A father of 2 in Hinchley Wood has drawn up a price list on the fridge for providing IT support over the Christmas period. Based on gifts already purchased, his family could face a £480 bill. He accepts pocket money, Christmas card cash from relatives, Argos and Amazon gift cards.
* Fitting batteries: £5
* Retrieving email receipts for online purchases when returning unwanted presents £10 per receipt
* Sourcing missing manuals and instructions online £20
* Installing new TV including configuring lists of favourite TV channels and deleting shopping channels £30
* Configuring Kindle accounts £40
* Setting up iPad / iPhone /Blackberry £50 + £30 for parental controls
* Figuring out a DAB radio £60
* Installing essential software updates £65
* Connecting anything to living room hi-fi £75
* Figuring out how to get photos from one device to another £80
* Figuring out how to stream music from one device to another £90
* Copying address books from device to device £100
* Anything to do with Wii, XBox, PS3 £90
* Anything to do with Windows 7 £120
* Anything to do with iTunes £150