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GoFundMe Reviews Summary

GoFundMe has a rating of 2.1 stars from 508 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with GoFundMe most frequently mention freedom convoy, canadian truckers and political pressure. GoFundMe ranks 1st among Crowd Funding sites.

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Minnesota
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Total Professionalism with dealing with charity and wellbeing of our situations and circumstances, Gods Blessings be upon this organization.&

Date of experience: September 19, 2018
Georgia
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I have difficulty navigating all the ins and outs of techno-babble and the how to stuff, and they were quick to get back to me which I really appreciated. There are still some things about the layout and glut of removing past campaigns that annoys me (I get confused with too much on my screen) but overall I am pleased.

Date of experience: September 19, 2018
Canada
1 review
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I accidentally donated twice and was worried I wasn't going to get my money back. Although they have disclaimers in their site that don't guarantee a return of a mistake was made, I emailed them immediately and received a response within minutes. I was super impressed with their friendly and fast service.

Date of experience: September 19, 2018
Michigan
1 review
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I used gofundme to start a campaign to help my best friend raise money for her U.S. citizenship. We beat our goal in just 11 days! I watcged her become a citizen less than a week ago. We plan to have a party to thank everyone who donated, but I needed the list of who donated. Because of some confidentiality clauses, I could no longer access them through my normal gofundme account. You are able to email them for that info though! That's exactly what I did. Pascale who replied to my email(within 30 mins) told me my options. They were able to get the info I needed within the next hour, maybe less. They were super excited for my friend and I! Good ppl, good company! Thank you!

Date of experience: September 18, 2018
West Virginia
1 review
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Company site is easybto use fast set up and social media freindly people are fair less so. 4 days in and not 1 donation

Date of experience: September 18, 2018
Canada
1 review
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I got awesome help.
September 20, 2018

I would use gofund again and recommend it to everyone I know. This was my first time using it and needed plenty of help.The people of gofund was very prompt and answered all of my questions. Ty

Date of experience: September 18, 2018
Rhode Island
1 review
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The staff is great
September 20, 2018

It is my first time using A Go fund me and they have been wonderful about getting back to me and refunding money I Made a mistake and added a tip, they refunded it the next day, I would absolutely Use them again Thank you for everything

Date of experience: September 18, 2018
Canada
1 review
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Amazing
September 20, 2018

Great service all around, super friendly and extremely helpful when needed. Thank you so much for everything!

Date of experience: September 18, 2018
New York
1 review
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Excellent Customer Service
September 20, 2018

I entered an incorrect amount on a Go Fund Me site, and the customer service staff was awesome with their response. They made it easy to correct the problem, and followed up to make sure I was happy.

Date of experience: September 18, 2018
New York
1 review
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I decided to ask for financial help and my account was blocked. The young lady I spoke with had the matter adjusted very quickly. She turned my feelings of despair into a hopeful feeling. I am grateful.

Date of experience: September 18, 2018
New York
1 review
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Help in time of need
September 20, 2018

I had two surgeries and lost my job, massively in debt, at the end of my financial rope and my poor cat desperately needed vet care. Go fund me donors stepped up for me and really helped me get Wolfgang to the vet and I think things will be looking up soon for both of us!

Date of experience: September 18, 2018
New York
7 reviews
6 helpful votes
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Quick Help!
September 19, 2018

I accidentally donated twice to a campaign and customer service responded to my email almost immediately. The only thing that bothered me was that it took 3-5 business days to refund my money for a transaction that I placed only hours before, but patience is a virtue! Thanks again!

Date of experience: September 18, 2018
Washington
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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AWESOME
September 19, 2018

Their website was super easy to use. Their security measures are well thought out and enforced.

I was thrilled to be able to set up a gofundme for my friends LaVonne & Mike, whose dog was hit by a car that just drove away. Who could do that?! Jibs has 2 pelvic fractures and a fractured hip, surgery is up in the $5000 range and there was no way LaVonne could pay this... she's on disability because of a car accident several years ago.

In just a day, gofundme raised $1050! We are on our way! This is hopefully enough for the down payment for the vet. And more comes in every day!

Can't THANK the gofundme folks for their help and excellent customer support! YOU ROCK!

Warmest regards,
Lynne.

Date of experience: September 18, 2018
GB
1 review
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Unlike most online businesses, GoFundMe uses particularly attentive and responsive team members to react to customer needs. Their 24/7 action is second to none in my experience.

I had recently a small enquiry which was dealt with quickly and efficiently by Christina in the absence of my usual contact, Gina. This is yet another example of how efficient GoFundMe is when reacting to clients - not waiting but acting immediately.

I can only say that I use online services a great deal and I have not yet found any site to come close to GoFundMe's performance.

Well done the Happiness Team - you get my vote every time.

Date of experience: September 18, 2018
Louisiana
1 review
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When I was invited to attend a valuable training 2,000 miles a way, the $1,500 budget seemed an insurmountable obstacle. I decided to try GoFundMe, and was amazed at my results. Since I am a frequent Facebook user, I had a good source of supporters at hand.
The financial side of the service was well planned. I received the funds in a timely manner, and I felt the fees were fair, since it made it convenient for my supporters to use electronic payments.
I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 because the app was sometimes cumbersome to use, especially on my ipad. Only on a desktop computer was it easy to find all the features. Even there I often would loose an update already composed.
The "help" service was excellent, with quick responses that gave useful advice

Date of experience: September 18, 2018
Minnesota
1 review
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Outstanding Service
September 18, 2018

As a family that has faced challenges and the lows & joys that can bring we have used Go Fund Me - We were able to use the service without any problems or issues. We recently were reviewing our online presence and realized that our Go Fund Me site was still available and felt that it was no longer necessary and didn't want confusion or issues to arise, so we reached out to the company to see if it can be taken down or made unavailable. We were blown away with the customer service we received, not only with the courtesy but the efficiency in how this was handled. The customer service handled it beyond our expectations and we were extremely happy and wish that all customer service in other companies was handled even half as well. Thanks again for such a great experience with your company.

Date of experience: September 18, 2018
Oklahoma
1 review
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Great customer service
September 18, 2018

Gofundme has helped me raise a lot of money, their customer service is great. I would use them again.

Date of experience: September 17, 2018
Florida
1 review
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Excellent service
September 18, 2018

I made a donation for my friends pet, who was very ill. I do not know what I did wrong! But I did something that made my donation higher than I could afford. I called my bank and wrote email for GoFundMe. I heard back within hour from Megan, who went to work on my issue. Megan was not going to be able to finish the job she gave it to someone else to finish. Sorry I don't have the second ladies name. Between the ladies I had a credit and my friend was notified of my error. I can not say enough about the two ladies for the help. GoFundMe hires caring staff..

Date of experience: September 17, 2018
Washington
1 review
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I thank God for this program. I have not reached my goal but I have faith we will raise the funds needed.

Date of experience: September 17, 2018
California
1 review
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Responseable
September 18, 2018

Customer service was excellent with quick response fixed my problem in rapid time and gave ways to make my Gofundme page more appealing

Date of experience: September 17, 2018