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GoFundMe Seizes $10 Million of Trucker Protest Fundraising, Will Give to Charities Instead
Epoch Times ^ | February 4, 2022 | Omid Ghoreishi

Posted on 02/04/2022 6:05:57 PM PST by george76

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To: george76

There should be no way the money goes anywhere but to the truckers or back to the donors. Maybe a good lawyer could look into this.


41 posted on 02/04/2022 6:34:38 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: HonkyTonkMan

just sue...I would love to see discovery of the interpersonal communications that the company is having. At this point I would look at other fundraisers that they have pulled the same sort of shit with.... diverting funds, they need to be closed permanently and jail time for some depending on what’s discovered from an investigation.


42 posted on 02/04/2022 6:35:21 PM PST by PCPOET7 (`)
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To: george76

I want my money back. If my money does not go to the truckers as my donation was intended, then my money needs to be returned to me. My money cannot be put anywhere else. The refund should be automatic without any petition on my part.


43 posted on 02/04/2022 6:35:28 PM PST by TBall
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To: george76

GoFundMe is stealing money from the people who wanted to support the truckers.

This is theft.

This is robbery.


44 posted on 02/04/2022 6:36:01 PM PST by Arcadian Empire (The Baric-Daszak-Fauci spike protein, by itself, is deadly.)
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To: KittyKares
"Is there some way we can request our money back? This is outrageous."

Do a charge back on your card. GFM will then have to refund you and pay a penalty to the bank (That's what I read)

45 posted on 02/04/2022 6:38:47 PM PST by 1_Rain_Drop ("There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration” - Pompeo)
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To: george76

I have been leery of GFMe since its inception. Now, we see pretty much a worst case scenario of why not to use GF Me at all.


46 posted on 02/04/2022 6:41:03 PM PST by crazyhorse691 (Who knew that an elected official is a demi-god waiting to happen?)
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To: george76

How is that legal? It is robbery.


47 posted on 02/04/2022 6:41:47 PM PST by odawg
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To: KittyKares
Is there some way we can request our money back? This is outrageous.

Threaten to sue them. I'm not kidding.
48 posted on 02/04/2022 6:42:14 PM PST by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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To: TBall

Do a chargeback with your credit card. Do not use the GFM refund form.


49 posted on 02/04/2022 6:42:19 PM PST by 1_Rain_Drop ("There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration” - Pompeo)
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To: livius
it will instead work with the organizers to send the funds to “established charities verified by GoFundMe.”

They are not keeping the funds they just will not let them be used for their intended use.

The should start cleaning out their office because hence forth they are done as a funding organization.

50 posted on 02/04/2022 6:43:17 PM PST by usurper
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To: george76

This would seem to be a criminal act. They have to return the money if it isn’t going to be distributed to those the donors were giving it to.


51 posted on 02/04/2022 6:45:27 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: 1_Rain_Drop

I’m not doing a charge back. If my money does not go to the truckers as intended; then my money must go back to me. This is a no Brainer. Go Fund Me will be destroyed if they do any different.


52 posted on 02/04/2022 6:46:32 PM PST by TBall
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To: george76

Theft!
Arrest all GoFuMe employees...


53 posted on 02/04/2022 6:47:16 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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To: george76

Would it cause Go Fund Me problems if they were swamped with $0.01 donations to every cause or were swamped with donation requests to research and set up?


54 posted on 02/04/2022 6:47:48 PM PST by alternatives? (The only reason to have an army is to defend your borders.)
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To: 1_Rain_Drop; Antoninus

In my post #22, I put in the link I found to request a refund specifically for the Convoy. They are jerks for taking any money not requested this way.


55 posted on 02/04/2022 6:50:35 PM PST by KittyKares (Trump put us in the room; now we're putting ourselves in the room. - Steve Bannon)
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To: george76

Sounds like someone out there could make a good case that this constitutes mail fraud.


56 posted on 02/04/2022 6:52:28 PM PST by Have Ruck - Will Travel (It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion...)
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To: george76
To the lawyers here, under Canadian law is this breach of contract, charity fraud, and theft? Because it looks like it to me.
57 posted on 02/04/2022 6:58:36 PM PST by Widget Jr
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To: george76

If you donated money to the truckers do a chargeback on your card to keep GoFundMe from stealing it:

https://twitter.com/crabcrawler1/status/1489754294899384326


58 posted on 02/04/2022 7:00:27 PM PST by Farcesensitive (K is coming)
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To: dearolddad

Contact your credit card company and ask them to put the charge in dispute.
GFM will not get the money.


59 posted on 02/04/2022 7:06:35 PM PST by COUNTrecount ("I've always won, and I'm going to continue to win. And that's the way it is." -- Donald Trump)
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To: george76

Gofundme also charges 25.00 per donation as their cut. I will never donate with them again


60 posted on 02/04/2022 7:07:14 PM PST by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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