Re:I barter.... (Score 1)

Pretty much what I do... my whole fire company has had me fixing their computers at some point, I get 10% off at the gas station because I fixed their IT in 2003 (and do tech support every 6 months or so). Quite useful for someone who drives 60 km each day to get to work. Now sometimes I do charge money, (If I don't see any service that guy can offer as a favor) usually 10/hour for basic errortrapping, price for spyware removal is 50 if I can fix it, 25 if I can't. Format"*" and reinstall of basic programs is also 50. Also, I give DVDs to my customers that contain the essentials, meaning they are bootable (knoppix), and also contain various windows software (Ad-aware, antivir, zone alarm, open office, firefox, the bat, you knwo, essentials).