Quoted from CrazyLevi:It’s just for shits and giggles for me now, and believe it or not I find it rewarding and that’s part of the reason I do it.
But I only take jobs I think will be really easy, and I don’t have to travel too far for. My last one was to reattach a loose wire on a flipper coil on a GOTLE. $200 10 minutes and all I had to bring over was an iron, wire stripper and some solder.
Anybody who is cheap or obnoxious isn’t worth dealing with but that’s the luxury of a hobby over a job. $200 is my minimum I don’t care how quick it is. Travel time counts. Hauling tools around counts. Doing this shit for 20 years and having some experience is worth something.
Next time if he or she asks you if and when the bubble is going to burst charge them $400. Then lay it to them. 
Dunakeszi
Livermore, CA
