How to get hosed out of 1000 bucks.

[wanko80]

Or just lower your profit margin.

That is a dangerous road to start down.

Or train the fuck out of the techs.

That takes lots of money. You also then run the risk of them leaving because now they are much more employable. And really, who wants to drive to old people's houses all day and fix their computers by doing a reboot?

 

[Josh]

The money to be made is in SMBs and Medium Sized businesses. There is no profit to be made in home/residential repair work, unless the person has a few computers, is rich and doesn't care, etc.

 

[ERage]

And really, who wants to drive to old people's houses all day and fix their computers by doing a reboot?

For the off chance that there's that one lonely hot housewife that needs her PCI slot checked? I'd totally do it.

 

[ERage]

The money to be made is in SMBs and Medium Sized businesses. There is no profit to be made in home/residential repair work, unless the person has a few computers, is rich and doesn't care, etc.

Right, those are my best consulting clients. I'm consulting for a large corporation right now and it's just one headache after another.

 

[Josh]

Or just lower your profit margin.

I did that in the beginning and screwed myself out of a lot of potential money.

 

[Valve1138]

That is a dangerous road to start down.


That takes lots of money. You also then run the risk of them leaving because now they are much more employable. And really, who wants to drive to old people's houses all day and fix their computers by doing a reboot?

I did that in the beginning and screwed myself out of a lot of potential money.

Yep, these are all issues I'm examining.

 

[GreatTiger]

it does depend on where you live too. Here, good techs are becoming extinct.