thats totally the point i was trying to get at. once people know that you lay on your back and take it. everyone will want a crack.

also getting lunch and beer and whatnot is not working for free. its working for beer and thats AOK

we all want to help friends out but i dont work for free and my friends dont work for free. if i need something from them i give them money or barter vise versa. everybody gets what they want and in the end and everyones happy.

 

Ya if it was a really good friend and he helped out and bought me some food or somthin i wouldnt really care, its like a trade. BUT the fact is that this guy, altho somewhat of a friend, HAS screwed use over on a few different ocassions...

B-Burn: i dont know where you got $40/hour. I did spend more time then just 2 hours. For the Record, i took out his alpine HU from his pathfinder, took all the wires out(power,ground,RCA, remote), and took out amp and sub/box. installed factory deck. Now in the forester, i took the Factory HU out, installed the alpine, 2 sets of speakers. Now it would of probly only took 3-4 hours to do all this, BUT the place he had all the stuff installed in the pathfinder did the work very ****y, they didnt cut the power wire down, they left almost 6 feet extra, SOOOO all the extra wire they deside to rap around the drivers side seat frame. i had to take the driver seat out and pull the carpet up. the rest of the istall was done like that too...

 

WD21: you did a helluvalotta work there. and it sounds like you know what you are doing so you are in the right for charging him. i'd pretty much just do whatever you feel you deserve for the work. taker easy man.

 

you should make sure he know your going to charge before you start

 

oh he knows that im gonna charge him, he keeps tellen me to keep track of the work i do and add it too the bill...

 

Since he's not a great friend you should charge him, but not a lot. I'd say 100.00 is fine, I install stuff for my buddies sometimes and its always free but I enjoy it and the experience helps as well.