Reading this thread on pricing PC repair got me thinking about trade-in-kind. Has anyone here gotten anything particularly cool or neat in exchange for PC repair?
One of the best trades I got was from a single mother -- she was basically broke but desperately needed her PC fixed so that she could keep up with her homework. At the time I did quite a lot of on-the-side PC repair, so I figured since I had a decent side income I could take on a pro bono job. Normally this ends up being a huge hassle, but I was young and silly. I told her if she could wrap up a sandwich or something for me to take away then we could call it even -- so she didn't feel I was treating her like a charity case, and also since I'd be missing dinner to fix her PC. After I repaired it (maybe 45 minutes) and was getting ready to leave, she handed me a bag. There was a sandwich, and 7 cheap disposable-containers frozen solid. She had little money, but did have a garden, and had cooked up extra vegetables so I had peas, corn, beans, and so on -- cooked and ready to go. Basically, I had supper for a week.
I've also ended up with homebrew wine, 20-year-old scotch, cartons of smokes, one older lady gave me a half of a oven-roasted turkey breast, and I've gotten other stuff I won't go into. Anyone gotten anything interesting in trade?
One of the best trades I got was from a single mother -- she was basically broke but desperately needed her PC fixed so that she could keep up with her homework. At the time I did quite a lot of on-the-side PC repair, so I figured since I had a decent side income I could take on a pro bono job. Normally this ends up being a huge hassle, but I was young and silly. I told her if she could wrap up a sandwich or something for me to take away then we could call it even -- so she didn't feel I was treating her like a charity case, and also since I'd be missing dinner to fix her PC. After I repaired it (maybe 45 minutes) and was getting ready to leave, she handed me a bag. There was a sandwich, and 7 cheap disposable-containers frozen solid. She had little money, but did have a garden, and had cooked up extra vegetables so I had peas, corn, beans, and so on -- cooked and ready to go. Basically, I had supper for a week.
I've also ended up with homebrew wine, 20-year-old scotch, cartons of smokes, one older lady gave me a half of a oven-roasted turkey breast, and I've gotten other stuff I won't go into. Anyone gotten anything interesting in trade?
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