DVD Burning job

[KLin]

Originally posted by: acole1
100 DVD's for our finance guy's church.

I was thinking $0.50 / DVD-R = $50
10 hours labor (about 6 min a DVD) at $15/hr = $150
Wear a Tear on Hardware (replacement cost basically) = $40
Total $240

Sound good? I have never done a job like this before.

Thanks!


Edit:
100 DVD-R .45 = $45.00
100 DVD Case .25 = $25.00
10 Hours Labor $10.00 = $100.00

$170.00

If they're willing to pay the 240, just charge them the 240.

 

[acole1]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: acole1

Originally posted by: purbeast0

Originally posted by: acole1

Originally posted by: jagec
Wear and tear...yeah...

Hey, you forgot to account for the wear and tear on the CPU! Let's see, that's 15 trillion clock cycles, at $.000001 per cycle...hmmm...and don't forget the hard drive, it probably spun around a million times when you were burning those DVDs...at $.0001 per revolution...after all, you're going to have to replace your whole computer after this job, you know how much damage burning DVDs does to solid-state hardware.

Oh, and why don't you reduce the burn speed, so that you can charge them 20 hours "labor" for putting the DVD in the drive, and then watching TV while the computer does its thing?

I would like to see your off the shelf DVD-RW burn 100DVDs back to back and not die...

i've burnt WELL over 100 dvds on my drive. hell, probably close to 3K.

it IS however starting to die on me ... but not after 100.

What brand is yours?

My last one (Lite-On) died after maybe 50 burns.

wow you got a stinker then. my lite-on has done maybe 200 burns and still doing fine. if it only did 50 i would be pissed off.

No kidding. Only the burning part of it died, though. I put it on another computer as a DVD-ROM drive.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Originally posted by: NatePo717
It's a church. Just charge them the cost of the cd's.

They already get tax cuts which I dont believe they should get, so heck yes charge them

 

[IEC]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
I've worn out quite a few CD/DVD drives, so wear & tear is a valid concern.

If I were you I'd quote them a fixed price per unit & then do what you can to minimize your cost (media, time, etc.). I think $2 per burned, labelled disc with a case is reasonable.

It will make billing much simpler, & allow you some flexibility.

For example, I wouldn't even CONSIDER doing this job without multiple burners, which of course will vastly decrease your hours. With per unit billing you're free to do the job however you want, & as long as they get what they paid for they'll be happy.

Viper GTS

I also consider $2 per burned + labeled disc to be reasonable. Doing it at media cost doesn't account for the chance of media and drive failure...

 

[IEC]

Originally posted by: RadiclDreamer

Originally posted by: NatePo717
It's a church. Just charge them the cost of the cd's.

They already get tax cuts which I dont believe they should get, so heck yes charge them

Many also use their member contributions towards supporting non-profits/poor/homeless people... are you saying that you think churches do nothing good for their communities? Most churches I know of aren't exactly rolling in the dough...

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: ariafrost

Originally posted by: RadiclDreamer

Originally posted by: NatePo717
It's a church. Just charge them the cost of the cd's.

They already get tax cuts which I dont believe they should get, so heck yes charge them

Many also use their member contributions towards supporting non-profits/poor/homeless people... are you saying that you think churches do nothing good for their communities? Most churches I know of aren't exactly rolling in the dough...

<sigh> Do we really need to turn this into yet another church/religion thread?

 

[acole1]

Originally posted by: ariafrost

Originally posted by: RadiclDreamer

Originally posted by: NatePo717
It's a church. Just charge them the cost of the cd's.

They already get tax cuts which I dont believe they should get, so heck yes charge them

Many also use their member contributions towards supporting non-profits/poor/homeless people... are you saying that you think churches do nothing good for their communities? Most churches I know of aren't exactly rolling in the dough...

You clearly don't live in Texas, where a Baptist church can be as large as most football stadiums.

 

[chickadee]

i guess the 170 seems reasonable if the case costs got threw in. but glad to see you got rid of the wear and tear. particularly because you seem to be overcharging a bit on the dvds (Either that or you don't know how to properly shop for cheap ones )

as for dvds burners, i have a nec3500 that ive had about 2 yrs now. has about 1800 burns on it, and she's still kicking w/o a single problem so i dont see 100 hurting you that bad unless youve got a real crappy burner ;x

 

[BreakApart]

100 DVD-/+R $50
100 Paper CD sleeve $10
10hrs work@$10hr $100

Depending on time frame to finish job $150-200

Very fair

 

[acole1]

Originally posted by: chickadee
i guess the 170 seems reasonable if the case costs got threw in. but glad to see you got rid of the wear and tear. particularly because you seem to be overcharging a bit on the dvds (Either that or you don't know how to properly shop for cheap ones )

Memorex DVD's are ~$45 for a spindle of 100 (no shipping costs).

They are the cheapest ones on ZZF.

Virbatim White Inkjet Printable's are almost $60 for a spindle of 100.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: acole1

Originally posted by: chickadee
i guess the 170 seems reasonable if the case costs got threw in. but glad to see you got rid of the wear and tear. particularly because you seem to be overcharging a bit on the dvds (Either that or you don't know how to properly shop for cheap ones )

Memorex DVD's are ~$45 for a spindle of 100 (no shipping costs).

They are the cheapest ones on ZZF.

Virbatim White Inkjet Printable's are almost $60 for a spindle of 100.

grr looked up dvds and it linked me cd's stupid newegg search


no name ones for 18 with shipping

it will do for the church. its not like even the best last long

 

[acole1]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: acole1

Originally posted by: chickadee
i guess the 170 seems reasonable if the case costs got threw in. but glad to see you got rid of the wear and tear. particularly because you seem to be overcharging a bit on the dvds (Either that or you don't know how to properly shop for cheap ones )

Memorex DVD's are ~$45 for a spindle of 100 (no shipping costs).

They are the cheapest ones on ZZF.

Virbatim White Inkjet Printable's are almost $60 for a spindle of 100.

grr looked up dvds and it linked me cd's stupid newegg search


no name ones for 18 with shipping

it will do for the church. its not like even the best last long

Wow that is no-name. They have gotten some pretty bad reviews... hmm.

NE is a lot cheaper than ZZF though. I will have to look around more here.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: acole1

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: acole1

Originally posted by: chickadee
i guess the 170 seems reasonable if the case costs got threw in. but glad to see you got rid of the wear and tear. particularly because you seem to be overcharging a bit on the dvds (Either that or you don't know how to properly shop for cheap ones )

Memorex DVD's are ~$45 for a spindle of 100 (no shipping costs).

They are the cheapest ones on ZZF.

Virbatim White Inkjet Printable's are almost $60 for a spindle of 100.

grr looked up dvds and it linked me cd's stupid newegg search


no name ones for 18 with shipping

it will do for the church. its not like even the best last long

Wow that is no-name. NE is a lot cheaper than ZZF though. I will have to look around more here.

i baught a spindle of 100 of them (they did not come with a cake box though). they worked great. but then again i just had them for short term stuff. also many places if you call will cut you some slack if you can prove you are working for a church (i did when i owned my computer store)

but the cost per cd is better. hell $2-3 is fine. while the total cost is more you arent comeing up with silly priceing schemes (comon wear and tear? pfft).

 

[acole1]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: acole1

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: acole1

Originally posted by: chickadee
i guess the 170 seems reasonable if the case costs got threw in. but glad to see you got rid of the wear and tear. particularly because you seem to be overcharging a bit on the dvds (Either that or you don't know how to properly shop for cheap ones )

Memorex DVD's are ~$45 for a spindle of 100 (no shipping costs).

They are the cheapest ones on ZZF.

Virbatim White Inkjet Printable's are almost $60 for a spindle of 100.

grr looked up dvds and it linked me cd's stupid newegg search


no name ones for 18 with shipping

it will do for the church. its not like even the best last long

Wow that is no-name. NE is a lot cheaper than ZZF though. I will have to look around more here.

i baught a spindle of 100 of them (they did not come with a cake box though). they worked great. but then again i just had them for short term stuff. also many places if you call will cut you some slack if you can prove you are working for a church (i did when i owned my computer store)

but the cost per cd is better. hell $2-3 is fine. while the total cost is more you arent comeing up with silly priceing schemes (comon wear and tear? pfft).

Yeah, that seems reasonable. Remember I have never done anything like this before so I had absolutely no idea what to charge or what to charge for.

Thanks for all your input! It has really helped.

 

[chickadee]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: acole1

Originally posted by: chickadee
i guess the 170 seems reasonable if the case costs got threw in. but glad to see you got rid of the wear and tear. particularly because you seem to be overcharging a bit on the dvds (Either that or you don't know how to properly shop for cheap ones )

Memorex DVD's are ~$45 for a spindle of 100 (no shipping costs).

They are the cheapest ones on ZZF.

Virbatim White Inkjet Printable's are almost $60 for a spindle of 100.

grr looked up dvds and it linked me cd's stupid newegg search


no name ones for 18 with shipping

it will do for the church. its not like even the best last long

i guess it had been some sort of sale over the last few days but newegg had just had ridata 100 packs for 26.99 + free shipping. i saw em up on monday and wound up finally buying em yesterday.


edit: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817132369


cant beat the quality and reliability those seem to come with. and at 26.99 (28.61 if yu have to pay tax cause of jersey like i do). that makes it less than 30 cents a disc. much better than the 45 cent per you were getting.

 

[dabuddha]

Originally posted by: acole1

Originally posted by: jagec
Wear and tear...yeah...

Hey, you forgot to account for the wear and tear on the CPU! Let's see, that's 15 trillion clock cycles, at $.000001 per cycle...hmmm...and don't forget the hard drive, it probably spun around a million times when you were burning those DVDs...at $.0001 per revolution...after all, you're going to have to replace your whole computer after this job, you know how much damage burning DVDs does to solid-state hardware.

Oh, and why don't you reduce the burn speed, so that you can charge them 20 hours "labor" for putting the DVD in the drive, and then watching TV while the computer does its thing?

I would like to see your off the shelf DVD-RW burn 100DVDs back to back and not die...

Many many times.

 

[dquan97]

I don't see how it takes 10hrs to switch 100 dvds in and out of the tray, excluding the time it takes for the machine to burn. Personally, I'd simply charge them for a spindle of good quality dvds and submit the invoice.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: purbeast0

i've burnt WELL over 100 dvds on my drive. hell, probably close to 3K.

it IS however starting to die on me ... but not after 100.

Selling homemade incest porn?

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: purbeast0

i've burnt WELL over 100 dvds on my drive. hell, probably close to 3K.

it IS however starting to die on me ... but not after 100.

Selling homemade incest porn?

why you run out of new stuff?

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: purbeast0

i've burnt WELL over 100 dvds on my drive. hell, probably close to 3K.

it IS however starting to die on me ... but not after 100.

Selling homemade incest porn?

why you run out of new stuff?

aaah you all are onto me!!!