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Since when has charging for their time and qualifications made someone a "shark"? Just because most people don't charge it doesn't by default make charging an unreasonable thing to do.
(For the record I don't normally charge, but I often wonder why I don't ....)
We have done this to death many times. If someone provides the paper it costs me a minute of my time to check it and sign it. One day when I want a favour in return I would hope that someone i have looked after will remember and return the favour.
In fact that exact scenario has happened to me recently where I signed off paperwork for the stupid FAA validation currently needed and the meeting resulted in us flying and my own FAA BFR being done. Sometimes in this world what goes around comes around.