typical "can you fix my computer" jobs from friends and family

[Golf1.6]

Hi

I want to create a little illustration for IT users to send to friends and family which shows what the typical "computer repair" jobs cost us in time and what would the equivalent effort be for everyday chores. e.g. installing a new hard drive (require about 2 hours of time, excluding selecting and ordering hard drive). Typical time in terms of chores is do a thorough wash & wax of the car.

I'm looking for the most common computer fixes and if possible suggestion on what the equivalent time and effort it would translate to for everyday chores.

I'll start off a few, suggest some alternatives.

1. Complete system build and OS, key software installation, data restoration. (painting living room, removing all furniture, masking off all doorframes and skirting, cleaning all walls.

2) cleaning computer of malware and viruses (can take 4 hours depending on computer scan speed). Most passive so a 4 hour round trip to the nearest town and back?

3) upgrading hard drive = thorough car wash and wax detail

need recommendations on what are typical computer repair issues, bsod? forgot login? gaming upgrade?? printer not working? etc.

basic jist of it, most non techies assume fixing these issues is just a breeze and don't understand how much time these take, so want to create graphic to illustrate to them what they are essentially asking us in terms of effort.

 

[Golf1.6]

If it takes you two hours to fit a HDD you may be doing something wrong.....

changing the primary hard drive that is.

 

[Golf1.6]

I fix computers here and there. The other day I made £25 from setting up someone's BT Broadband. Click a few buttons, explain the why, what and how, watch as it goes in one ear and out the other, get paid for it.

It's easy money from the average Joe. And if people are too bone idle to follow on-screen instructions, then I'm happy to collect some cash to do it for them.

Most of my friends and family don't bother me with such trivial things because I've taught them to do it themselves long ago

that's fine to make a few quid on the side, but if you charged that in london and did it for a living you would be unviable.

I have an AV rental business I have to makes drop offs and pickups around London. I might have a drop off in Excel, drop off in watford, drop off in heathrow. Just moving around these places will consume my whole day. It's a good thing that each job makes me £400-£500 on average. But just imagine if I was just making £75 a day from these 3 jobs and that on many days you wont be fully booked!

There just isn't any money to be made in consumer computing. People dont value tech because prices for new stuff is so low and they compare repair cost to buying brand new and realise that they can get brand new stuff for 2x cost of repair.