How to construct $80k/Year Fixing PCs

December 04th, 2009 | Category: Blogroll

According to The PC Guild, it’s possible to assemble $80,000 a year (or a bit by $6,600 a month) fixing PCs in your area—even whether you charge for only 4 hours a day:

I bill for about 4 hours a day on average, and I charge $70 an hour. I mainly fix computer problems related to corrupt hard drives, RAM installation, CD/DVD ROM repair, Net connectivity issues, printer problems, audio problems, and the like.

I charge $20 just to take a look at your computer. whether you decided that you want me to fix it, (after I tell you how expanded it will probably take) I apply that $20 to your “balance.” Most jobs take about an hour and I bill in 20 minute increments, rounding up. whether I have to come to you, there is an additional $30 charge. After hours, holidays, and emergencies have an additional charge of $20 an hour.

In other words, whether you want to manufacture a living fixing PCs, you’ll need to take advantage of your potential customers’ limited moment, and get paid good money to focus on their problems so they can anguish about other things. Here are a few things to expect whether you decide to become the neighborhood computer repair technician:

Expect to be riddled with calls and requests for fixing computers for the rest of your natural life.
You will get all types of customers… rich little old ladies who pay well… to [those] who will try… to squeeze the most out of you for the least possible amount of money.
You will get customers who blame you for the remotest computer problem they get even months after you repaired their machines.
90% of the problems you fix will be one of these: “My computer is too slow. Please clean it up”, “Help! I got viruses invading my PC!”, “I got blue screens or other funny error report. Fix it or please reinstall Windows.”

So much more useful information available from The PC Guild.

(image from Frank Braski’s Flickr)

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