Working for Free?
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#1 - it is kinda insulting to be asked to do anything to someone else's design, although we all do it at some point
#2 - time = money, period.
BUT - if he were a good client, then I'd not even ask. I bill clients for things that require maybe 30 min or more, but those are ongoing, long term clients (that don't "promise" future work).
That, and NO ONE has ever asked for a reduction on an invoice, besides one of my first big clients that ended up screwing me out of $9k (I did get 15k out of him, though). So that's a pretty big red flag in my book.
It's $35, for Christ's sake!! I'd be wary of him as a client going forward, make sure you get at least 50% up front, then percentages for work done.
Big point:
"Do you really want to charge me for such little work?"
"Well, moron, obviously I do or I wouldn't have sent you an invoice!"
Respect, has to happen on both sides or there will be problems.