Building Up a Small Computer Business?

Hogg asks: "I'm a senior in high school, and feeling very industrious over the summer, I started a home business. Basically, I go onsite and service computers and charge far less than what the 'pros' with the MCSEs and so on do. It's been going fairly well so far, but I wonder if Slashdot has tips, advice, or pitfalls to avoid?"

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[togofspookware]

When people ask "OK, now how much do I owe you?", you say: "I dunno. What do you want to pay me?"

If the people where you live are anything like the ones around here, you'll end up getting paid more than you would if you set a price ^_^

Unless, of course, you were GOING to have them pay you 50$ an hour. I only charged 15.

Sometimes I'll show up at someone's house, and they'll have fixed the problem themselves, but then they give me 20$ just for the trouble of riding my bike a couple blocks to their house.

Don't expect too much, though. I only made 300$ this summer (half enough to pay for my new computar!). But for the amount of work I did, that wasn't bad. Far better than bagging groceries, anyway.

My kybard sucs tody.