Posted on 02/05/2022 6:17:13 AM PST by Pollard
To simplify the process for our users, we will be refunding all donations to the Freedom Convoy 2022 fundraiser. This refund will happen automatically—you do not need to submit a request. Donors can expect to see refunds within 7-10 business days.
Elon Musk slams GoFundMe for bowing to Trudeau and CANCELING Freedom Truckers - while allowing BLM donations: Site refuses to return $9M and will instead distribute it to charities it deems fit as Canadian PM is branded a ‘dictator’
DOH! $orry. Corrected by you. Thanks.
“””Is givesendgo publicly traded?”””
I do not believe givesendgo is publicly traded. Here are some hits from duckduckgo regarding GIVESENDGO:
GiveSendGo is trusted around the world for its simple, reliable fundraising platform. Simple setup. Personalize, share and start collecting money in just minutes. 0% Platform Fee. Keep more of the money you raise with our no fee platform. Watching you raise money makes us happy.
https://nationalfile.com › freedom-truckers-now-givesendgo-fundraising-page-gofundme-bans
GiveSendGo is an explicitly Christian fundraising engine. The Freedom Convoy’s GiveSendGo page states: “To our Fellow Canadians, the time for political over reach is over. Our current government is implementing rules and mandates that are destroying the foundation of our businesses, industries and livelihoods.” .
GiveSendGo agrees to host trucker Freedom Convoy donations after GoFundMe cancels fundraiser. GiveSendGo, the Christian crowdfunding website, has agreed to host the Canadian truckers’ Freedom Convoy donations after GoFundMe canceled the fundraiser and seized over $10 million in donations.
I’m not very familiar with the workings of gfm nor its terms of service. Perhaps their actions are somewhat mitigated by them. I’m not a lawyer. But I suspect that at bottom there is a case to be made against these scoundrels.
That wasn’t a wave.
It was a tsunami...
GoFundMe caves to the reality of lawyers and bad publicity. Don’t let that convince you that you can use GFM safely. They will change their user agreement to make their use of funds collected legally subject to their own desires.
Still getting a 502.
Will keep trying!
Yep. Their “user agreement” seems to be quite fluid.
Maybe they mean You’re Being Used agreement. :-(
Twitchy thread of Andy Ngo’d twitter feed in which he lists the viloent leftist blm orgs GFM not only allowed but some GFM contributions themselves, way beyond politic neutral charity funding......
It seems to be easier to derail grassroot funding efforts than more organized efforts by big donors. For example, when Kamala and gang was bailing out BLM arsonists, or the UN funding illegal border invasions into the US. In the latter case, it seems to occur outside the US, even though it definitely affects us. To fight against that would require cooperation with other governments, and the Biden regime is determined to support the invasion.
Musk called out GFM for stealing the money
my question is, why doesn’t he simply float them a loan till the donation theft mess is straightened out
or make a donation himself
Needs a thread of its own!! 👍🏻👍🏻
knew that I pinged the right warrior...have very slow connection.
and dayum that was a fast response.
hope this gets to you before the sun goes down. ;>)
It’s Federal Reserve System rules. Don’t kid yourself. Every electronic transaction goes through at least one Federal Reserve Bank, depending on whether the sender and receiver live in the same banking region. If they are in different banking regions the money goes through two reserve banks.
The only real “instant” transaction is cash. Everything else is done on electronic faith.
Musk is hard to categorize. Maybe he doesn’t want to make himself and his property the target of lunatics. Also, “simply float them a loan” would really mean making thousands of loans. Maybe he asked that question and his lawyers said, that would be a at lot of work, and at worst total repayment would be in doubt.
Should say “that would be at best lot of work”
Whenever I see a “GoFundMe” plea for money I try to tell the source asking for money to find another donation company because that venue is pure leftist.
true
When you attempt to send money, need a lawyer to read the TOS. See post #119. If they hadn’t used that they would have found another excuse for not sending the money.
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