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OfflineNewbieS
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My first freelance computer repair.
    #7495475 - 10/07/07 05:52 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

My old boss called me for some help with his older XP machine.  I basically got that thing's 256MB of RAM run like a gig :lol:.  I hooked him up with Nod32, cleaned his registry, temp files, all that.  Tried to upgrade his RAM but his mobo is too old and it's an off-brand computer so flashing the BIOS wouldn't have been an easy task. 

What's cool is I made a pretty professional looking invoice and charged him $175, breaking down each step and each cost in layman's' terms and he's completely cool with it!  I'm so proud of myself! :grin:


PS.  KVM Switches are GOD when helping people with PC issues! 



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Re: My first freelance computer repair. [Re: Newbie]
    #7495488 - 10/07/07 05:57 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

"Removed temp internet files - $10"

You must have hated your old boss.


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Re: My first freelance computer repair. [Re: Newbie]
    #7495509 - 10/07/07 06:02 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

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NewbieShroomie said:
PS. KVM Switches are GOD when helping people with PC issues!





I've got about 60 of them... need a few? you pay shipping and I'll paletize them and send them your way


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Re: My first freelance computer repair. [Re: Prisoner#1]
    #7495542 - 10/07/07 06:07 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

Are you being serious? They'd would help me out a lot at work.


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Re: My first freelance computer repair. [Re: Newbie]
    #7495557 - 10/07/07 06:10 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

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NewbieShroomie said:
My old boss called me for some help with his older XP machine.  I basically got that thing's 256MB of RAM run like a gig :lol:.  I hooked him up with Nod32, cleaned his registry, temp files, all that.  Tried to upgrade his RAM but his mobo is too old and it's an off-brand computer so flashing the BIOS wouldn't have been an easy task. 

What's cool is I made a pretty professional looking invoice and charged him $175, breaking down each step and each cost in layman's' terms and he's completely cool with it!  I'm so proud of myself! :grin:


PS.  KVM Switches are GOD when helping people with PC issues! 





Here you go:


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Re: My first freelance computer repair. [Re: Gumby]
    #7495590 - 10/07/07 06:16 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

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Gumby said:
Are you being serious? They'd would help me out a lot at work.




yes, they're old and large, they do work though, I believe they're 16 channel with 8 stations per channel, I have the cabling as well, it comes with it.


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Re: My first freelance computer repair. [Re: Gumby]
    #7495600 - 10/07/07 06:18 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

oh... and shipping wouldnt be more than gas if you pick them up


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Re: My first freelance computer repair. [Re: Newbie]
    #7495607 - 10/07/07 06:21 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

5 dollars to blow dust around inside the case...lol..


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Re: My first freelance computer repair. [Re: Prisoner#1]
    #7495613 - 10/07/07 06:21 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

... But I'm in the super awesome, smogged up NYC area now.

Perhaps when I'm home over Thanksgiving that'll be possible.


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Re: My first freelance computer repair. [Re: Prisoner#1]
    #7495631 - 10/07/07 06:24 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

$10 to clean the startup? Fucking A.


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Re: My first freelance computer repair. [Re: joekenorer]
    #7495644 - 10/07/07 06:27 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

lol.. he could have downloaded 2 free programs and done 80% of that himself. I guess yay for computer illiterate people?


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Re: My first freelance computer repair. [Re: Shroomism]
    #7495766 - 10/07/07 06:58 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

$50 to install anti-virus software?

Jesus christ dude. Maybe it would have been better if you didn't actually itemize and seperate how exactly you ripped him off.


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Re: My first freelance computer repair. [Re: Newbie]
    #7495767 - 10/07/07 06:58 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

with that kind of markup i would think that you are an auto mechanic.
for double the price you could have built him a computer.


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Re: My first freelance computer repair. [Re: WakeboardrB]
    #7495834 - 10/07/07 09:57 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

I made his system pristine. Anywhere else would've charged him twice that and then some.


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Re: My first freelance computer repair. [Re: anonymous123]
    #7496040 - 10/08/07 12:59 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

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dunnen said:
with that kind of markup i would think that you are an auto mechanic.
for double the price you could have built him a computer.




pristine? srsly. you could have done everything on that chart in 10 min if you weren't trying to impress and overprice him so much


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Re: My first freelance computer repair. [Re: Newbie]
    #7496089 - 10/08/07 01:22 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

NewbieShroomie you should check out OnForce.

Make a little extra money doing just what you did for your boss. I did it for awhile. Its not bad work.


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Re: My first freelance computer repair. [Re: Socrates6]
    #7496117 - 10/08/07 01:40 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

Yeah... just because YOU know how to do things on a computer doesn't mean the average person does. Just like a mechanic knows how to rebuild an engine, doesnt mean he's going to do it for free.

Geek Squad charges like $75-100/hr. no matter how retarded the job.


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