[masque]

I've been doing tech support for my family for years, and I'm wondering how you guys handle charging family for this help. I've been either charging money (for more distant friends/relatives) doing it for meals (close family) or for free (really close friends and my families personal computer). Assume they want you to do something relatively basic like installing hardware or clearing out adware/spyware. If you charge extra for different nasty jobs (evil viruses or incredibly damaged systems that need reformating) please say so.

 

[masque]

Lots of interesting replies. Most of you are really close to what i do (family/friends free). I do a lot of charity work with computers (the local school district) so I don't feel that bad charging distant friends (my mother's-friends-sisters-uncle kind of ****).

 

[masque]

You're also a gay! <3

I've been seeing a lot of you. You're definitely a very negative person.

"Could i get a refund of my missed day of service?" = a prime candidate for stupid-sh't-of-the-year award.

I run tech support for our school's LAN parties (I do it in exchange for their bandwidth). We kicked a guy out for combination teamkilling/cheating/being a total jerk (it seems the word I wanted to use is censored). He came back later with his mother demanding a refund.