How much should I charge? - Updated

[XMan]

My wife's uncle's second wife (my wife's aunt is deceased) asked me to make him a DVD for Christmas with a bunch of famiy photos to some music. I told her, sure, no prtoblem.

My mistake was in assuming that the family photos would be digital. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

I have a stack of photographs about three inches thick I'm in the midst of scanning.

Then I have to put them onto DVD, with the music she's written down, get it burned, etc. Not to mention sorting the photos by age - and most of them haven't got any dates written on the back. So I need to guesstimate.

I usually charge $5/DVD for doing home movies, but that's easy - just pop it in the VCR, hit play while the Hauppauge is capturing, and go do my thing.

Would $100 be excessive, given all of the work she's laying on me (and at the last minute)?

Update 1/3/08 - She offered $125.

 

[Jhill]

blowjob?

if not 100$ would be substantial

 

[sonambulo]

How many copies of this does she want?

 

[Gunslinger08]

This is why you don't tell anyone in your family what you can do with a computer.

 

[waggy]

i think 100 would be about $90 to much.

if you don't want to do it tell her you do not have time to scan them all in etc.

to charge her$100 (afte ryou recieved everything and said you would do it) is just going to cause problems.

 

[BigToque]

Honestly I'm sure she's expecting it to be done for free. She probably thinks it's a simple job because "you know how to use computers".

The only thing you can really do is ask your wife for an extra BJ for christmas...

 

[XMan]

Originally posted by: waggy
i think 100 would be about $90 to much.

if you don't want to do it tell her you do not have time to scan them all in etc.

to charge her$100 (afte ryou recieved everything and said you would do it) is just going to cause problems.

Well, I said I would do it before she gave me the pictures. Like I said, it was probably stupid to assume they would already be scanned, but sheesh, man, my time has to have some value. I've been scanning pictures for two hours straight and have probably got 90% of them left to do.

 

[XMan]

Originally posted by: BigToque
Honestly I'm sure he's expecting it to be done for free because he probably thinks it's simple job because "you know how to use computers".

The only thing you can really do is ask your wife for an extra BJ for christmas...

It's a present for him, he doesn't know what's going on. And she told me tell her much she owed me when I was done, so she is expecting to pay something.

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: XMan

Originally posted by: waggy
i think 100 would be about $90 to much.

if you don't want to do it tell her you do not have time to scan them all in etc.

to charge her$100 (afte ryou recieved everything and said you would do it) is just going to cause problems.

Well, I said I would do it before she gave me the pictures. Like I said, it was probably stupid to assume they would already be scanned, but sheesh, man, my time has to have some value. I've been scanning pictures for two hours straight and have probably got 90% of them left to do.

Unfortunately you didn't address this before you agreed to do it. I'd say 20-30 bucks tops. Does she know what you usually charge? If not...then maybe up to 50. If so, then you are kinda trapped, and can explain the $25 or so because you had to take the time to scan in all the pics. Know what i mean?

 

[BigToque]

Originally posted by: XMan

Originally posted by: waggy
i think 100 would be about $90 to much.

if you don't want to do it tell her you do not have time to scan them all in etc.

to charge her$100 (afte ryou recieved everything and said you would do it) is just going to cause problems.

Well, I said I would do it before she gave me the pictures. Like I said, it was probably stupid to assume they would already be scanned, but sheesh, man, my time has to have some value. I've been scanning pictures for two hours straight and have probably got 90% of them left to do.

Take the photo's to wal-mart and get them to digitize them for you. It'll cost a few bucks, but it'll save you a bunch of time.

 

[OUCaptain]

How about nothing. Family takes care of family. What ever happened to doing something out of the goodness of your heart?

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: BigToque

Originally posted by: XMan

Originally posted by: waggy
i think 100 would be about $90 to much.

if you don't want to do it tell her you do not have time to scan them all in etc.

to charge her$100 (afte ryou recieved everything and said you would do it) is just going to cause problems.

Well, I said I would do it before she gave me the pictures. Like I said, it was probably stupid to assume they would already be scanned, but sheesh, man, my time has to have some value. I've been scanning pictures for two hours straight and have probably got 90% of them left to do.

Take the photo's to wal-mart and get them to digitize them for you. It'll cost a few bucks, but it'll save you a bunch of time.

Cost a few bucks? Doesn't Walmart charge $0.18 a print?

Judging by his stack, he has a couple of hundred.

 

[BigToque]

Originally posted by: XMan
It's a present for him, he doesn't know what's going on. And she told me tell her much she owed me when I was done, so she is expecting to pay something.

Ahh... well, get wal-mart to make them digital and that'll save most of the time. $10-20 is about all (I feel) you could realistically charge without causing some kind of problem.

People tend to assume that when you do things on a computer it's always a simple thing to do.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: XMan

Originally posted by: waggy
i think 100 would be about $90 to much.

if you don't want to do it tell her you do not have time to scan them all in etc.

to charge her$100 (afte ryou recieved everything and said you would do it) is just going to cause problems.

Well, I said I would do it before she gave me the pictures. Like I said, it was probably stupid to assume they would already be scanned, but sheesh, man, my time has to have some value. I've been scanning pictures for two hours straight and have probably got 90% of them left to do.

your mistake. to do anything other then just do the damn job is going to look bad and cause problems.

the only right decision is work hard on it and get it done. maybe in the future you will ask more questions heh

 

[Schfifty Five]

You want to charge your wife money?

 

[XMan]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: BigToque

Originally posted by: XMan

Originally posted by: waggy
i think 100 would be about $90 to much.

if you don't want to do it tell her you do not have time to scan them all in etc.

to charge her$100 (afte ryou recieved everything and said you would do it) is just going to cause problems.

Well, I said I would do it before she gave me the pictures. Like I said, it was probably stupid to assume they would already be scanned, but sheesh, man, my time has to have some value. I've been scanning pictures for two hours straight and have probably got 90% of them left to do.

Take the photo's to wal-mart and get them to digitize them for you. It'll cost a few bucks, but it'll save you a bunch of time.

Cost a few bucks? Doesn't Walmart charge $0.18 a print?

Judging by his stack, he has a couple of hundred.

At 0.18 a print I'm guessing Wal Mart would charge over $50. There's well over 300 pictures here.

 

[XMan]

Originally posted by: Schfifty Five
You want to charge your wife money?

It's my wife's step-aunt.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Originally posted by: BigToque
Honestly I'm sure she's expecting it to be done for free. She probably thinks it's a simple job because "you know how to use computers".

The only thing you can really do is ask your wife for an extra BJ for christmas...

or if your wifes sister is also good looking ask for a threesome....

 

[mooglemania85]

Originally posted by: XMan
My wife's uncle's second wife (my wife's aunt is deceased) asked me to make him a DVD for Christmas with a bunch of famiy photos to some music.

Boner Jams 07? Whatever floats his boat, i guess...

 

[sciencewhiz]

If you charge her $55, she'll think you are ripping her off. If you hand her a walmart receipt for $50 and add your normal $5, she might understand.

 

[MyThirdEye]

Originally posted by: sciencewhiz
If you charge her $55, she'll think you are ripping her off. If you hand her a walmart receipt for $50 and add your normal $5, she might understand.

 

[NatePo717]

Can she cook? Do it for a nice meal and family.

 

[angminas]

Originally posted by: JEDIYoda

Originally posted by: BigToque
Honestly I'm sure she's expecting it to be done for free. She probably thinks it's a simple job because "you know how to use computers".

The only thing you can really do is ask your wife for an extra BJ for christmas...

or if your wifes sister is also good looking ask for a threesome....

Not funny.

 

[RiverDog]

Originally posted by: OUCaptain
How about nothing. Family takes care of family. What ever happened to doing something out of the goodness of your heart?

:beer::beer::beer:

 

[Zee]

Originally posted by: XMan

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: BigToque

Originally posted by: XMan

Originally posted by: waggy
i think 100 would be about $90 to much.

if you don't want to do it tell her you do not have time to scan them all in etc.

to charge her$100 (afte ryou recieved everything and said you would do it) is just going to cause problems.

Well, I said I would do it before she gave me the pictures. Like I said, it was probably stupid to assume they would already be scanned, but sheesh, man, my time has to have some value. I've been scanning pictures for two hours straight and have probably got 90% of them left to do.

Take the photo's to wal-mart and get them to digitize them for you. It'll cost a few bucks, but it'll save you a bunch of time.

Cost a few bucks? Doesn't Walmart charge $0.18 a print?

Judging by his stack, he has a couple of hundred.

At 0.18 a print I'm guessing Wal Mart would charge over $50. There's well over 300 pictures here.

so give her the walmart receipt