How much would you pay for computer repair?

Kirrill

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I've been building computers since the 6th grade and now I'm in high-school. A friend and I are really big PC enthusiasts, by no means specialists, but we definitely know what we're doing when working with computers. We both had jobs for a while, and call it our teen angst, but we were both miserable working minimum wage restaurant jobs. We both came up with a brilliant idea, "why not do local computer repair and check up?". We won't be a "legitimate" business, but we're willing to provide customers with the best support we can offer, charge low prices, and not charge at all if we cannot deal with the issue.

Our prices are as follows:
Computer Check-up: 30$
Computer Repair: $40
+Plus $25 for hardware repair/installation (customer has to pay for new part)
+Plus $15 if we need to install some software (ex: video card drivers)/remove a virus
We will build your desired computer with no extra charges as well as an OS installation (customer has to pay for the parts, we just set it up): $75
Miscellaneous requests such as data transfer or helping set up a wifi network: $30

What do you guys think? Are these reasonable prices, should I charge more or less?

Also, if you do computer repair for a living, advice would be much appreciated.

We are young, but we have good experience. All we want is to provide good service and not rip people off (aka not Geek Squad), but also makes some money on the side so we can buy "teen-things" like edgy punk rock posters, and then defy our parents because of how angsty we are. Thanks!

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Desaxion

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I think perhaps the price should depend on what you're repairing. I think that there is a big difference in changing a broken PSU than just put in a bunch of RAM... I mean, I would pay around $25 to get my computer repaired, and if it was more expensive I would try to learn to fix the problem myself, but that's just my personal opinion!

Cheers, and good luck with your business! :)
/Desaxion