Is $1500 a good Quote for this Custom Build PC
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Is he a close friend? It's not like it's hard to build the PC, but it would be a pain being tech support for life. If you were a real friend you should just tell him to buy a dell.
Edit: But since this is business, you may want to decide yourself how much he knows about computers and if it's worth lifetime tech support. If not, bump the price.
Also, when you say your parts at home, are they used parts from a pc you plan on upgrading?
Edit: But since this is business, you may want to decide yourself how much he knows about computers and if it's worth lifetime tech support. If not, bump the price.
Also, when you say your parts at home, are they used parts from a pc you plan on upgrading?
is purple a chipset?
No offense, but you are kinda screwing whoever is buying the computer. Tell him to buy a dell. for $1500 he could buy a system that would blow your custom away. $40 for a sblive 5.1?
Yes.
I'm leaving for college tomorrow and my mom recommended that I don't make it widely known that I can fix computers. I said, "Yeah, I'm not a CS major so most people won't think of me anyway. I'll let those kids waste their time fixing people's computers for free."
Anyway, ask him if he will bug you a lot if he has computer issues or not. Just be up front with him. Tell him you two are friends and if he is going to badger you for computer help all the time you don't want to risk hurting your friendship.
I did build a computer for my best friend 3 years ago. It worked out fine but he is very computer literate. He had just never built his own rig before. We ended up starting a small computer fixing business last summer and did quite well for two high school kids.
You're ripping him off on the Zip drive...and probably on other things too.If it's for a friend, you shouldn't be making $16 profit on a ZIP drive.
:Q Wow those things are still that expensive? They're like $14 on eBay...
EDIT: Oh wait... those are 250MB models...
Yeah, it's a 250 - but still, it does seem sorta high. Newegg doesn't even sell the 100 capacity one anymore.Originally posted by: boyRacer
:Q Wow those things are still that expensive? They're like $14 on eBay...
EDIT: Oh wait... those are 250MB models...
It sounds expensive to me. Computer stores only charge like $50 for assembly of a system. It looks like you are charging new prices for lots of your used stuff. Also what kind of a warranty will he have through you?
I agree with what amcdonald said. Tell him to buy a Dell. Some of your parts you're charging him for are higher than store prices. You can find an 1800+ with a ECS K7S5A mobo for 60 bucks at Fry's.
Which board is this? The KT333 pcb is isn't purple, so it must be an older VIA board.
To all the guys chewing him out, mom and pop computer shops are not even close to the pricing compared to newegg.com, mwave, etc. Actually his computer store bought stuff price is pretty close to the clones shops around my work place.
Question though: are you treating him a "friend" or client then? 1500 dollars is quite steep for system build for a friend.
Expensive.. we just paid $1400 CDN and we have ..without going into specifics... an athlon XP 3000+, 1 Gig memory, 120 Gig hdd, Sony DVD +/- RW/R, radeon pro 9700, so on so forth.
Do your friend a favor and tell him to buy from someone who can purchase these parts *not* at retail. Your specs are quite light for that cost, and even though you feel your labor is worth the added cost, you don't have a QA department to back you up.
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