To at least expect a thank you when I contribute to someone's Just Giving Page

[marathonrunner]

A friend of mine from university is running Race for Life and I have made a small donation. I am not expecting gushing a thank you or anything. Just an acknowledgement would be nice. Is this a bit rude? AIBU?

Yabu. A thank you is nice but don't give with expectations

Yabu - I recently got an email thanking me for a JustGiving donation I'd made & I was v surprised, totally unexpected.

YABU - did you give because you wanted thanks or because you wanted to simply give? Think about it.

I have always thanked people who have sponsored me because I am thankful they spend their money and time

yabu. (I will be v v v offended if you don't thank me for answering your question, btw.)

I think this reaction probably indicates that you donated in order to look good rather than to benefit the charity and you are annoyed to not get the feedback that you are a good person. Perhaps in future just donate to causes you feel are worthwhile and feel good that the charity is benefitting without needing recognition.

Don't you get an automatic 'thank-you' e-mail with Just Giving I'm sure I always have.

Otherwise 'no' I wouldn't expect a thank-you necessarily it's not why I give.

If you pay by paypal, you'll get an e-mail receipt. Will that do?

It's never occurred to me to expect a thank you - it's a donation to charity not to your friend (presumably)?

With this kind of thing, I don't think you need a thank you really. I mean it's great that you've given £ but I'd assume thanks iyswim.

YABU. Donating to charity is not about getting a thank you.

Plus if you donated at half 10 when you posted this maybe they were in bed.

I have never got a thank you email from the person (possibly an automated thing in some cases?). I dont think that it is the expected thing.

yanbu, when i did my half marathon last year, i thanked everyone who sponsored me. Not too much to ask

People are insinuating that I donated for the thanks and are forgetting about the manners of the recipient. If was posting the following AIBU:

"I handed my friend £2 in the street for her charity run and she didn't say thank you. AIBU?" What would people say then?

Just because it's via computer and it's faceless do manners have to go out of the window?

Actually I think because it is online means a different exchange.

Maybe your thanks will come later on.

I've also been disappointed that people never say thank you for justgiving donations. Perhaps they think the automated thankyou is enough. When I set up a justgiving page, I made sure I emailed a thankyou to everyone who donated. It seems like basic good manners to me.

YABU to expect a thank you before the event. YANBU to expect one afterwards, with an update of how it went etc. It's not difficult - justgiving and other sites have it all set up so you can just send a global message to all your sponsors.

YANBU. I agree, if you were to sponsor someone in person, they would say thanks.
You could say that by sponsoring someone you are supporting them in their activity as they raise money for the charity.
For example, I sponsored a girl at work who was raising money for a cat charity in memory of her dead cat. Sorry to say that I supported her by sponsoring because it meant so much to her. A cat charity would be my first choice ordinarily.

wouldn't be my first choice ordinarily.