[ubuntu-uk] getting help - UK List

[London School of Puppetry]

On 29/01/07, Alan Pope <alan at popey.com> wrote:
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> On Mon, 2007-01-29 at 21:15 +0000, London School of Puppetry wrote:
> > In our area, there are at least two experts who travel around the area
> > giving help, installing repairing etc on the spot face to face- there
> > are many computer literate elderly who benefit enormously from this
> > service (Windows only)- pay is roughly £30.00 per hour.  These
> > 'experts' come with no qualifications of any sort.
>
> Would you say that was a reasonable amount to charge?
>
> Charging (to me at least) enters a whole different ball game and
> relationship. There is of course a higher expectation of problem
> resolution, time becomes more of a factor and the Tax/VAT man starts
> getting involved* :)
>
> Cheers,
> Al.
>
> * Not a problem for me personally, but of course some may have issues
> with this.


Hi there- have been exploring charges for the kind of face to face help-
locally to me in Yorks- the price varies from £75 first call visit - then
after that £40 per hour.  The first seems to be flexible timewise.  Caroline

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