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I repair friends' computers all of the time and I just charge a 6-pack of beer (12 if it's a particularly hard problem). Find a local geek and pay him in booze (if that's his thing, if not find a suitable substitute). There's no reason to ever pay a lot of money to have your computer fixed, though. I can't stand places like the Geek Squad or independent repair shops. A friend of mine used to work there and eventually quit because he was disgusted by the tactics they use.
They'd take someone's computer and in the process of "repairing" they'd end up crippling it or causing more problems and attempt to sell the person a new computer under the tactic that "oh, well, your old computer had a bunch of problems and is really too slow for today's world - but we have some cheap computers over here you may be interested in."
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