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Living Room / Re: Geek squad / Best buy Busted!
« on: February 08, 2007, 08:25 PM »
A person could try what I do.
I'm disabled and am not very successful with real jobs (some physical problems and an abysmal short term memory caused by diabetes), so what I do is help a local sales/build/repair shop with jobs that are not economical for him to do in house. Or just overflow work that his shop would find it difficult to service. This way I get to work and make some money, he can take on jobs that would be money losers if he or his paid help did them, and some lower income folks can get service if they need it at a better rate than would be charged for an "in shop" repair. My "rate" is what the job is worth vs. what the customer can bear vs. what I need to live on, and continue my love affair with all things computing.
On occasion I have been unable to get an older machine up and running again. I have helped those customers by essentially building a new machine from parts I have kept because they were still functional and a few new or used but cheap parts. I have used a similar tack when it comes to software. I have also tried to teach these users that free software is NOT malware or worse, just that common sense and caution are words to remember.
I'm disabled and am not very successful with real jobs (some physical problems and an abysmal short term memory caused by diabetes), so what I do is help a local sales/build/repair shop with jobs that are not economical for him to do in house. Or just overflow work that his shop would find it difficult to service. This way I get to work and make some money, he can take on jobs that would be money losers if he or his paid help did them, and some lower income folks can get service if they need it at a better rate than would be charged for an "in shop" repair. My "rate" is what the job is worth vs. what the customer can bear vs. what I need to live on, and continue my love affair with all things computing.
On occasion I have been unable to get an older machine up and running again. I have helped those customers by essentially building a new machine from parts I have kept because they were still functional and a few new or used but cheap parts. I have used a similar tack when it comes to software. I have also tried to teach these users that free software is NOT malware or worse, just that common sense and caution are words to remember.