge.. just can't be bothered with it now though

Messiah Khan · 4 Sep 2006 at 22:22

Cheers guys, i'll go for £15-£20 depending on how it goes.

Memphis · 4 Sep 2006 at 22:24

Personally I charge £20, and a fiver if I need to cover fuel etc.

Oh and Kami, your sig breaks the rules mate. Only one line of text below an image.

zetec452 · 4 Sep 2006 at 22:28

I generally charge half rates from work. So about £30 per hour.

Booner! · 4 Sep 2006 at 22:50

Matthew-1985 said:
Is she hot?

messiah khan said:
NO! The complete opposite infact.

Oh man, £100?

on a more serious side..my company charges £45 per hour labour so i would say as a handyman £20 would be ok