Gonna try PC repair

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Hi. I've decided I want to repair people's PC's. Only problem with that is I have very bad anxiety problems. People are going to be calling me and I'm afraid I'm going to screw up when talking on the phone. My mind can go blank easily and I have to keep talking while on the phone. If there's silence then it'll look like I have no idea what I'm doing. I've written down some of the questions I'll be asking and I plan on writing down all responses they give so I can keep my mind straight. I'm still scared though. My voice tends to be wavy when I get nervous also which isn't good.

This is in home repair and I'm going to service the entire northern metro area where I am. I'd have to take a bus to get around and I'm not too confident when taking a bus. I've gotten lost a couple times and I don't know any areas outside of the small city I'm in. I'm also not sure how comfortable I'd be in someone else's home. I'd ideally like a repair shop where people can just drop things off but there's no way I could have that right now.

What if there's a problem I can't fix? I'd get to the customer's house after hearing about the problem over the phone and thinking I can do it, then I find out I can't when I get there. What then? Maybe I just worry too much. I know I can fix a lot of problems. Computers are my life. I'm just not sure if I can do it this way.

Why go to their homes and make yourself a nervous wreck? Have them drop it off with you, so you can work on it at your own pace, without someone standing over you.

Unless you can fit all the tools you need into a gym bag, you need a car or van.

What you should do IMHO is to get a stock of items, you will find people with hardware trouble, if you can offer them a replacement "XXX" on the spot it will allow you to earn more money. So you will need to invest in a stock of hard disks, CD drives and other bits.

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Diagnosed under the DSM5 rules with autism spectrum disorder, under DSM4 psychologist said would have been AS (299.80) but I suspect that I am somewhere between 299.80 and 299.00 (Autism) under DSM4.

I'm certified to work on computers hardware wise but am trying software because I enjoy it better. Couple of points.

- keep the most needed parts in inventory (power supplies, cables, screws, cd drives, video cards)
- get a couple decent sized thumbdrives to keep things like antivirus, common drivers

also realize that if your doing mobile repair save for a vehicle. I have a friend who does this and has an old astro van from a local univeristy's maintance department. He got it for just under $1000 and it had the part shelves already in it. He set up a nice workbench in the back complete with soldering station, two LCDs, mobile internet, comfy chair, keyboard, mouse, mini fridge, printer, NAS and all that jazz you would see in a computer shop.

He goes to peoples houses takes the computer to his van, does the repair in his van in the driveway and then brings it back in. Its a dream setup but he does 4-5 people a day minimum and charges a $100 bench fee for traveling to the house, looking at the computer, and making repairs. He then charges parts on top of that and labor at a rate of $60 an hour. He makes $.

Yea well the thing is I can't drive. No license. I'd like to but I'm not comfortable driving. I've tried it. Almost drove off a cliff.... Yea. I also don't have parts that I'd need for a lot of issues. I do have flash drives and I have a disc that has a preinstalled windows environment for formatting a hard drive that won't boot. I'm planning on buying stuff as I go along. I'm hoping to just get a couple people who have basic viruses that need to be removed at first so I can get some starter money for other parts I need. I'm currently living on disability payments and I absolutely cannot afford anything right now because I just bought a new computer after my old one died. ><

@ the guy who says let them drop off, a lot of people don't like to do that. In home repair would get me more business. It's also forbidden in the contract of the apartment complex I'm in. You can't run a business from inside the apartment if people are dropping stuff off or coming to get stuff.

I got my first call a few minutes ago. I'm already a nervous wreck and I haven't even talked to him yet. I missed the call. He left a message saying something about his net not working. Didn't quite understand his message though. Well I guess I'll see how it goes...

Called him back. The bus route to his house is fine but I have to go through the airport and apparently I can't get back if I do that. I already scheduled an arrival at 1 (an hour away) but if I can't get home then I can't do this. f**k me. I have to wimp out on this one. Maybe I shouldn't bother. Buses are too troublesome and I don't have an alternative.

The call back to him didn't go very well either. My nice jumbled up words came out. It's an easy fix too. I know exactly what's wrong just from what he told me. I just sounded like a f*****g psycho. Hurray.