Computer repair

By admin on Jun 30, 2012 in Computer repair | 0 comments

Hi everybody today I am going to talk about different types of computer repair plans that are available to you. We will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of both. Most companies will either charge you by the hour, a flat rate fee or monthly. For most people, the flat rate fee is usually the best deal. We often find that people on monthly usually get tired of paying the monthly fee, especially if they are not using it. If a computer is repaired correctly, another service should not be required on that same system for many months. Now days, most computer companies either charge the flat rate fee or a monthly fee. You usually don’t pay hourly unless you bring your computer to a shop or you have a technician come out to the house. Hourly services can get very expensive if your problem is very involved. In addition, most shops have a “bench fee” that you have to pay even if you don’t get your system repaired. This is usually an unexpected and not needed expense. The growing trend in today’s economy is towards the flat rate pricing profile. With flat rate pricing, you pay one price for a service. There are no other hidden charges involved and no monthly charges after the call is completed. In addition, even if a difficult virus removal takes 5 hours to complete, you pay nothing extra. It is a win win scenario for the consumer. Most companies that offer this type of pricing will ensure that the job is done right the first time. If the job is done right, there should not be a need for additional monthly charges. The third type of plan we are going to discuss is the monthly service plan. This type of plan charges you a monthly fee for “unlimited” calls to the company. There are almost always some types of limitations to this plan and because companies trying to maintain these plans rely on volume, your job is going to be hurried through and most likely not done right the first time. In addition many of these companies are not US based. We get many calls from customers that tried these other types of...