Dave Perry wrote:
> I have a question for those on the list who have businesses building and
> selling computers.
> I love assembling computers with a passion and would like to make a career
> out of it. My ultimate goal is to build and sell to the public.
> When is the right time to put yourself out there and sell to the public.
Whenever you feel confident that you can do it and....
> At
> the moment I'm assembling and upgrading for friends but not making any
> profits because I'm treating each new build as part of my apprenticeship.
> In what areas do I need to be the most familiar before I can make the next
> step and sell to the public.
When you come up with some sort of configuration to offer your clients and this
should be based on components that you've tried already and know them to work
well with each other. Using the same components all the time will save you time
and headaches when the assembling the units.
> I've only been assembling for about a year now.
Time is not really an issue I think, more important is how many you've done.
When you loose count is a pretty good indication you've done enough <g>.
HTH,
Jose
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