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Labor fee's?

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Hey guys, I'm planning on making a small side 'company' to make computers for customers, as well as repairs and upgrades. Mostly just for the experience, not really for the money. However, I'm trying to figure out how much I should charge for some things. Such as building the computer. The parts would be the same price it would be to buy from say NewEgg, I don't feel like overcharging parts.

How much should I ask in labor to build a PC?
How much for upgrades on certain parts?

Thanks ahead of time guys.
 
I generally only do work for businesses. That way I'm not allways getting "how do you do this" or "I think its broken" phone calls. The people doing the tech side of thigns for the buisnesses tend to only call me when stuff is good and broke. The other good side to business work is that they dont bat an eye when i charge them 50-65$ an hr. I usually just charge an hourly rate for all the work I do, from the "specifications consulting" were i sit down with them and talk about their needs, to the aucutally assembly, and then for service down the road. It works out well because there are no supprises for them or you. They allways know what its goign to cost to call you in etc.

If you are doign this for a consumer level, you will have to adjust prices accordingly. I know many people who woudl rather hire the kid down the street whos capapble of doing a half-assed job and only charges 1/2 the price. I'd take a look in the classifed section of your local paper and see what others are charging and then work out a solid priceing setup regardless if you work on a flat hourly rate, or a by instance/job etc.

The thing to remember is, once you work on a pc you are basically married to it. If anythign happens your the one who's going to hear about it. That being said, since you are goign to go thru that dont under charge yourself. If you do it for next to nothign once, the customer is going to expect it over and over agian.
 
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