To think people who ask for "donations" are CFs?

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I see so many crowdfunding pages where people are asking money for unexpected bills and household appliances and even decorating after a house move! Wibu to reply with 'No Chance you CF?'
I'm your friend/ aquaintance/ practically a stranger not a bank.

YANBU to think this, but don't reply with that message. You could send them a link to some budgeting advice.

@ScreamingValenta that is actually better as its so Passive agressive!

Had one person send on a group message relating to a project she was working on and needed funding. I removed myself from the group. Another friend was raising funds for her kids activity - money going to activity, not paying for kids registration. I ignored it. Any gofundme posts on Facebook, I just scroll past. And don't get me started on the 'For my birthday this year I'm donating to the local xxx charity'. I wouldn't normally send you a card, let alone a gift, so fuck off. I donate to my chosen charities and would never look for funding on FB.

@ScreamingValenta That's inspired! I am always shocked at the lack of shame of people who ask for money.

It's the travel ones that bother me. Couldn't be arsed or didn't check cover & now need thousands of pounds to cover medical bills & to be brought home 🙄

I was asked to donate by a minion towards the funeral of the bully who made my life hell as a child. She was their friend/leader so why can't they use their own money to pay for it - at least 2 of her friends have money they could use.

Have you heard of Israel Folau?
he is a rugby player who has been sacked by Rugby Australia for some horrendously bigoted public comments about homosexuality. He was asked to shut up but continued.
He is now asking for AUD3mill to fight his sacking. Does not want to dip into his AUD6.5m property portfolio.
www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-23/israel-folau-defends-crowdfunding-rugby-australia-legal-battle/11238732

Yeah it depends what it’s for. For example a lot of Americans use it to fund medical bills which is totally reasonable, but we have the NHS and most UK ones do seem to be people acting like CF’s.

Due to pressure, GoFundMe has taken the Folau campaign down, thank goodness. He's a multimillionaire!

For those who don't know, he's a Pentecostal Christian, previously raised as a Mormon like 60% of people in Tonga where he was born and this was his post.

My dd attended a local group. The leader text the parents to ask for a donation so she could visit the country her grandfather died.

Am I fuck funding someone's holiday. If you want to go on holiday pay for it yourself.

She didn't stop at the text and asked the parents individually when they dropped their kid off at the group.

Dd no longer goes to that group. CF!!

N old friend posted a crowdfunding request to pay for her dads funeral. They all smoke, go out drinking several times a week and holiday 3 x a year.

Erm, nope. It shouldn’t be called anything but what it is:begging

I had a friend who kept doing the charity holiday thing. Going somewhere on holiday to ‘raise awareness’.
He did it once and raised the money, second time he had to top it up himself and the third time he could hardly scrape a few quid together - at this point he got the hint.

It's begging. I wont donate.

I’ve seen one recently for a trip to Africa, supposedly building schools etc, ok good cause, but the family are always posting on fb about their holidays, days out, champagne afternoon teas etc, so nope, I’m not donating a penny (I don’t anyway but this one particularly annoyed me)

In the past I have had requests from friend's children who want a gap year in Africa and justify it by doing some work for an organisation who have building projects. I think an 18 year old who couldn't manage to put together an Ikea flat pack is not the best person to send.

Nearly fell for one of the begging posts by an acquaintance whose dog had become sick and she faced vet bills, as am huge animal lover. I was about to donate when I saw her buying up some super expensive vintage stuff in a group, we are both in. The amount she spent would have covered a huge chunk of her bills. I sent a screenshot to other mates and everyone was as appalled. With some of my first pets, while still at Uni, I ate cheap bread for weeks to pay for an operation. I only found out later that I could have gotten help at the Blue Cross or similar organisations. I am very irritated by the feckless and entitled attitude of people who expect others to fund their bills, why making zero attempt to curb their lifestyles.

It doesn't matter. You do t have to read it and no-one is being forced to donate.

It would never occur to me to try this!
Luckily no one I know would do it either. How CF

I met two charming young girls at a friend's party and they told me they were going to do missionary work funded by church donations.When I asked where, they said Newquay. I said, What newquay in Cornwall? They said yes.they were from an evangelical church and were going to convert the surfers. They were sincere, I was amused.

Someone I know did a raffle to fund a gap year, £1 a ticket or something. I won some wine so I was happy and didn’t mind my ‘donation’

YANBU!

I the last 6 months I’ve had FB requests (sent to me via messaneger-not just on my FB news feed) to donate money to X charity for someone’s birthday , umm if I was going to buy you a present I would be close enough to you to ask you what you wanted. You don’t send people on FB gift requests! And also a request to fund a son’s trip for his hobby. This particular woman ignores me daily in the playground at pick up. But happily asks me to fork out for her child’s expensive hobby. Er no.

I don't really get crowdfunding in most cases tbh, or why people donate.

I mean, if you need some kind of surgery you can't get on the NHS or you have been wrongfully convicted or something, fair enough.

But yeah 'I own 27 dogs but have no insurance for them and now one of them needs a toenail clipping' or 'I want to help the little babies in Africa for the insta fame' or 'I go out 19 times a week and I can't afford a sofa' then that's just bullshit.

90% of crowdfunding could be eliminated by getting a fucking job like the rest of us.

I took a brief look at one of these funding websites and was completely shocked at some of the reasons people were asking for money. Even more astounding is that people are actually donating.

There's one asking for £30,000 to place ads on buses saying Michael Jackson is innocent and it has so far reached £21k! WTF will that achieve?

It's the travel ones that bother me. Couldn't be arsed or didn't check cover & now need thousands of pounds to cover medical bills & to be brought home

^This. I would NEVER go abroad without travel insurance, and wouldn't allow my kids to (even if I had to pay for it) it can be a matter of a few quid. Those posts really raise my blood pressure....