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To think Go Fund Me is wrong - open to abuse

9 replies

GaryBaldbiscuit · 12/12/2018 12:15

Am on a dog facebook page and someone suggested Go fund me for vet bill,
on my local facebook someone else put in Go fund me to bring a cat into this country from abroad.
world's gone barmy.
give me your money!

OP posts:
PurpleDaisies · 12/12/2018 12:19

Just ignore anything that looks dodgy.

People can choose to do what they like with their money.

SylviaAndSydney · 12/12/2018 12:20

It’s up to the person parting with their own money, surely? I myself give to some gofundme pages if I believe they’re ‘worthy’ I just ignore the ‘cheeky’ ones, but fair play to some of them, those who ask don’t get..

KittyVonCatsworth · 12/12/2018 12:21

My DD does a lot for charity so I don’t mind Go Fund Me however, I’m in the camp that thinks using it to raise funds for an example you’ve given or a boob job etc is bonkers. People do have the choice to donate or not. I’m not sure how it’s regulated eg, someone says they’re raising money for a chairlift but is secretly funding for the vet bill / boob job....

brizzledrizzle · 12/12/2018 12:22

It's one of the reasons that I don't visit the site but I can't blame people for trying - we're all adults and can choose whether it's a good cause or not.

SylviaAndSydney · 12/12/2018 12:24

I clearly meant those who don’t ask don’t get..

jaseyraex · 12/12/2018 12:43

I think it's crazy that you can ask for money for anything you fancy really, but it is completely up to the people donating on what or who they choose to give their money to. Like the woman who set up a page to fund her trip to disney world, and smashed her target. She was slammed for it but she still got the money. If people want to donate, they will. If you don't, scroll on by.

AGHHHH · 12/12/2018 12:43

People can have some nerve with what they set them up for but you also don't have to contribute so it doesn't matter.

ExplodedPeach · 12/12/2018 12:45

I think some people have no sense of personal responsibility and take the piss, but that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with Go Fund Me or that it's abusing it.

People can ask for what they want. People can donate to what they want, and ignore what they want. That's literally the point of the website, how is it abuse just because some people are idiots. Noone has to donate to anything.

maddening · 12/12/2018 12:51

I think also open to money laundering as well

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