When the Tech Guy Is 13 (or Even 10)

It’s really not surprising that some businesses are getting a technology assist from, well, children.

Donald Garner Jr. was at his auto-salvage lot shooting the breeze last year when a customer mentioned that her nine-year-old twin sons had just gotten back from computer camp. Great skill to have, said Mr. Garner, who went on to complain about how much he was going to have to pay a pro to build a decent Web site. Why not ask her boys to do it? the customer asked. He could pay them whatever he thought the results were worth. He thought about it. Why not? he replied.

Mr. Garner had to suppress a laugh when the boys showed up the next day with clipboards and serious looks. But he dutifully gave them a rough idea of what he had in mind, and then waved goodbye without particularly high expectations. A month later, he was stunned and delighted when they delivered exactly the sort of site he had had in mind. He dashed off a check for $2,000, but the boys would accept only $700. "They did a beautiful job — just superb," Mr. Garner said. (Take a look. http://www.wrightstownusedauto.com/ )

By DAVID H. FREEDMAN

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