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need a name for my PC tech support business
Crazy Cooter:
--- Quote from: daywane on April 25, 2005, 09:53:27 pm ---trade you a chicken to fix my Pacard bell ;D
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What would he do with another yardbird?
DrewKaree:
--- Quote from: Crazy Cooter on April 25, 2005, 11:17:03 pm ---
--- Quote from: daywane on April 25, 2005, 09:53:27 pm ---trade you a chicken to fix my Pacard bell ;D
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What would he do with another yardbird?
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Things he was afraid to do with the first one ;D
--- Quote from: daywane on April 25, 2005, 09:53:27 pm ---
trade you a chicken to fix my Pacard bell ;D
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Screw the trade, I'll give you a HAMMER to "fix" your PB.
Hey, has anyone else noticed that I HATE PACKARD BELL? Sure, it's one of those irrational hatreds, but really, aren't those the best kind? :D
paigeoliver:
I used to do this, I had to quit it really fast.
The thing is people somehow think that if you repair their computer one time that it all of a sudden has a lifetime warranty from you. Matter of fact I haven't taken a dime for a computer repair in 4 years and I still have one guy call me every few months expecting me to fix software issues on his computer for free.
It is the worst with the software issues, what you will do most of the time. Your average customer is an idiot when it comes to computers, and (as far as I have seen), is not teachable. You can clean up all their viruses, ad-ware, and useless memory resident programs (and perhaps even talk them into upgrading that 32MB of ram to 256 MB), install all the right safety programs and they will still have their computer ruined and unusable in a month.
I have gone so far as to lock down computers tight for people, make firefox the default, hide all reference to IE, make all IE shortcuts lead to firefox, etc, etc. Have active security programs running, etc. Come back 2 months later and they have 2 dozen ad programs running, 10 other idiot system tray programs, 3 different viruses and 5 or 6 separate AOL installations (when they don't even USE AOL).
daywane:
I hear you brother.
No kidding . 100% been there.
I have lied and told every one I switched to Linux to get them off my back.
I built my father in laws PC. wish I never did.
That man can wipe out windows as soon as I leave.
FREAKING CLICK happy.
I have fixed maybe 20 PC for friends at work. FOR FREE
They keep coming back and after a few times they acted like it was my fault they are PC illiterate, or if hard drive crashes
1 person had a PC she was going to toss. window me crashed. Bios was set to go to Hard drive only. She had 2 other people work on it before me.
I told her to bring it to me.
I fixed it in about 1 hr.
1 month later same thing. windows ME crashes.
again I look at it. She has been tinkering with bios again.
virus's and spy wear out the ying yang.
I put XP on it. 1 week goes and PC is locked up. I just told her its the hard drive buy a new PC.
now I am the bad guy.
great. now she leaves me alone ;D
hulkster:
well i may run into this, but as of right now, i plan on fixing their pc for them, and then if they screw it up, its not my fault and i charge by the hour again. no free crap. if i lose customers, so be it.