I make customers read and sign a relase form. Also 9 times out of 10 I'll do a disk image of the computer before I work on it so worst case scenario I still have the data to recover from.
Matt On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 2:35 PM, John Aldrich <[email protected]>wrote: > David, > Do you ever worry about someone suing you over the loss of their precious > data? I used to work for Fast Teks, but the local franchise went out of > business within a year of start-up. They had a form that they required > customers to sign before we were allowed to work on their computers, which > is what got me to thinking about it. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 2:29 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: OT: Side work > > > I just tell them up front. You get what you get. > I'll do my best to help and that is all I can do. > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Joseph Heaton" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 2:23 PM > To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: OT: Side work > > > That's a good question. I've been thinking about doing the same thing > > here. > > > >>>> "John Aldrich" <[email protected]> 11/9/2009 11:17 AM >>> > > Anyone here do any side work as a PC Tech? I'm looking at doing some side > > work to bring in a bit of extra money during tight economic times. I'm > > curious whether you have customers sign any sort of release of liability > > for > > the equipment? I'm just trying to keep from losing money on this by > > getting > > sued if I take in a piece of hardware and it ends up that it's > > unrepairable > > or gets damaged worse in my custody. > > > > > > > > John-AldrichTile-Tools > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.425 / Virus Database: 270.14.56/2491 - Release Date: 11/09/09 > 12:11:00 > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
