Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
you ripped that right off a vBulletin forum post, didn't you.
AMDFORUMS that is....
.....and yes , I also belong to this forum. Isn't that nice...!
Thanks everyone for the replies specially the funny ones...
Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
you ripped that right off a vBulletin forum post, didn't you.
Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
you ripped that right off a vBulletin forum post, didn't you.
Originally posted by: vi_edit
Do yourself a favor and steer him to Dell or Gateway...anything to absolve yourself of responsibility.
Originally posted by: Kukkor
I am in the process of building a system for a neighbour.
The cost of the parts from NewEgg is $540.00 incluiding shipping.
Here is the actual shopping cart. Any suggestions are welcome:
http://secure.newegg.com/app/shoppi...submit=SHIPPING
If everything goes well and all the components are good I calculate to spend 3 or 4 days in putting it all together: hardware/software.
My problem is that I have done this many times for family members at no charge.... but in this case is for a neighbour and there are also other people to come in the near future.
How much can I charge for my services?
Originally posted by: FoBoT
Originally posted by: minendo
Give him a flat cost of $700.00.
However, enjoy being 24x7 tech support for the rest of your neighbors life.
^^^
don't post here complaining " my neighbor keeps getting viruses/spyware from porno sites and since i built the pc for him, he wants me to fix it everytime he breaks it"
Originally posted by: Homerboy
If everything goes well and all the components are good I calculate to spend 3 or 4 days in putting it all together: hardware/software.
3-4 days? What are you doing to it that would take even REMOTELY that long?
I have to agree with the rest of the people here when they say enjoy being 24x7 tech support forever.
If you are really doing this, and you plan on doing for others, you have to come up with a some sort of standard rate... you cant charge one perosn $50/hr and the other $100.
Lets see.... 3-4 days... at even 5 hrs/day... damn you got some $ coming.
Originally posted by: 911paramedic
"3 or 4 days" :clock::Q
Originally posted by: PanzerIV
I charge $100.00 over cost of the parts and shipping.
Originally posted by: MrDudeMan
Originally posted by: 911paramedic
"3 or 4 days" :clock::Q
haha i know...
he says he has to install updates and office, blah blah blah...what a crock!
what you dont understand is that even doing it in your spare time, it should not take that long. you can push like 3 keys and walk away for 10 minutes. then, you can come back for 5 seconds, push some more keys, and walk away again for another 10 minutes. the only time you really have to sit there is when you are building it lol...
anyways, have a nice time wasting half a week building a computer good luck