POLL: How much should i charge for networking...

[TurtleMan]

Umm my gf's boss asked me to network her three brand new office for her...
just three office room.. how much should i go about charging her..

keep this in mind.... im just a poor university student, and she is a rich sob......

$300.00 sounds rite ?

 

[kendogg]

wheres the 1000$ button?

 

[HappyFace]

$100 per room sounds about right, depending on the # of computers of course.

 

[TurtleMan]

yea just three computers.. easy sharing internet, i think via a router or wireless not sure...

but $300 is not including the equipment fee..

 

[TurtleMan]

Hmm.. so $300 is the rite choice for me ?

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: TurtleMan
Hmm.. so $300 is the rite choice for me ?

Tell her Ill do it for $100 + equipment cost. Three computers at $300 for minimum work. It shouldnt take more than an hour to have the complete setup done.

 

[radioouman]

Charge by the hour... You'll save yourself in the long run if you run into something tough... If you have to drop the cables down inside the walls and install jacks, it will take more time than you think. I usually get $30 per hour.

 

[FoBoT]

if you are talking about running wires, $50 a drop , $200 minimum

on top of that , if you are configuring desktops, installing hub/switch, charge $75 an hour to do that part of it

 

[dirtboy]

I wouldn't do it for less than $15,000. Tell her that $5,000 per computer is a bargain.

 

[ROTC1983]

Originally posted by: dirtboy
I wouldn't do it for less than $15,000. Tell her that $5,000 per computer is a bargain.

She would really go for that

 

[stev0]

Originally posted by: dirtboy
I wouldn't do it for less than $15,000. Tell her that $5,000 per computer is a bargain.

quite the deal if you ask me

what exactly do you have to do? (be specific, i was up late drinking )

 

[kranky]

Whatever you charge, don't finish too soon. A lot of rich people seem to get irritated if they think they paid too much money for too little effort.

I went to school with a guy who inherited the family business. The business was construction-related and there was quite a bit of manual labor involved with certain jobs.

One day he hired some guy off the street to work on a specific job. The job was chipping dried concrete out of the mixer trucks. This is a filthy, hot, backbreaking job - inside a mixer wearing a respirator so you can breathe. The deal was $50 a truck under the table, and there were 4 trucks. It took one of the regular employees a day to do a truck, but they hated doing it and would always find an excuse to do something else.

Well, the guy was a dynamo. He finished all four trucks by noon, and came in to ask for his money. At first the boss didn't believe him and went out to inspect the work, which was done just fine. Then the boss told him he wasn't going to pay anyone $200 for a half-day's work, and said he'd pay him $75. He thought that was "fair" since it was over $15 an hour. End of discussion and the boss went to lunch.

Luckily, another guy overheard the whole thing and as soon as the boss left, paid the guy the full $200.

 

[thomsbrain]

i would charge by the hour, $50 an hour. that way you know you're getting paid for the work you did, and the person knows they're paying you for the work you did. i doubt it will take you 6 hours to do this, so you won't have to charge them the ludicrous $300 some people mentioned, but if you do run into major trouble and it takes longer, your ass is covered, and you'll get paid for the work.

 

[kt]

Charge by the hour, but have a minimum charge of say $100 even if you finish within the hour. $35-40/hr sounds fair for a single job like that.

 

[blakeatwork]

a client I do some work for would charge the following:


Labour : $69/hr
Cable runs: $31 per 100' Data run (cable and terminators) - 100' minimum per station
Voice/Data Jacks: $15/each
Premesis Visit - $35

For that kind of job, it would probably be about:

Labour - $138
Cables - $93
Jacks - $45
Prem Visit - $35

$311 before taxes... Of course, that's just to connect the cabling and jacks.. if they wanted the network configured, athen add the appropriate labour charges (1-3 hours)

 

[stev0]

Originally posted by: blakeatwork
a client I do some work for would charge the following:


Labour : $69/hr
Cable runs: $31 per 100' Data run (cable and terminators) - 100' minimum per station
Voice/Data Jacks: $15/each
Premesis Visit - $35

For that kind of job, it would probably be about:

Labour - $138
Cables - $93
Jacks - $45
Prem Visit - $35

$311 before taxes... Of course, that's just to connect the cabling and jacks.. if they wanted the network configured, athen add the appropriate labour charges (1-3 hours)

canadian eyh

that is something along the lines of what i was thinking... maybe call around to local networking centers and see what they would charge per hour, then base what your going to charge /hr off of that.

your you just going to be setting up the cabling and jacks, or is there going to be router configuration and all that other fun stuff?

edit: whoops i guess i didn't read the last chunk of his sentance ... he already pointed it out!

 

[TurtleMan]

Ahh.. $300 seem fair then .. hmm okay
basically, i think i have to do is, setup a DSL network there or something
hook it up with the router, get the line across the offices, maybe a wireless setup
then config each computer and link them up to printer, i think that's about it.

So i will talk to her and tell her all bunch crazyass terms and say it will cost you roughly about $300 for doing it
and that is not including the equipment..

tight ! thanks a lot guys ~