After being apprehended but before being charged by the police, how do you maximize your chances of being let off with a warning? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 24, 2009 - 19 answers

Why did my Subaru outback lose power steering on this rainy night? [more inside]
posted by special-k on Oct 13, 2009 - 15 answers

Where would you go to get a cheap iPhone/iPod wall charger and/or USB cable? [more inside]
posted by gensubuser on Oct 2, 2009 - 8 answers

I will be doing some consulting work. Basically I will be strategizing with a very small company on optimizing their presence on the web and helping them with social networking. Here's my problem-- I have no idea what to charge for my time. I will spend two hours driving to them and probably an hour or two consulting. What do you think I should charge? I don't want to be too low but I am also scared that I might be too high. What do you think would be a good rate? I am located in the Philadelphia area if that makes any difference.
posted by hellodonna on Sep 3, 2009 - 5 answers

My Aspire 3680 (crappy laptop PC) doesn't want to hold a charge anymore, with either battery. How do I determine if it's my laptop, my batteries, or my charger? (I have a VOM and know how to use it).
posted by Emera Gratia on Jul 12, 2009 - 3 answers

How can I recharge my nearly-completely-drained car battery so that it will work long enough to drive it to get crushed? I'm hoping to avoid buying a brand new battery just to have it crushed. [more inside]
posted by brenton on Jun 8, 2009 - 30 answers

Hired to host and produce video content for a PR firm. How much should I ask to be paid? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Feb 22, 2009 - 1 answer

How much should I charge to create a promo video for a friend? [more inside]
posted by burhan on Nov 12, 2008 - 5 answers

Who did this musical rendition of the Charge of the Light Brigade? [more inside]
posted by BeaverTerror on Oct 24, 2008 - 3 answers

How much should I charge for a baby blanket I crocheted for an acquaintance? [more inside]
posted by purpletangerine on Oct 9, 2008 - 21 answers

The "battery not charging" light on my dash went on; the mechanic told me I need a new alternator. Now the "battery not charging" light has turned itself off again. Does this mean my battery is, in fact, charging? [more inside]
posted by fermion on Sep 26, 2008 - 6 answers

Fix for Braun Shaver/Razor Syncro Clean & Charge System? [more inside]
posted by criticman on Sep 4, 2008 - 6 answers

What phone service would be best for me? All I use my Verizon Wireless account for is the phone itself: calling and messaging people. But I think I'm paying far too much. I live in NYC. Suggestions? (description of bill here) [more inside]
posted by omnigut on Aug 25, 2008 - 11 answers

I need web hosting, and my needs are pretty narrow. I don't need fancy tools or applications, everything I'm doing is pretty much text. I don't need hand-holding or customer service. But what I DO need is to not have to worry that if any of my domains (I've got five or six) go viral, I'll be socked with $$$$ bandwidth overage bills. That happened to me once a long time ago, and I still have trauma scars. I realize that no hosting service can offer, like, infinite bandwidth. At a certain point, service would either cut off or else overage charges will cut in. But are there any web hosting outfits out there known to have particularly generous bandwidth limits, and reasonably priced overage charges beyond those limits?
posted by jimmyjimjim on Aug 6, 2008 - 32 answers

Why is there no bat-acitor? (hybrid battery/capacity w/best of both) Is there some limitation in physics, chemistry, materials, etc. that prevents it, or has it just not been invented yet? [more inside]
posted by bartleby on Jun 10, 2008 - 24 answers

I'm an old stodgy audiophile finding myself forced to resort to iPod, but I want to make the most of it. First of all, I'm looking for a solution that will allow me to use line-out audio on my ipod (5th generation), and simultaneously charge via AC. Does such a thing exist? Also, what's the standard audiophile solution for on-the-go listening? Headphones into mini-preamp into dock, I'd suppose?
posted by jimmyjimjim on Apr 11, 2008 - 9 answers

Help me diagnose my Powerbook’s power supply woes. [more inside]
posted by rtha on Jan 16, 2008 - 11 answers

Is a company required to make a good faith effort to collect on a debt before reporting it as charged off? Do I have any recourse for my credit report? [more inside]
posted by 0xFCAF on Jan 7, 2008 - 4 answers

Names of all the riders involved in the disastrous Charge of the Light Brigade led by Lord Cardigan during the Battle of Balaclava on 25 October 1854 in the Crimean War? [more inside]
posted by complience on Jan 6, 2008 - 1 answer

Like most mefites, I have far too many gadgets, and the wall warts to match. I suspect most of them could be replaced with a single USB charger - is this something that already exists? [more inside]
posted by spaceman_spiff on Dec 28, 2007 - 8 answers

Whats a better way to say "Just pay me whatever you can afford for fixing your computer" than calling it a free will donation? [more inside]
posted by Jonsnews on Dec 7, 2007 - 19 answers

How much should I charge for a mobile website? [more inside]
posted by 913 on Dec 3, 2007 - 5 answers

My Macbook has stopped recognizing/charging the battery. Help. [more inside]
posted by 4ster on Sep 13, 2007 - 17 answers

My brother is looking for an inverter to use with a deep cycle battery while camping. [more inside]
posted by croutonsupafreak on Aug 12, 2007 - 8 answers

A friend and I were charging the battery of a 2001 Honda Odyssey. He attached the cables to the wrong terminals of the dead battery. How much damage might we have done? [more inside]
posted by torticat on Jun 10, 2007 - 8 answers

I greatly enjoy the Writers' Digest new-member offers I get every so often. Are there any other book-club (or CD, etc) memberships that don't have a processing charge? [more inside]
posted by vanoakenfold on Jan 22, 2007 - 2 answers

How much exactly will using my laptop on AC destroy my battery? [more inside]
posted by qvantamon on Nov 25, 2006 - 15 answers

Probablynotfilter: Is there a way I can keep usb on during standby mode on my laptop, so I can charge my mp3 player? [more inside]
posted by kingjoeshmoe on Sep 27, 2006 - 9 answers

How do I determine if my 1997 Toyota T100 truck is negative grounded or positive grounded? [more inside]
posted by reishus on Sep 9, 2006 - 8 answers

Can I recondition a dead laptop battery? [more inside]
posted by jclovebrew on Jun 16, 2006 - 7 answers

My father is an independent consultant, and works for $900/day in the formulated food business. What rate should he charge for travel time (per day) when he travels coast-to-coast for an assignment? [more inside]
posted by naelyn on May 23, 2006 - 10 answers

How much should I charge per hour as a computer repair person? How much should I charge to set up a website for someone? [more inside]
posted by stilgar on Feb 8, 2006 - 17 answers

I'm sure somebody else who's travelling over Thanksgiving could also benefit from this knowledge. I brought my cell phone with me on my five-day trip to my parents' place, but of course I forgot the charger. The question I ask is: 'tis nobler to leave the phone on continuously and hope the battery pulls through, or is it a better idea to turn the phone off every night and turn it on only at the point in the day when I plan to use it? Does powering off and on drain more battery power than idling / the cell phone equivalent of "sleep"? FWIW, I have a relatively new Nokia 6682, and the battery is currently showing a full charge but I suspect it's lying, as I think it's been at least 24 hours since I charged it (that said, this battery's done five days unplugged before).
posted by logovisual on Nov 23, 2005 - 23 answers

My iPod Shuffle just doesn't charge off my PC. [more inside]
posted by eurasian on Jul 28, 2005 - 13 answers

Why do stores often charge .99 cents? A loaf of bread selling for $1.99 as opposed to $2.00, for example. Is there psychological research showing that this makes the price seem cheaper somehow? If so, how significant is the effect?
posted by banished on Feb 23, 2005 - 38 answers

I made a fairly subtanstial online purchase from a very large, well-known online vendor, with a credit card. Although the goods have long since arrived, my card has not been charged nor had a hold placed against it for any amount. A full billing cycle has passed since the purchase, and I'm wondering if they've just misplaced the bill. Should I contact their billing department, or just hope it never gets charged? And, if it doesn't get charged soon, how long should I wait until I can be reasonably sure it never will?
posted by anonymous on Dec 25, 2004 - 26 answers

How can I contest a debit card charge from a bar if I don't have the receipt? [more inside] [more inside]
posted by kirkaracha on Dec 20, 2004 - 21 answers

Does anyone have a relatively safe & painless method to discharge all the static electricity I'm building up these days? [more inside] [more inside]
posted by .kobayashi. on Feb 17, 2004 - 15 answers