how much should I charge?

[CONDE FRANCO]

hi everybody, the other day a guy that lives 5 houses from mine, ask for my services as a amateur technician (amateur because am not in the business). he found out through my brother that I know about computers. well, my dilema is that how much should I charge him? am tired of not charging a single cent, some times not even a single "thanks" I get. so what happens to his computer is a very small hard drive 7 gigs, and it is already full, that is why it is so slow and freezes all the time. I will buy a 40 gig drive for his 1200 gigahertz amd duron, 256 ram computer. I will install the windows and all the software necessary to function correctly. keep in mind that if the comp gets broken again he will be knocking at my door. 50 dollars will be ok to charge him? or less of more?

greetings

 

[Skel]

charge half of what a computer shop would charge.

Computer shop would charge atleast 75 bucks an hour

 

[CONDE FRANCO]

wow, I could make a living as a technician. thank you bro, i will be heartless, business is business, and even though if I don't charge him, he will be knocking at my door later for a different problem, just as the others. so this time is different.

 

[NYC Dude]

Make sure you charge him for the hardware you're buying as well.

 

[diablo]

I'd say $25/hour with a 1-hour minimum (30 minutes = 1 hour, an hour and a half = 2 hours) + parts. From what you've described it should take about an hour and a half or so...

 

[CONDE FRANCO]

thank you for your replies, I just finished setting up the comp in his house. it took me more than 4 hours formating, installing windows, and installing a whole lot of software and games for her daughter. I sold the hard drive, and a printer lexmark. I charged him 120 dollars. I made a profit of 50 bucks.

greetings