EPTCleaning house/vaccuming = 40$
Leaf raking = 6$
Thinking about starting to do some work so I can get some money by black friday to buy a new computer+sc2, what do you guys think of these prices?
Do these prices look right for a 15 year old??
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theinvisiblePLER
United States110 Posts
Cleaning house/vaccuming = 40$ Leaf raking = 6$ Thinking about starting to do some work so I can get some money by black friday to buy a new computer+sc2, what do you guys think of these prices? | ||
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HwangjaeTerran
Finland5967 Posts
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Raeleigh
Canada902 Posts
Mowing the yard is a bit much too. :< Good luck! :D | ||
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Murderotica
Vatican City State2594 Posts
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Elian
United States129 Posts
But you should probably check what other services are going for. If you're anywhere near a professional cleaning service [40 dollars sound super high] then you should probably lower it a little. Same with mowing. Raking for 6 dollars doesn't sound that bad, but I grew up in a yard that had about 40000 leaves every fall. : P | ||
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Metalwing
Turkey1038 Posts
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Mavkar
Germany592 Posts
Leaf raking seems fine, but to me 6$ always seems kinda greedy, you could do it for 5$, but it's clever. Cleaning house: Need further explanation. Do you just vacuum every room or do you clean dust/clean bathrooms and kitchen in a more intense way etc. For just vacuum it's too high, for the full treat it's too low, if the average room number is >4(maybe even 2 bathrooms). | ||
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Slayer91
Ireland23335 Posts
"What should I give my sister for unzipping?" "Um.. 10 bucks?" "No I mean like, WinZip?" | ||
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Elegy
United States1629 Posts
Prices depend on the area, a well-off neighborhood will always pay more especially if you have the "sweet young hardworking kid" look/attitude | ||
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Raeleigh
Canada902 Posts
On October 31 2010 04:10 Metalwing wrote: Imo, cleaning house is a long but a fun work to do. It takes something like 2-3 hours to finish and you get 40 dollars. Well, If I had 40$ for every single time I cleaned my own house, I'd be rich. True that. Not to mention every time I raked the leaves and mowed the lawn? Definitely a millionaire by now. Haha, | ||
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theinvisiblePLER
United States110 Posts
On October 31 2010 04:11 Mavkar wrote: Depends on the size of the lawns in your neighborhood. If everyone got big ass lawns and parks and stuff where you have a motorized mower it's ok, otherwise its kinda epensive. Leaf raking seems fine, but to me 6$ always seems kinda greedy, you could do it for 5$, but it's clever. Cleaning house: Need further explanation. Do you just vacuum every room or do you clean dust/clean bathrooms and kitchen in a more intense way etc. For just vacuum it's too high, for the full treat it's too low, if the average room number is >4(maybe even 2 bathrooms). Yes I clean everything, I don't just vacuum. 3604 Eden Drive Carrollton, TX Thats how my surrounding neighborhoods look like, do you think these prices would go? | ||
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Chairman Ray
United States11903 Posts
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DoctorHelvetica
United States15034 Posts
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CheAse
Canada919 Posts
Wouldn't it be kinda weird to offer vacuuming services? Even so I'd offer 5$ to vacuum my bus if its any consolation. | ||
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Zapperkhan
United States437 Posts
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meeple
Canada10211 Posts
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micronesia
United States24784 Posts
A 15 year old generally cannot provide all of these services anywhere near as well as a cleaning service though. | ||
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wishbones
Canada2600 Posts
you start off with those prices if people keep saying no. lower the prices by 1 quarter, then if it still fails, lower the prices by 1 half of the original prices you created. first day might be just full of you offering the deals and people saying no, then you lowering the prices. (figuring out fair prices on day 1) day 2 just might be profit day, don't be afraid to go back to houses who said no, with new prices. thats how you hustle. keep in mind it should only take about 1 hour of asking to see who says no and who says yes, also!! bring paper with you to write addresses so you can keep those addresses, and the fixed prices, some houses will say yes, some will say no to your prices, make notes of who is ok with original price, and make notes of who wanted it lowered and what price they earn you. that way you can go back and offer the same deal. its quite nice, thats how you hustle. lol i love hustling. we use to shovel driveways got 40 bucks once, its all in the person really. no price is too high or too low, your mistake was asking TL and not the actual home owners. | ||
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DeltruS
Canada2214 Posts
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emperorchampion
Canada9496 Posts
On October 31 2010 04:01 theinvisiblePLER wrote: Mowing yeard/weed eater = 20$ Cleaning house/vaccuming = 40$ Leaf raking = 6$ Thinking about starting to do some work so I can get some money by black friday to buy a new computer+sc2, what do you guys think of these prices? I never got money for doing chores, I had to get an old fashioned job  | ||
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wishbones
Canada2600 Posts
in your case lawn raked 6$ mowed/weed wacked - 20$ house cleaned - 40$ those are sick prices bro, watch how many will say yes. | ||
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The6357
United States1268 Posts
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rezoacken
Canada2719 Posts
Now base your price around this : easy work (go between 6 and 9$ an hour, not sure what are standard in your country, just remember you are 15years old and not a professional company so being paid minimum wages is not something you're entitled for) add a third for hard work. | ||
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Enervate
United States1769 Posts
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lastmotion
368 Posts
house cleaning should depend on the size of the house and how dirty it is | ||
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Thrill
2599 Posts
It's like in the ads section of a newspaper when you come across something like "5 year old Afghan girl, playful and well behaved for sale" - the seconds after the initial shock and the suppressed realization that it's the dog breed that Afghan refers to are pure laughter! | ||
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.Aar
2177 Posts
On October 31 2010 04:09 Elian wrote: You might be able to get away with this if you live in an upscale neighborhood, where yards and houses etc. are fairly large. People living in upscale neighborhoods who care about their yards/houses already have immigrant laborers :/ And yeah I thought this thread was about buying a 15-year-old.. | ||
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ReketSomething
United States6012 Posts
Usually you approach someone and say you want to raise money for X and then you will get them to pay whatever to help you out of their heart rather than paying you for the actual task. | ||
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Comeh
United States18919 Posts
That's all the allowance i got (until i got a job). THATS IT. you spoiled kids these days :/. | ||
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Nuttyguy
United Kingdom1526 Posts
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Ludrik
Australia523 Posts
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iMarshall
Norway190 Posts
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I_Love_Bacon
United States5765 Posts
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theinvisiblePLER
United States110 Posts
On October 31 2010 07:17 Comeh wrote: I got paid 7 bucks for mowing the lawn. That's all the allowance i got (until i got a job). THATS IT. you spoiled kids these days :/. Dude I don't have an allowance. Your spoiledness as a child > mine | ||
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Elegy
United States1629 Posts
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HeavOnEarth
United States7087 Posts
On October 31 2010 07:17 Comeh wrote: I got paid 7 bucks for mowing the lawn. That's all the allowance i got (until i got a job). THATS IT. you spoiled kids these days :/. pretty sure he means to charge other people for his services lol @OP I'd change my rates based on the amount of work (big yard, big house) you're expected to do, and otherwise id just ask the family what sounds reasonable to them. To be honest though, i think you're better off trying to get a job hookup from a relative or just ask your parents for a new computer =p If you show them the research you did on the computer you want and have decent-good grades im sure they'll at least think about it. | ||
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JeeJee
Canada5652 Posts
On October 31 2010 08:46 theinvisiblePLER wrote: Dude I don't have an allowance. Your spoiledness as a child > mine ditto, no allowance here either when i was growing up  the prices seems a little high.. i mow the lawn (for free obv) but i don't think it takes me more than 30 minutes.. so that'd be like $5 for a 15yo not sure how that turns into $20. oh well edit: in the end it's not the price that matters, it's how well you get along with whomever you're doing the job for. talk to them and see what they expect or what they like, you'd be surprised.. for example they might have something fairly simple to do that they really want to have done, but haven't been able to get around to (like cleaning out the basement or something) and pay you very well just to have it done make a good impression first, discuss details later imo | ||
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hellokitty[hk]
United States1309 Posts
On October 31 2010 04:04 HwangjaeTerran wrote: No, that´s way too much. Seriously, $20 an hour averages over 40,000 a year, which is appropriate for a BA or associates. But a lot of kids are actually paid that much. Sounds good. | ||
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Ludrik
Australia523 Posts
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T.O.P.
Hong Kong4685 Posts
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theinvisiblePLER
United States110 Posts
On October 31 2010 10:45 T.O.P. wrote: Remember to blog about your experience. not sure if srs? | ||
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iPlaY.NettleS
Australia4434 Posts
On October 31 2010 09:49 Ludrik wrote: $20 an hour is reasonable for any sort of casual manual labor. not for a 15 year old | ||
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Nitrogen
United States5345 Posts
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iPlaY.NettleS
Australia4434 Posts
On October 31 2010 12:34 Nitrogen wrote: who lets a random kid in their house to clean? yeah if some 15 year old kid ask me if he could clean my house i'd be worried he would steal something like ipod , cash etc (no reflection on the OP) instead of house cleaning you can do car cleaning instead | ||
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Lexpar
1813 Posts
I think 20$ is reasonable for mowing the lawn though, especially if you bring your own mower. Depending on the yard you might want to charge 10-15 bucks and hour. Also nobody lets a random kid into their house to clean things. | ||
LosingID8
CA10835 Posts
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Zapdos_Smithh
Canada2620 Posts
On October 31 2010 13:55 Lexpar wrote: 20$ an hour for 0 skill manual labor? Noooo lol. Not in Canada anyway. 9.50 minimum wage. I think 20$ is reasonable for mowing the lawn though, especially if you bring your own mower. Depending on the yard you might want to charge 10-15 bucks and hour. Also nobody lets a random kid into their house to clean things. Lol 9.50 isn't minimum wage...trust me I make less than that at my part time job and it's not even minimum. edit: found out it depends where you live. I live in BC and it's the lowest...a measly $8/hour. For a 15 year old...8$ an hour sounds about right. | ||
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theinvisiblePLER
United States110 Posts
On October 31 2010 13:55 Lexpar wrote: 20$ an hour for 0 skill manual labor? Noooo lol. Not in Canada anyway. 9.50 minimum wage. I think 20$ is reasonable for mowing the lawn though, especially if you bring your own mower. Depending on the yard you might want to charge 10-15 bucks and hour. Also nobody lets a random kid into their house to clean things. Lol fail. Ive been mowing my parents/aunts yards for 4+ years and cutting the edges/trimming bushes all this time. | ||
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Zapdos_Smithh
Canada2620 Posts
On November 01 2010 07:37 theinvisiblePLER wrote: Lol fail. Ive been mowing my parents/aunts yards for 4+ years and cutting the edges/trimming bushes all this time. Key word here is "parents/aunts". When I was younger (around 10-11), I used to go to my grandparent's place and water their frigging patch of grass with a hose for 15 minutes and they would give me $10 each time. God damn how much I would love that now. Getting family to pay you is easy. Getting a random person to pay you is hard as hell. | ||
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dogabutila
United States1438 Posts
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Zlasher
United States9129 Posts
On October 31 2010 08:46 theinvisiblePLER wrote: Dude I don't have an allowance. Your spoiledness as a child > mine I grew up when I was in my teen years doing all those chores for 0 pay. Got no allowance ever. When I was like you know, 9 or 10 years old we'd take the trash out to the curb each week for the garbage trucks to pick up in the mornings for like 15 cents. I'd was the cars (full car wash, and I was f'ing amazing at it) for like 5 bucks. I remember when our neighbors who were extremely friendly to us, would hvae us take car of their two golden retrievers (scoop up the poop in the side yard and toss it in the trash can, hose off the side yard, change their water bowl, feed them a bowl of food, walking the dogs and playing with them in the front yard was optional) for 5 bucks a day, we considered that the most awesome thing ever. This was all until I was 16 and then I got a job lifeguarding. Get money, save it, get gifts from relatives, save it, thats how I always grew up. Even now that I'm in college and have an on campus job I make my paychecks and don't spend it, it gets put in direct deposit, and I can say I've spent less than 400 dollars on personal items in the past 2 years. 30 dollars for SC2 when I got it on sale during a preorder, 25 dollars for a mouse, 25 dollars for a headset, 18 dollars for a mousepad. Don't give an attitude on here to people who are telling it how it is. We're all people who have been there before and aren't here with the goal of being malicious, just trying to help you figure it out. | ||
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Loanshark
China3094 Posts
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iPlaY.NettleS
Australia4434 Posts
On November 01 2010 18:52 Loanshark wrote: You will not get enough money to buy a computer + SC2. so he shouldn't bother trying? once he supplements this extra income with birthday and/or christmas cash he's set | ||
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cascades
Singapore6122 Posts
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QuanticHawk
United States32157 Posts
if someone wants to pay you way more than they should, take it! just be ready to negotiate if your neighbor laughs in your face for an outrageous price. people would pay 20$ or something to get their lawn mowed... be sure to start in your neighborhood. people tend to take care of their own, and if your neighbors see you hustling around the block, theyll be more apt to turn to someone they know | ||
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arb
Noobville17922 Posts
leaf raking should vary depnding on number/quality of leaves | ||
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Sufficiency
Canada23833 Posts
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NokCha
Korea (South)410 Posts
in comparison i tutor high school math for 25 an hour and i'm 22 :o | ||
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madnessman
United States1581 Posts
If you can get $20 per hour go for it! I'm getting paid like $3 an hour but I'm an intern so... | ||
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