> Adrian Mageanu wrote, On 13/01/10 14:11: >> On Wed, 2010-01-13 at 13:45 +1300, Kerry Mayes wrote: >>> My brother in law has recently used two locals out there and I >>> wouldn't recommend either of them. Both were quite pricey for >>> incredibly simple things. ($200+ to remove Norton anti virus and >>> install a replacement.) Sorry, don't know either's name. > >> I think I'm in the wrong business..... > > No - there's no money in computers.... Everyone wants it cheap and good. > I totally agree - which is why I closed my business. People seem happy to pay for a plumber or an electrician but they hate seeing a computer "fixer" do his work on the keyboard - they think that they should be able to do that and why should they pay good money for an "expert".
> > Nothing is more soul destroying than doing work for someone and it goes > to custard. > Recently I backed up data on a friend's PC to my USB portable HD, repaired the PC and a few days later went back to restore from the backup only to find the backup HD stuffed. Even a forensic expert could not recover anything. (I suspect that they had dropped the drive as it was in a different place from where I had left it but that did not help the situation.) Rob
