by Phreakwars » Wed Dec 12, 2018 1:21 am
RightWingConspirator wrote: ↑Sun Dec 09, 2018 9:46 pm
I thought you were building motorcycles. You build custom computers on the side? How much do you charge? Always thought of doing that, but I value my free time too much.
I hear Walmart has AWESOME gaming computers now.
I've been building them for over 30 years. Back when I was still living in Nebraska, I had my own shop. When I moved up to Iowa, I thought of opening another, but then I remembered what a pain in the ass it was getting calls at all hours of the night like I was 24 hour fucking tech support or something. But yeah, pretty well known that I build them, so even though I no longer have a shop, I'll still work my magic and build them for people here and there. I used to charge $30 an hour, but since I do it in my spare time now, I typically will only charge a flat rate of $30 labor no matter what as long as I'm not given a deadline. My turn around time is usually pretty quick, so no complaints so far. Of course, I still get bugged on Facebook by people with computer problems all the time.
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I thought you were building motorcycles. You build custom computers on the side? How much do you charge? Always thought of doing that, but I value my free time too much.
I hear Walmart has AWESOME gaming computers now. :biggrin:
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I've been building them for over 30 years. Back when I was still living in Nebraska, I had my own shop. When I moved up to Iowa, I thought of opening another, but then I remembered what a pain in the ass it was getting calls at all hours of the night like I was 24 hour fucking tech support or something. But yeah, pretty well known that I build them, so even though I no longer have a shop, I'll still work my magic and build them for people here and there. I used to charge $30 an hour, but since I do it in my spare time now, I typically will only charge a flat rate of $30 labor no matter what as long as I'm not given a deadline. My turn around time is usually pretty quick, so no complaints so far. Of course, I still get bugged on Facebook by people with computer problems all the time.