Do you guys charge friends??? for lets say, fixing their computer or providing any valuable service?? If so, how much??
I charged my friend 50 bucks for painting his room. Was that reasonable??? im not good with charging people.I also hate friends that think you should do everything for free just cause you're mates with them.
If it’s more than 10-20 minutes of my time, then I’ll charge them, but less than I would charge a client.
Did you do all the painting by yourself? That’d be weird, but then yeah, I guess you’d charge.
If you guys did it together because he asked you to help, he should buy you pizza and beer.
It’s sort of unspoken that if some friend helps you to a relatively large degree (like fixing a computer) and if it’s something that takes more than 5 minutes… you owe him food and some booze.
Putting that into money is very difficult.
I helped a guy move once and he offered nothing. I actually did say to him, ‘How about a few bucks, y’know, for the effort.’ Not only did he not finish the quote, he literally only gave me a couple bucks. I stopped calling him friend after that.
If a guy really is a friend, the beer/food should be offered as a matter of course.
I accumulate points by doing all that friend stuff and then I’m allowed to be an asshole with impunity.
If you are gracious and never mention how good a friend you are and you don’t make the other person feel guilty at every turn then you are being taken advantage of.
Food and booze always seems reasonable to me or at very least the obligation to help out the next time you need something
i help you move, you help me move
you fix my PC, i drive your girlfriend to the abortion clinic
seems fair
Thanks for that by the way.
wow that depends…
i dont charge if its not agreed beforehand ?
but food and booze is required for almost every favor…
I charge my friends food, beer, and water, for my time and services.
My female friends, well, we can negotiate a little sumthin sumthin…
Male friends: “Fucker, you better bring me big ass turkey legs, food, Dark European Beer, and more food”
[quote]Mad HORSE wrote:
I helped a guy move once and he offered nothing. I actually did say to him, ‘How about a few bucks, y’know, for the effort.’ Not only did he not finish the quote, he literally only gave me a couple bucks. I stopped calling him friend after that.
If a guy really is a friend, the beer/food should be offered as a matter of course.[/quote]
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Its give and take as long as its not something that actually costs you money.
My time is worth pretty good money, but I don’t actually get paid for it when I’m not at work (most of the time), so I wouldn’t charge anyone for it.
It “costs” me the same to watch TV as it does to help you move shit, buy me dinner, I call it even. They’d do the same for me.
[quote]blunt wrote:
but food and booze is required for almost every favor…
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sans the booze, but I approve here.
I do almost anything (within reason) for my friends and dont really expect much…karma train and whatnot. But I like to eat. Food = fuel. If helping someone depletes my fuel level, its not expected, its a nice gesture to refuel me.
unless its something that really does deem chargeable, something that may take a couple hours and they would have to charge out the ass for something only certain people can complete i may charge depending on if i actually have time or not, but i dont think ive ever really charged anyone. im on the boat with pizza and beer, those 2 together seem to make everything ok .
You’d all be a bunch of cunts for friends. Help or don’t help.
I don’t charge but I’ve stopped being so helpful with friend’s (and family) PCs. I’ve turned down payment because once someone is paying you they think they get to be demanding.
The only time I would even think about charging would be if it was career related. Even then, if it’s a close friend I’d help them to s small degree. If they wanted full on PT every time, then yeah they’d have to get charged because it would take away from my salary.
Beyond that, why would you charge a friend?
[quote]huz wrote:
You’d all be a bunch of cunts for friends. Help or don’t help. [/quote]
I think we’re talking about what’s expected…if the friend didn’t offer some food, they’d be the cunt. That’s the way it works.
i was actually just going through this same situation the other day.
I helped a freind with his 401k, he helped me when i had computer problems a few months down the road, no cash was exchanged (it wasnt agreed on beforehand or anything, just one had washes the other)
a freind who is a mechanic just charged me for doing a water pump on my car. with the tools he had, and the mess it made, it was worth it for him to do it in an hour rather than me doing it in about 4. however, i had just given his wife financial planning advice that would have cost them a decent chunk of change from any other sort of instition. does my advice not matter because its not physical or hands on and its just a matter of telling someone something vs doing?
if im helping you move, you are feeding me, carrying a dresser gets me hungry, you are the reason for the hunger, you are solving it IMO
I always charge friends for blowjobs.
I once tiled a friends kitchen walls. Took me 2 and a half days and they bought me a Bob Marley CD. A fuckin’ Bob Marley CD!!!