Go fund me

[Livingonhopex]

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With today's current economic climate, would you donate a tiny amount to a crowd fund which specifically was aiming to raise funds for a deposit for a flat? Small amount, high volume type raiser?

I feel like I'm smacking my head off a brick wall trying to save for a deposit and it's laughable I'm even asking this question because it's ridiculous but I'm just curious about people's opinions of this type of thing?

Thanks

Kind of off topic but did anyone else read about Zayn sharing the Go Fund Me link for his mum's best friend's cancer treatment? It's crazy. Why wouldn't he just pay for that? I get he can't pay for everything for everyone but that's his mum's best friend. Really don't get it.

I don't give to anything on go fund me.

Everything on their is either people who have done something stupid (not got travel insurance) or its just begging "find my holiday so I don't have to".

No way! I hate this it's just begging.

I'm fed up of being sent links to go fund me pages from "friends" I block anyone who does it now. I wouldn't mind so much if it were actual charities or someone genuinely in need, a small child needing life saving treatment for example. However in the last few months I've been asked to donate so a rather well off family member can take their children on a "holiday of a life time" , to enable a friend to pay the entry fee to run a marathon, another friend wanted money to pay for their charity sky dive and another wanted money to buy a new car. My response to all of them was save up like the rest of us have to!

emmyrose 'take a loan out from family'
Says it all really...
You do realise not everyone has family and not everyone with a family has someone in it capable of handing over tens of thousand of pounds.

I also work extremely hard, and always have done. I don't have a partner. I will never be able to save enough for a deposit whilst still being in a position to get a mortgage (not that I can afford to retire, mind you). I am far from the only person in this situation in the UK, never mind the world.

OP adjust your mind set. It's the alternative to begging and makes you feel less of a victim of circumstances. There are truly worse existences out there than not being a home owner.

Nightwanderer I don't know? Maybe zayn is a tight arse. Evidently there are many many of them in the world.

Zayn should be shamed of himself.

Ds was born unwell and no doctors knew what was wrong but he continued to get worse.we looked into private where he would get tested intil a cause was found more quickly (Portland hospital) but its was very dear me and dh thought about crowd funding to pay for it. What would people think of that?

I would think you were suffering a terrible thing in your life and you were not making sound rational judgements. There is no better place for a very sick baby to be in the Uk than NHS. There is nothing the private sector could have offered you except quackery. I'd hink you wee one of the poor people being hoodwinked into having tests/treatment offf the back of charismatic personalities and spurious evidence.

Kokusai sorry but as much as I love the NHS, it can't and doesn't always give the best treatment.
My grandmother started going blind when she was 56, the NHS would pay for the injections she needed to halt the condition, so she had to go private and pay £500 for each jab.
Similarly the family who went on the run with their son because the NHS told them to let their son die, and instead got him proper treatment and now he's on the mend.

I meant the NHS wouldn't pay for the injections.

I've donated to a couple of non charity GFM pages. One is for a little local girl who has a terminal brain tumour and her parents want to make her last months memorable for her. The other is for a little boy who has cancer and needs treatment abroad.

I wouldn't, however, donate to someone wanting to save for a deposit.

Maybe I should set a GFM page for a tummy tuck.

No way!

Why would I donate money to someone for something that a) I don't have myself, b) is not neccessary, and c) they should bloody well pay for themselves

Your family and friends might give you a tenner to shut you up but you wouldn't get masses of strangers donating

I know somebody who raised several thousand pounds with a campaign of complete bullshit. I love the idea of crowd funding but seeing the massive difference between a campaign and reality first hand has made me cynical. I don't donate to any of them anymore.

There was a recent case where a mum managed to get enough GFM money to take her kids on holiday to Florida. She got a lot of hate for it but she got the money so some might argue it was worth it.

I think it is in bad taste and not in good taste but I'm a stranger in the Internet so you can ignore my opinion.

I don't donate to private causes through Go Fund Me. I prefer to donate to charities which manage and administer the funds.

Go fund me's make me wince. It's like modern day begging and it infuriates me. If you have a place to live already, be happy. It may not be ideal, however anything above that is a luxury.

I hate my little flat, would love a garden. And my DS to have room in his bedroom to swing a cat (not a real one) but sadly, that's beyond budget, so I suck it up.

The case I was talking about is about a 2 year old who needs specialist treatment to prolong his life. This treatment is not available on the NHS or anywhere in the U.K.

I'm sure if it was his parents would be over the moon. Instead they have had to constantly fundraise - which is eating into the time their son has left - one parent has had to completely give up work to be with their sick child in hospital. The other parent has had to reduce his hours to care for their other 2 young children.

Hardly in the same league as someone wanting other people to pay for their house or fucking competition costumes is it?

anon1987 emmyrose 'take a loan out from family' Says it all really... You do realise not everyone has family and not everyone with a family has someone in it capable of handing over tens of thousand of pounds

You do realise that was mentioned as ONE option of many that people can consider. For some people borrowing from family is more realistic than borrowing from a bank.

Your lack of reading comprehension says it all really.

Absolutely not.

No fucking way!

Someone I used to be mates with ran an event a few years ago that they couldn't afford. Some people turned up and didn't pay and the venue obviously needed to be paid so like an idiot I got guilted into putting it on my card 'while it got sorted'. She had one of these sites set up so everyone else who went could contribute to make up the shortfall and she wouldn't be out. She made several grand off it and NEVER paid me back. She used it to say how kind and wonderful people are to help her out and has run a few scams since. Always a sob story and no one ever checks it out or thinks anything of it so I never trust these(unfortunately). The website runners never want to know.

What BlueSunGreenMoon said.

Why on earth would I give to that?
Knew someone who set one up to take her girlfriend to Ireland for a weekend because she'd never left the country ... she only needed £150 why the hell would ifund her holiday?

emmyrose yes but it's an unrealistic option for the vast majority of people.
And you can't usually get a loan from the bank for a deposit on a house.

Your lack of understanding about real life says it all really.

Nope no way. I'd save it for my own likely never affordable deposit. I've given to sick children before but no I would not fund someone else to get a house when I can't even afford a deposit myself.

I think it's up to them if they want to do it but only if they are just asking and not guilting or trying to manipulate vulnerable people they know into contributing.