Charging Friends & Family?

[iptech]

Wow, the OP charges £10 an hour and his family still expect 50% discount! Don't forget, even when charging £5 an hour you are still liable to pay taxes on income.

You'd be better off going to see them for a free meal or drink. Don't charge your family anything if that's all they're prepared to pay.

 

[minc3d]

I think Ccomp5950's rate structure is pretty much like mine and with the same reasoning. I like it!

 

[Cybjun]

$200/US flat charge. mainly because after working on computers all day the last thing I want to do when I get home if fix someone computer.

 

[TopLevelComp]

Family is free, friends I'll just ask for a bottle of alcohol or maybe buying pizza while I work on the computer.

 

[RegEdit]

Family = Free of course. How could you charge family in your right mind?

Friends & Neighbors = I try to give them instructions so that they can do it themselves, otherwise I tell them that I'll do it for free the first time, and maybe they'll tip me a little.

footnote: I have one friend who often acts like an "entitled freeloader". I just tell him that I'm too busy.

 

[Cybjun]

Family = Free of course. How could you charge family in your right mind?....

Let me introduce you to my family and you will understand. When you get the call from nearly all family members with questions like. "I turned my pc off last night and now it wont power on?" spending 10 minutes troubleshooting before they remember they unplugged the PC so they can use the outlet for something else.

ya...I dont work for free. period