Charging for time.

TechJunkyTechJunky Member Posts: 881
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I was curious if anyone knew of an application much like what Kinko's or coffee shops use to charge customers to use their PC's. It calculates the customers time and also the rate.

Thanks!
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  • PashPash Member Posts: 1,600 ■■■■■□□□□□
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  • TechJunkyTechJunky Member Posts: 881
    No, I am looking for a universal time keeping program...

    Lets say I charge $20hr but I want to keep track of time so I can pro-rate...

    IE: 20hr is what I charge you, but lets say I spend 5 minutes on the project. Then I want the application to automatically charge you for the time spent.

    Much like what Kinko's uses for PC time.
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  • leefdaddyleefdaddy Member Posts: 405
    just charge a 1 hour minimum... that's what I'd do :0
    Dustin Leefers
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  • PlantwizPlantwiz Mod Posts: 5,057 Mod
    TechJunky wrote:
    No, I am looking for a universal time keeping program...

    Lets say I charge $20hr but I want to keep track of time so I can pro-rate...

    IE: 20hr is what I charge you, but lets say I spend 5 minutes on the project. Then I want the application to automatically charge you for the time spent.

    Much like what Kinko's uses for PC time.

    Are you 'leasing' the PC's for others to use and looking for a way to track 'rent' or is this work you are doing offering the service and are trying to track your billable time rather then straight time?

    If it's for time on a PC (such as a rental), then why not something like pre-paying for blocks of time by the quarter hour or tenth of an hour. No refunds on minutes not used.

    Just taking a stab at what's going on....no software suggestions unless there is maybe a way to log time on from a script??
    Plantwiz
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  • garv221garv221 Member Posts: 1,914
    Just use excel and have it round to the nearest hour and shoot out an invoice from a word template. If you get any bigger purchase billing software. Quickbooks or Timeslips
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  • 2BEDB4112BEDB411 Member Posts: 13 ■□□□□□□□□□
    Timeslips is out there. Check it out. It may work for your particular application.
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