Itemised expenses since 12.7.93: 400*5.25" Discs £96.00p
Postage £33.28p
(Extra postage for issue 29 was £4.10p)
Printer paper £24.74p
Discs for TBI pool £12.50p
Printer labels £7.00p
Telephone £25.00p
5 Rolls Sellotape. £2.00p
2 Rolls broad tape £2.00p
Steel ruler. Stanley knife blades.
Staples. Pritt stick. £3.00p
Hardware purchased specifically because
of taking over 8BS:
BBC B, single 40/80T Disc drive, old
TV plus a load of extras: £120.00p
Two Twin disc drives (5.25" and 3.5")
£60.00p
Hardware replaced due to wearing out
specifically due to heavy use
associated with printing out catalogues
and letters:
Second hand Citizen 120D+ Printer
£65.00p
Now there lies a story.
Hardware repairs:
Master Keyboard. Remove. Desolder Copy
and RETURN Keys. Wash in alcohol.
Re-insert and solder. Replace keyboard.
FREE
Note that there is no price for printer
ribbons. Thanks to Mick Needham for
this. He suggested cotton wool in the
printer ribbon cassette. I tried it and
it worked. Using dental rolls (free)
cut into 3 and endorsing ink (1 bottle,
free so far), my one ribbon has printed
millions of characters and is still
going strong (famous last words).
Note also that there is no cost for
envelopes yet. Careful opening of your
envelopes enables me to re-use the
majority (please don't take this to
mean that you need not send return
packing, as if you were to do this I
would end up with no spare envelopes).
Not entered into the calculation is:
Electricity. Can anyone tell me how
much an hour it costs to have a Master
and monitor switched on?
Time. How much an hour do you lot
reckon I am worth?
I was talking to my boss a while back.
He was saying that it will not be long
before I will be paid what I am worth.
This I found slightly alarming and
brought it to his attention that I
would prefer the going rate.
Total Expenditure since issue 23:
Total money taken from the user group and PD library:
Leaving me £119.47p down.
(Please don't tell my wife).
Calculated on 29.9.93 at 22:32 h