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How much is reasonable for a high schooler to charge to dust & optimize a customer's desktop computer for them? GeekSquad charges $149.99 to Optimize & Clean someone's computer, which I feel it's way too much. Or $129.99 for Optimization, but no dusting. Ray's Mobile charges $75 (+$25 additional PC) for just dusting. And $50-$75 for Optimization (Depends on drop-off or on-site). Considering these prices, how's much do you think I could charger for a similar service? ALL answers are much appreciated! Thanks!! -High school student living in fairly small town
 
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At least 3 of those things people will yell at you for doing.

Cookies? "But now, when I go to my favorite site, it doesn't know me !!"
OEM bloatware? "I use that picture application EVERY DAY!"
unneeded visual effects? "But I LIKE that aero thing"
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As in running ccleaner, cleaning temp. files, history, cookies, optimizing start up time, running AVG scan, removing OEM bloatware, reducing unneeded visual effects (if necessary), defrag HDD & maybe check HDD health.
 
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At least 3 of those things people will yell at you for doing.

Cookies? "But now, when I go to my favorite site, it doesn't know me !!"
OEM bloatware? "I use that picture application EVERY DAY!"
unneeded visual effects? "But I LIKE that aero thing"
 
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At my shop we charge $100 for a PC Tune up which includes the following

Ccleaner - removing obsolete files and fixing some registry files. Disabling unneeded start up items
Junk Removal Tool - removes various potentially unwanted programs
Defraggler - analyze then a quick defrag, which fixes fragmented files 5mb and smaller
Manual Browser reset for all installed browsers

And depending on the client we'll often do a quick MBAM scan and removal. But that among other things are typically reserved for our $169 virus removal.

For "internal case cleaning" we charge $25 for laptops as in some instances it can require a full disassembly to do a complete job. Whereas towers we just charge $15. We use an actual compressor with appropriate fittings to do an exceptional job of blowing things clean within a minute or less.
 
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One could always try to explain to the customer the potential benefits of doing such things?

 
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Good question

I have several thumb drives that I've installed dozens of utilities I use everyday. I've also written batch files that will create a folder on the C: drive of the client's computer and copies all the aforementioned utilities there. When I'm finished working on the computer I've also written a batch to remove the tools but leave the folder itself behind with a link to my website as well as a team viewer icon for potential remote situations in the near future. I like to always give a client that was recently in my shop a good five minutes remotely if needed.
 
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Sammy Sung, how long does the defragmentation usually take? I know it depends on the amount of fragged files, but what's the average time? Also do you choose defrag or quick defrag? Thanks!
 
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