Too bad time doesnt work like this --> http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/16-03/ff_free?currentPage=all
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 4:50 PM, MDK <rea...@muddyfrogwater.us> wrote: > > I dunno what it is about my personality, but I really, REALLY hate > collecting money. I hate asking for it. I hate setting prices. > > I always look at it as if I were the customer, and what would things be like > if it were ME paying the bill. Maybe that's the wrong attitude, because > honestly, it tends to make me undercharge. Objectively, you have to set a > 'what your time is worth' value and stick to it. But when you do that, > often you find that your bill is absurdly expensive. like a $250 bill for > fixing some guy's computer. A computer that's not worth 300 bucks. > > I take those in from time to time, and work on them ONLY when I have "free" > time. And the bill is small. > > Still, I think sometimes that's not quite right either, so how do you choose > to do what you do? Conscience has to guide, but you also have to be honest > and you can't undercharge and stay in business, either. > > How do y'all do it? > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Neofast, Inc, Making internet easy > 541-969-8200 509-386-4589 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "RickG" <rgunder...@gmail.com> > Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 8:52 AM > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Rural Telco in Washington Gets $17,763 per line > >> You beat me to it Mark. In the end, history will show that the "free >> government money attitude" is what was at the root of our country's >> downfall. Most WISP's are built on independance. We should fight >> against the use of our tax dollars for all these wasteful programs. I >> think all other utilities should be made to stand on their own as >> well. What better way to show that it works than by our own example? >> >> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 11:14 AM, MDK <rea...@muddyfrogwater.us> wrote: >>> If you did, how would you sleep at night, knowing you're ripping off >>> money >>> for nuttin? >>> >>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>> Neofast, Inc, Making internet easy >>> 541-969-8200 509-386-4589 >>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------- >>> From: "Glenn Kelley" <gl...@hostmedic.com> >>> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 8:39 PM >>> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> >>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Rural Telco in Washington Gets $17,763 per line >>> >>>> That was my question. >>>> >>>> I would love to find a way to get $300K to build a number of towers >>>> around - and then a few thousand per subscriber per year to give them >>>> VOIP >>>> and Internet... >>>> >>>> - but then again I guess we all would >>>> >>>> Something however for us to use perhaps as Fodder to show why we >>>> should - >>>> when we can service so many more. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jul 12, 2010, at 11:36 PM, Jack Unger wrote: >>>> >>>>> WISPs get a share of the USF funds that will be redirected to >>>>> broadband? >>>>> Noodle me that... >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> WISPA Wants You! 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