Re: Virtual Consultant Fee

>>> >        I just finished upgrading an AS/400 for our local PBS station
>>>as my
>>> >     donation to them, as a gift in kind.
>>> >        They need a letter from me detailing my hours and my charge per
>>> >     hour so that I can get a receipt from them for tax purposes.  Having
>>> >     never done work as a consultant, what's the going rate?
>
>
>I have an alternate:  We contracted with IBM to upgrade our remote AS/400s
>to v4r2m0.  We're being charged a flat rate for the service.
>
>Would a fixed price for a particular service be viewed differently than an
>hourly rate?  (one location's upgrade isn't going to make IBM -any- money.
>They had a few problems.  (:   )
>
>I'll look up the price we were charged when I get to work tomorrow.
>


I checked the price-- we were charged $3500 per machine.

What's even more fun is the machines moving from v3r6m0: it has to be done
in 2 steps, first, to v3r7m0, then to v4r2m0.  That's $7000!!

That price is for the labor of the installation only, and does NOT include
the software upgrade fees.


--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com


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