I heard someone say they were sick of fixing peoples PC because people aren't willing to pay what a PC Tech is worth.

He basically charges 35 bucks for diagnostics, and then he tells them an amt it woudl cost to fix it, they wont pay so he gives it back to them broke. lol

Here's more of what he stated, he's good at what he does..but it just isn't worth it being a PC Techie anymore

-----I had a woman with a bad Hard Drive, she didn't want to pay $175 for a New Hard Drive and for me to load her Windows System.
Even if they don't have a Windows Disk, I can order new codes from Microsoft for $25, otherwise they would have to buy Windows Full install for around $200.

I think more and more people are thinking PC Techs are not worth even $15 an hour,
Even when i worked at Comp-USA in Texas in 99', they paid us $12.50/hr plus a percentage on whatever upgrades and service contracts we sell.
Not only did you have to be a Tech, you also needed to sell a certain amount of upgrades and service contracts, or else you were out the door.
I did pretty good, but I hated to have to sell people things they didn't need. It's one thing doing it over the phone, and another doing it face to face.
Every PC needed a Video and sound card, memory upgrade etc, and that's why your PC is so slow,
Not because you have over 3000 bad files,, lol yeah right,,,
So we did the upgrades and repaired the system and i don't think a customer walked out of Comp-USA without having to spend at least $200-$300 to solve a simple problem.
I couldn't take it for too long so I quit and went back to Phoenix installing Marble and Granite for $35/hr, and didn't have to deal with any BS.
I thought fixing PC's would be the same, but I think Techs got a bad rap because of all these National PC repair shops,
They just closed about 150 Circuit City Stores, and more to follow,,, All of Comp-USA Stores are closed, but their online business is booming. They made the right choice for them, even though it put 1000's of people out of work.
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Anyone agree?