Arson attack in Grimsby

[steveeasy]

I could spout a fair bit on the subject that has nothing to to with the man and his boat but cant be bothered. However I watch as freeloaders on youtube get handed £££££££££££££s for utter carp and they never do a days work. On the other hand ive seen a few crowd funding attempts to raise money at times for very genuine reasons and they dont really receive the support they morally could justify. This chap is a fellow sailor. Just like all of us, Porter or Barrister, Grimsby or the Hamble, on the water we are all the same. I wish him good luck and hope he can continue his sailing lifestyle for as long as he can.

Steveeasy

 

[RunAgroundHard]

I think the concern with crowdfunding pages is they don't have a firm way to prove where the ££ will go. In this case the benefactor does seem to be linked NOW. ...

Go Fund Me (the company associated with this thread) and Crowdfunded.co.uk does have an absolute way to check where funds go. The person setting up the account has to provide information to prove whom they are and that the account is valid to receive funds for the project. The funds are held by the organisation until the target is reached. Only then does the money get transferred. If at any time there is suspicion that the project is not genuine, there are processes to challenge the authenticity of the project.

Do your own research, it is all there to be read. The fund raising organisation has processes in place to protect it's reputation and provide a trusted service. In this case there is a donor protection scheme run by Go Fund Me.

Of course it could all be bollocks and everyone gets ripped off, yet some how these organisations continue to function /-;

 

[ShinyShoe]

Of course it could all be bollocks and everyone gets ripped off, yet some how these organisations continue to function /-;

Not everyone has to be ripped off for there to be some who are.

I don't believe this one is dodgy.

One of the oddities of a lot of these funding projects is that they are set up by someone other than the beneficiary. Perhaps that's for good reason:
- expertise with setting it up
- time - you'd imagine in this circumstance you've got other stuff to be dealing with

But it's not that rare for 2 or 3 funding sites to be established for victims of some event. Either that's because the beneficiary assumes it will all be one project OR the beneficiary isn't consulted when being set up.

 

[wonkywinch]

I see Robert is now breaking his boat with parts being offered on Facebook.

https://m.facebook.com/groups/1593298170884193/user/100007106088474/