What should I be charging for non regional computer repair work?
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I don't know where you're living, but I used to charge $60 / hour. I had a friend who charged around $90. From what I've seen $60 - $120 / hour are within industry standards. You don't want to gouge people, but I think $30 an hour is too low, especially for jobs that involve travel. If you put a high value on your work, others will, too. If you put a low value on your work, others will, too.\n\n[edit: I would have charged about $150 for a 2.5 hour job. My friend would have charged about $225. He used to scold me for charging too little! Of course, this was in central New Jersey, near Princeton, which is a pretty heavy populated, well-off area. I never had any complaints about my rates being unreasonable. If I remember correctly, some of the franchise repair businesses, like Geeks on Call, charge up to $120 an hour. Seriously, I would recommend raising your rates to $45 or $60. If it doesn't work out, you can always lower them again. Best of luck to you!]
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Ask at your local computer shop
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Yes, u need to charge sales tax for all services, parts, etc. Hint: You can charge double the tax on parts u have purchased by adding the oriogonal sales tax you paid into the origonal cost of the item and then adding the customer tax on top of it. This will result in a slight overpayment of taxes for each product sold and generate a larger return at the end of the year. Idealy you need to add the customers sales tax to the item before the origonal sales tax was applied. This is called passing the tax along to the customer. Not sure how tax rates run where you are at but for us the purchasig origonal sales tax is less than the sales tax we must charge for items purchased from us by our customers. Yes there are 2 different rates for us is PA. The origonal sales tax we must pay is govered by our state, the customer sales tax is govered by federal tax laws. Don't try to figure it out, like i have been trying, just abide by it or it will drive you nuts! HA\nI work as a book keeper for a computer repair company, and in USA the fed gov wants tax money for everything we do. Below is our companies site. It has nothin to do with tax though. We too charge a flat rate for repairs and figure the taxes into that after the sale. So we do not make the entire said rate but only a portion once we take the taxes out of it. This way it is a solid dollar amount and we can say we charge a flat rate for labor and it looks more attractive to our customers and ALOT easier for them to guestimate in their heads what a repair cost might be.I Hope this helps you out.
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Not only computers, but try a VERY LARGE and expensive ATM Switch (Carrier Class), dropped a screw in the top of the chassis while it was running...fully loaded with Cards..cost for repair/replace cards $235,000.00\n\nComputers: Decided to flash the bios on a Dell Server, failed due to the power cord coming out while I was moving it around on the floor(at the same time), lost the Bios and had to replace bios chip...cost: $350.00 motherboard (ebay) (Dell wouldn't ship the bios chip)..I've done the Pen-drive (1 Gigabyte pen), not very costly...
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you could try your local mom and pop computer repair store
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No idea, but if you list the specs, I can give you a ballpark figure (I'm sure others can to).  A quick search really didn't turn up anything useful.\n\nWell, considering the condition it is in (if we are talking about hardware issues) though reinstalling Windows may fix some of those problems, I'm guessing you'll get $175 to $325 for it.  The reason is that newer (and faster) laptops can be had for around $450.  And that $325 figure is pretty far out there, you more than likely end up with something around $250 for it.
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Contact local businesses.  They might donate when they upgrade their equipment.
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Most 'Pound Shops' sell them, HyperValue, PC World. They are cheap enough.
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good luck ask a computer repair shop
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Depending on the time, effort, pages, etc..\n\nThat's how I charge clients.  You could easily get 300 dollars for it.\n\nGood luck!
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1. Fix it yourself?\nThis is your best bet if you know what you are doing. I encourage this approach as many people bring it to me after they really screwed it up. Then I make more money than if they had brought it to me in the first place.\n\n2. Call the Hardware or Software manufacturer?\nGreat Idea if you speak  Indian or Cantonese\n\n\n3. Call or bring the PC/Notebook in to the place you bought it?\nThis approach seldom works unless you bought it from a computer specialty store.\n\n\n4. Have a friend, neighbor, relative or co-worker fix it?\nI really like this idea, I generally make even more money than if you tried to fix it yourself.\n\n\n5. Call or bring the PC/Notebook to a PC support company like Geek Squad or Nerds on Line? (which)\nSure if you can afford them. Your local small computer business is a better bet, because they actually care about repeat business and their reputation.\n\n6. Other (please specify). \nBuy a new computer!
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I think your best bet would be to rent 10 laptops locally and ship them with you to the conference. There are many companies that can provide the necessary equipment with insurance contracts for out-of-country use.
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this  confusing....computer service?
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Ebay or a used computer parts store in your area
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Depends on the size of the job and if it's rough or finish work. Why not call some contractors in a nearby city and find out what they would charge for the same work (indiscretely of course) and go from there?
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About USD 3,000 to 4,000 depending on condition
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Well you can contact me. I have a team of professionals. You also can get the work at fraction of the cost in USA as we are in India and the cost of getting the work done here is very cheap. You see- best quality work at the least cost.