I have a slump coming up in the next 2 months, and I was considering doing computer/network services to kill some time / get some extra cash. I've never gone out and asked for customers before, it's usually people who know me, or family, friends, co-workers, etc that ask me if I can fix this, install that, setup something or other, etc, and I always tell them to pay me whatever they feel like.
So I was thinking of just putting ads on craigslist and doing it that way, anyone know of any other way?
Also a major concern is payment, obviously check or cash only, and id print out some sort of bill for them for their reference or for tax purposes, w/e.
But what of the value? Im not going to put 'pay whatever youd like' as its not professional at all, and id probably get screwed a lot.
I thought about calling firedog/geeksquad and just go off thier pricing scheme, but lower it a lot. I feel sorry for the people who pay for their overpriced crap.
Charge for estimates? Charge by hour or by what had to be done? Do you prefere to work on it at their house, or at your own? I was thinking maybe charging a base price + hours worked.
How about what type of software you use? Im pretty messy when it comes to fixing PCs, and do whatever it takes to fix it, but if a customer is watching, id like it to be as neat as possible, so less tools/software used the better.