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This site is for the business of Friendly Computer Help. While there are many areas of the business, the two main areas are tutoring and editorial assignments. The tutoring area is showing people how to use different components of computers and other electronics. The editorial assignments area refers to typing, editing, transcribing, and proofreading documents. Along with the two main areas, we also offer a variety of different products such as greeting cards, business cards, flyers, catalogs, t-shirts, and brochures

For those of you are not very computer savvy, you can get to the different areas of the website by using the menu buttons at the top.

Owner's Disclaimer: As of February 21, 2010, Friendly Computer Help is officially a partnership between Michelle Chabala, Keith Russell and Pete Britain. These two people do have other jobs as well so please keep in mind that because there are only three people, chances are you will not be able to get help at the last minute, especially in person. We are currently trying to get some contractors to help with the business, but do not know how long that is going to take because of all the government procedures for new employees. Because of the inconsistency of the business, everybody involved in the business has other jobs which take precadence because of the steady income. Because of safety reasons, one of the rules of the business is never go to a client's place by yourself so there will always be two people at each help (you only pay for the service, not the amount of people who come). When you call; whether you get the answering machine or a person, please do not assume that anybody will be available on a particular day. We will call you back as soon as we can and we will coordinate schedules with you and the two people who will be assisting you. We will try our best to accomodate your needs, but because we are a very small business at the moment (just the three of us), please do not expect anybody to be available for an in person help at the last minute. For exampl;, if you need something done by Thursday and you call Tuesday, chances are nobody will be available. We apologize for any inconvenience. However, we do help over the phone and over the internet which are more likely (although not guaranteed) to have availability at the last minute.

We are still working on creating the database for monthly bills to the business which means whenever you purchase a service and/or product, you will have a choice of paying right away or using the monthly bill. In the meantime, if you choose the monthly bill option, Friendly Computer Help will send out the invoice with the service and the bill will be due on that date of the following month. We will except payments online (Once we get the database created, there will be a link set up on the site to let you pay your bill. In the meantime, we will give you instructions on how to pay online if you choose that option to pay). If you do choose the monthly bill, there will be a 1% fee for each month you are late)

We have added some services to the business and will be adding some more services that we are still determining pricing for. While none of our services are charged per hour that we work, there are some that are charged per block periods of time (with a maximum payment amount) and one service transcriptions is charged per audio minute (For those of you are not familiar with transcription information, charging per audio minute is charging for the amount of time the audio file is, not how long it takes us to work on it).

The following is what will take effect immediately:
If you are an individual using us to give, take, or relaying messages to other people, there will be a $6 charge per message. While we do also offer messaging services for businesses as well, we are still working on determining the price for that service so that price will be listed as soon as we determine what it will be.

Note about our services: We all have different areas of skills and only one of us is good at transcription.

Some of the services we are going to be adding and determining prices for are performing, photography, videography, and equipment rental.



We are going to have to do some price changes which will take effect on August 1, 2010. The following is the list of changes. If you do not see the item on this list, it means that particular price was not affected.

  1. Computer/Electronics tutoring (over the phone or over the internet)
    Regular price: $44 per session
    Senior price: $39.60 per session
    First help regular price: $39.60 per session
    First help senior price: $35.64 per session
  2. Computer/Electronics tutoring (in person)
    Regular price: $44 per session plus the cost of gas ($.030 per mile)
    Senior price: $39.60 per session plus the cost of gas ($0.30 per mile)
    First help regular price: $39.60 per session plus the cost of gas ($0.30 per mile)
    First help senior price: $35.64 per session plus the cost of gas ($0.30 per mile)
  3. Computer/Electronics tutoring after hours
    Regular price: Add $8 to the session price
    Senior price: Add $7.20 to the session price
  4. Computer/Electronics tutoring last minute (three days or less notice)
    Regular price: Add $8 to the session price
    Senior price: Add $7.20 to the session price
  5. Computer/Electronics Continuation (if for any reason, the session is not finished in the same day)
    Regular price: Add $8 to the session price
    Senior price: Add $7.20 to the session price
  6. Computer/Electronics help Cannot help (if we have no idea what is wrong and no idea how to fix it)
    Regular price: $8
    Senior price: $7.20
  7. Typing, editing, and proofreading documents (up to 20 pages)
    Regular price: $44
    Senior price: $39.60
    First assignment regular price: $39.60
    First assignment senior price: $$35.64
    Documents over 20 pages regular price: $8 per each group of 20 pages
    Documents over 20 pages senior price: $7.20 per each group of 20 pages
    Assignment regular bulk price (400 pages): $78.40 ($76.64 if first assignment)
    Assignment senior bulk price (400 pages): $70.56 ($68.98 if first assignment)
  8. IT Support and Maintenance
    Personal computer regular price: $28
    Personal computer senior price: $25.20
    One to five computers regular price: $52
    One to five computer senior price: $46.29
    Six to ten computers regular price: $104
    Six to ten computers senior price: $93.60
    Eleven to fifteen computers regular price: $152
    Eleven to fifteen computers senior price: $136.80
    Sixteen to twenty computers regular price: $204
    Sixteen to twenty computers senior price: $183.60
    IT Support and Maintenance Late fee (late without calling or calling after scheduled start time)
    Regular price: $8
    Senior price: $7.20
    IT Support and Maintenance Last minute (three days or less notice)
    Regular price: $8
    Senior price: $7.20
  9. Computer Printed Items on regular paper (charged per item)
    Regular price: $0.52
    Senior price: $0.47
    Bulk regular price (400 items): $83.20
    Bulk senior price (400 items): $75.20
  10. Computer Printed items on photo paper (charged per item)
    Regular price: $0.60
    Senior price: $0.54
    Regular bulk price (400 items): $96
    Senior bulik price (400 items): $$86.40
  • Business cards (charged per sheet which is 10 cards to a sheet)
    Regular price: $0.52
    Senior price: $0.47
    Bulk regular price (400 sheets): $83.20
    Bulk senior price (400 sheets): $75.20
  • Giving/teaching classes/seminars (charged per person)
    Regular price: $32
    Senior price: $28.80
  • Magnets
    Small Magnets (less than 1/4 page) regular price: $0.28
    Small Magnets (less than 1/4 page) senior price: $0.25
    Medium Magnets (1/4 page) regular price: $0.52
    Medium Magnets (1/4 page) senior price: $0.47
    Large Magnets (1/2 page) regular price: $0.76
    Large Magnets (1/2 page) senior price: 0.68 Extra Large Magnets (Whole page) regular price: $1.04
    Extra Large Magnets (Whole page) senior price: $0.94
  • Computer Wallpapers (designs for the desktop of the computer)
    Regular price: $0.76
    Senior price: $0.68
    Regular bulk price (CD of 50 designs): $15.20
    Senior bulk price: (CD of 50 designs): $13.60
  • Messaging service (personal)
    Regular price: $8
    Senior price: $7.20


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