Pricing

~~Nik00117~~ · 01-22-2007, 01:01 PM

I'm 17 years old and have been working on PCs for a side job for a year or so now. I'm not one to be busy I normally get like a job or two a month. I've been told by some my pricing is dirt cheap. Here is what I charge

General repair 40 bucks plus any parts/extra expensives I had to go through
if i build a prebuilt 10% mark up excluding any software brought.
House ccall 20 bucks plus the general repair.

I recently was talking to a man who charged $200 in labor to reformat XP, as any techy knows it may take 2 or 3 hours to fully set up a PC from reformat to reinstall but 200%? I'd call that excessive normal XP reinstall takes me about 5 mins of labor if that. I just put the CD in reformat set the patrions and let it do the rest.

Do you consider my pricing too cheap? Avgerage or what? Remember I do this on the side.

bry623 · 01-22-2007, 01:12 PM

At 17, probably not. It is a good side income and people wouldn't want to pau someone yor age anything high. I charge $20 just to look at it and $40 an hour from there.

crazijoe · 01-23-2007, 06:21 AM

I don't see a problem with your pricing. I normally charge around $50 p/hr.

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I recently was talking to a man who charged $200 in labor to reformat XP, as any techy knows it may take 2 or 3 hours to fully set up a PC from reformat to reinstall but 200%?

This is very much excessive. Double that and buy a new computer. While the install is taking place you can keep yourself occupied with other repairs. A reinstall does not require 100% attendence.
A reinstall should be cheaper than diagnosing and repairing an ill fated computer. I have done virus removals that cost an upwards of $200.00 because of the nature of the computers environment.

01-22-2007, 01:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
~~Nik00117~~ Troubled Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 1,572 OS: XP Pro, Vista Ulimate My System	Pricing I'm 17 years old and have been working on PCs for a side job for a year or so now. I'm not one to be busy I normally get like a job or two a month. I've been told by some my pricing is dirt cheap. Here is what I charge General repair 40 bucks plus any parts/extra expensives I had to go through if i build a prebuilt 10% mark up excluding any software brought. House ccall 20 bucks plus the general repair. I recently was talking to a man who charged $200 in labor to reformat XP, as any techy knows it may take 2 or 3 hours to fully set up a PC from reformat to reinstall but 200%? I'd call that excessive normal XP reinstall takes me about 5 mins of labor if that. I just put the CD in reformat set the patrions and let it do the rest. Do you consider my pricing too cheap? Avgerage or what? Remember I do this on the side.

01-22-2007, 01:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
bry623 Manager, The Conversation Pit/Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: NW Territory circa 1787 Posts: 11,692 OS: winxp pro sp2	At 17, probably not. It is a good side income and people wouldn't want to pau someone yor age anything high. I charge $20 just to look at it and $40 an hour from there. __________________ "If you aren't a liberal when you're 20, you have no heart. If you aren't a conservative when you are 50, you have no brain"