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11-29-2007, 01:28 PM
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Starting to charge coworkers
Hey all,
I’ve been reading all the good articles on this website for awhile now. I’m currently a network admin for a major corp. Like many of you guys I do computer work on the side, I just recently made it more “official” I had business cards made and I’m going to start advertising more. I’ve done plenty of freebee’s in the past for coworkers, which I won’t be doing that anymore, the problem is that it’s hard to start charging my coworkers because the 2 other computer guys I work with have no problems working on a coworkers computer for nothing. Anyone else have this problem? 
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11-29-2007, 01:55 PM
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I had this problem when I went back to school a few years ago. People I new around campus wanted computer repairs done, but few wanted to pay for it. The main reason for this was that I had classmates that did it for free. I never felt bad about it mainly because they almost always ended up bringing the PC back to me anyway after some green tech screwed it up even more.
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11-29-2007, 01:59 PM
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I love doing one for one. Just fixed my friend computer he's a dealer, got my car fixed for free, it was going to cost a lot.
Building a web site for this contractor getting my whole siding done for free  Labor of course only.
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11-29-2007, 07:51 PM
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I used to do "Government Jobs" at a fortune 500 company. If they brought it in and I could fix it at work in about 10 minutes, no problem. If I had to take it home, standard rates applied.
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#5
11-29-2007, 10:04 PM
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Perhaps these articles will help you:
http://www.technibble.com/raising-your-prices/ <-- especially this one, talks about exactly your problem. http://www.technibble.com/doing-comp...or-the-family/
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