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  1. 31st Dec 2003 13:41 #1
    thayne
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    I have a company that wants me to burn 15 min of video from Hi-8 to DVD. No menus or anything, just play on insert.

    I was thinking $25

    What would you charge?
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    sounds like a fair price to me.
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  3. 31st Dec 2003 14:34 #3
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    it depends on the company

    i'd charge $55.
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    A company?
    £30.00 here if it was me (circa $55 ironically).
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    Lordsmurf does alot of commercial video. PM him. I'll bet he can give you alot of good advice.

    Good luck and Happy New Year.
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    Yeah, I'd say $50 minimum. The first thing they teach you in school is to make it sound like you're doing a lot and charge them for it.
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    Thanks for the responses. I charged him $25, but now I think I should have charged more! Oh well, next time
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    I did a 15 minute training/tour vid from VHS to DVD with insert-and-play for a company for $55. I charge $30 for <120min of VHS capture then $25 for the DVD master burn. I'd quote my prices as long as housepig doesn't set up shop against me
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    If it was a company say like ooh ugh B.T, then i would charge around 3 grand, yep thats right 3 grand - rip the bastards right off.
    thats what they done to me .
    But yeh, 30 smackaroonies sounds about right.
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    Id just use a dvd recorder it would be easy & take about a minute or two of my time. But you do get a menu that way. If youre going to do it on a PC thats going to take a lot longer.
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    Originally Posted by thayne
    I have a company that wants me to burn 15 min of video from Hi-8 to DVD. No menus or anything, just play on insert.

    I was thinking $25

    What would you charge?
    That's fair.
    Always think about repeat business. Don't gouge.
    I would have charged exactly the same price ($25 US).

    That would have taken me maybe 30 minutes to do. At most.
    About a dollar a minute is more than fair.
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    I went ahead and added a menu and put their logo in the background on the menu screen, hopefully they will call me again
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  13. 5th Jan 2004 23:39 #13
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    Originally Posted by thayne
    I went ahead and added a menu and put their logo in the background on the menu screen, hopefully they will call me again
    That's good business. Lordsmurf has it right, get them to come back. I'm betting they'll tell other folks about you if they are satisfied too....
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