As much as I'd like to charge my family for the number of times that I work on their computers, I just can't do it. I find myself in this situation all the time - "hey, can you come by and look at my machine, I can't do this and that, blah blah blah." I don't know how much time I've spent doing various fixes and such for family members. But, somehow I just can't bring myself to charging - I think that I'd feel bad if I asked.. But I believe that if you feel you should be compensated, then you should at least charge something - not as much as a normal vendor, but something... Personally though, I just can't do it...