Um, OK....

From: Doc Shipley <doc_at_mdrconsult.com>
Date: Sun Sep 1 21:12:00 2002

On Sun, 1 Sep 2002, Lawrence Walker wrote:

> No more free tech for these guys. The next time they'll pay $ or they can
> take thier problems to a shop and pay the going rate.

  My friends get their feelings horribly hurt when I tell them that. I
invited one young friend to come over with his box AND all the software
he wanted on it, have lunch, and do some yardwork while I worked on his
stuff. Hour-for-hour.
  It was not the 2 hours in the sun, but the two trips to his house and
one to the store that broke him. He finally understood how much he had
expected ME to pay for HIS software, and that I really was giving up a
Sunday afternoon to do the job. He paid me the original asking price,
besides doing a decent job on my lawn. :)

        Doc
Received on Sun Sep 01 2002 - 21:12:00 BST