Did I charge too much?

Question

I just babysat for 5 hours for one girl thats in first grade and I charged 8 dollars. Now I feel like I charged too much! Did I?

Answer 1

get CPR certified and charge a few dollars more.

Answer 2

If it was $8 dollars in total you should have gotten more. 5 hours is a lot of time to babysit, especially a 1st grader. If it was $8 an hour don't feel bad because that is a normal rate to charge. They should know  how much you charge, before you babysit, so both you and the parents can agree on a price.

Answer 3

No...I would have charged more

Answer 4

that's a little high, but it depends where you live.

Answer 5

if we're talking $8 for the entire 5 hours. YOU got ripped off. theres a thing called minimum wage to use as a guidline for no matter what you do or where you live. Now something like $8 an hour is fair for both of you. i mean think about how much daycare costs.

Answer 6

sweet heart you did good!

Answer 7

Nope........but why so little?  

$20 would be more like it.......if more than 5 hours, then work out a price somewhere around $60-70

Answer 8

omg what? you shoulda got atleast $30 if not more.

Answer 9

no.

Answer 10

Are you kidding? You should make at least $5 an hour and that's cheap!!! You need to put more value on your time and your effort.

Answer 11

yeah

Answer 12

No, I think you charged a reasonable rate.

Answer 13

im a nanny and i charge between 10 and 15 dollers an hour depending on what is required of me during the time im wth the child(ren)

Answer 14

I think that, that was a good price. =]

Hope I helped!

Answer 15

If it is 8 Dollars and hour, then I would have to say yes.

If not, 8 dollars is pretty cheap for 5 Hours of your time.

Answer 16

No, thats reasonable

Answer 17

no

that's a really reasonable rate. actually, that's too reasonable