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Deirdre · Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 4:30 pm Post subject: "Matt the Sound Guy"

Anyone else here get a GoFundMe plea for donations?
I can't figure out who this is, but he used my personal email as well as my VO-BB email address.
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bobsouer · Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 9:18 pm Post subject:

Yep. Deleted. Both times.
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Frank F · Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 11:47 pm Post subject:

yep, I followed Bob's way of dealing with them. Didn't think to look and check the email address, sorry.

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Bailey · Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 4:27 pm Post subject:

Is this "GoFundMe" site for people with serious needs?... or just cyber savvy panhandlers?
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Foog · Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 1:39 am Post subject:

Crowdfunding sites like GoFundMe, Indiegogo, and kickstarter are a truly awful thing. At least this fellow (and site, I assume) are not pretending to be a startup business needing funding. Those are ALWAYS a lose-lose scenario. Even the incredibly few crowdfunded businesses that are successful never pay out as promised (the Oculus Rift was funded by thousands of people who ponied up a couple million dollars. It was sold this year to Facebook for a couple of BILLION. And all that the initial investors got out of the deal was a steaming pile of nada.)

The panhandling is just kind of sad. But the startup scams are truly infuriating.
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Lee Gordon · Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 1:56 am Post subject:

My response starts with the same first four letters as "GoFundMe" but then it diverges. Gasp

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Gregory Best · Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 5:03 pm Post subject:

Lee, thanks. Spit my drink all over the screen. You made me laugh.
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ccpetersen · Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 6:56 pm Post subject:

I wouldn't paint all the crowdfunding sites bad just because of "appeals" like this. I've participated in some truly good ones for good causes.
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