Allowing threads that solicit donations for personal gain ?

[vwracerdave]

There have been lots of people begging for donations with the "Go Fund Me" website. I think all of them are tasteless when they involve personal gain. I don't mind fundraising projects for worthy causes such as medical problems like caner research, but repairing your custom car or planning your wedding is for personal gain.
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[mark tucker]

yes there great........Im in need of a lot of stuff I cant afford(rather my wife cant aford,but alwasy tells me to get what ever I want.....but I cant do that....usualy ) I would love another flow bench....and another cnc mill bigenough to do head and cases.....and..all the tooling,(that i dont already have) and...somebody come buy all my v8 stuff&unfinished racecar so i cant domore on my vw stuff......and.....I would like some liposuction so I can eat what I want to...and I would like to be able to afford to eat like I want to also so....oh yes I would like a new car too........and soround sound installed in my almost finished house and....of so much more since your in the giving mode......and my bug needs quarters installed and some other body stuff too so......oh boy this could take a while,I also need/want/like/heard of/.......oh heck justy send a blank check or better yet send a few hundrad thou in cash (usa)

[raygreenwood]

I dont have an issue with it....but I think strict rules should be set for WHAT the cause is.

For instance....the only time I "might" ask for donations.....would be for instance. ...to cover the cost for making tooling for a mold to make parts that are NLA. .....for as many people in the community that want them and are willing to simply pay costs of raw materials for each run.

I do that all the time (make parts....not solicit donations).

In this way I could maybe afford to make the tooling ....that I could notxafgord on my o2n hook.....so I get MY needed parts......and when i do molding runs.....I would sell the parts at cost only to whoever needs them.

I would never solicit tooling money for a part i would later sell for profit as a business venture. Its more of a modified group buy.

Thats the type of solicitation I could get behind. Ray

[KTPhil]

I get the same reaction as those who stand in front of stores and accost shoppers. When it gets too frequent, I just go to another store. In this case there are specific laws about this act involving property rights, public spaces, etc... to ouch to debate here. But the feeling is the same. It makes me want to go elsewhere. Maybe that makes me selfish or insensitive, but at least in urban/suburban California, it gets to be too much fast.

That said, the occasional hard case isn't going to cause me any grief. I can just move on. I also sort of figure "off-topic" means it's pretty open for anything, and my expectations are adjusted accordingly.

Good luck and good fortune to those in need, maybe with some help from here.

[gt1953]

Oh ya out in front of stores, asking for a cigarette.
Look around here there is plenty of work but those folks do not want to.
glad i do not smoke.
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[TDCTDI]

Ah yes, the parking lot vultures, one asked my wife for a donation & she said she didn't carry cash & only used a bank card, the POS actually told her where the ATM was
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[mark tucker]

I think I forgot to add. i had cancer,got afu by the dr's.hurricane washed away thousands of $$$ of my tools&stuff,my dad just died last month, one of my kids is getteing married this week......hmm what else can i add, I should be a millionaire shortly when all this cash comes rolling in . it's gonna be great to have a new car !!! even if it is a new discounted vw diesel with "software&hard ware issues and recall on the horizon"...oops I forgot I also steped in some of the BP horizon oil spill and got spooge on my toes. and couldn't go to the beach for a year.

[GArBa]

having cast my vote, I'll just leave a free opinion here, fwiw. we all need to work to support our lives. bad luck is there behind the corner but this should remain a car enthusiasts' website. There are other places where to ask for monetary help, as other have said, the forum is a place where whenever help is offered it takes form of work or knowledge.
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[jspbtown]

Maybe a sticky or a special section that you can post in. That way of you are feeling a need to pay it forward there is a place for you to do so to a person in the VW world. If you are not feeling generous then you don't even have to go there.

[VOLKSWAGNUT]

Anybody want to fund mark tucker's dieseling run on keyboard repair..

Dont count on me to chip in..... but Im sure there's plenty in these forums that would..


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[Glenn]

OK... lets either stay on topic or move on.

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Its your vehicle- stop askin' for approval-do what YOU like for cryin' out loud
Better to roll em' how you want and wear em' out-than lettin' em' rot out
Its about the going not the showing
Rebuilt to drive not decorate
WANTED: Local Eatin' Joints, Triple D for TheSamba contributions here http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=570510
Search "VOLKSWAGNUT" on YouTube since you cant watch a "certain" BELT change video round here
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[mark tucker]

this thread is like the dead horse...dosent work....still no money showing up in my mail box, apparently it dosent work.......unless you are a real scammer. I aint.

[KTPhil]

[mark tucker]

ok all crap aside. there are some instances where we can help someone.but not for their new car or shit&beer. Ive done many of the raffles that used to show up from time to time,not at all expecting to win the car or what ever.I donate to the real stuff not the scam stuff like orgnazations that give 7% of what they collect. these days it's hard to tell the scams from the fakes.hell some go as far as cutting all thier hair off & poring shit in thier eyes saying it's the chemo. I dont think there should be a ban. but no scams so whoo is gonna be the scam buster??? I vote glenn.

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