I know this is ranting a little bit, and if I wanted to I should post this on nospec. But this is for the people in our community here. I do some free work myself, but I am choosy and it's for close friends or things like the dedicated members of this community.
Consider that even though this logo would require little design skill cuz it is mostly text and can be whipped up in a few seconds. If you were to go to your mechanic for an oil change and say it'll only take a few minutes and ask why charge me? You'd get beat by a oily man with a wrench.
Since designers don't really carry wrenchs in our back pockets we can't do much to intimidate people...besides maybe to throw a computer at them. But what my point here is, that if we continue to offer up our services for free that the standard of payment is never going to change. It may not be a issue for some people, but when this work is paying off your student loans because you chose to follow this career path, or when it's buying your bread it's a scary thought.
Either offer to help the person create their logo they so desire, or be choosy about what you do for kicks. So I ask that you be proud of your talent and not jump at every opportunity to flex your creative muscles.
But anyways just think about it from a different point of view...and now I must go make bread money.
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