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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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Illinois
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Highjackers
February 8, 2022

Go fund me HIGHJACKED money from the Freedom Convoy. Absolutely corrupt behavior on behalf of the organization

Date of experience: February 7, 2022
Canada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Do yourself a favour, find a different platform. They won't give you the money raised if they don't like your cause. Total cancel culture. They deserve to be canceled. Theifs, crooks, con-artists.

Date of experience: February 7, 2022
Michigan
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I have use you in the past to donate to this or that. However I will no longer require your services because of what you did to the go fund me freedom convoy fund. I am praying that you will have eyes to see what is going on and ears to hear the truth. I am praying that you well stop being deceived. I am praying for your deliverance. I am praying you will stand up not only for you our rights but for everyone else's. Please watch World War I World War II and the Hitler movie. You can find them on YouTube. History is important if we do not remember it we will repeat it

Date of experience: February 7, 2022
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Gross overstepping, this peaceful Canadian protest raised those funds, they are protesting against tyranny! We are illegally (yes illegally as no laws passed just mandates) bring imprisoned in our Country no jab you can't leave! You have sided with tyrants

Date of experience: February 7, 2022
Michigan
9 reviews
18 helpful votes
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You people make me sick. Holding the money from the Canadian truckers. They are protesting for freedom of choice which obviously you comunists don't care about. This is not your money it is all donations. I dont care if your refunding it or not, this was not your money. I really hope you loose lots of business for this comunist decision. You are disgusting comunist fools.

Date of experience: February 7, 2022
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Company does not support your cause and will not help out if they think your opinion is not right. Would no recommend to anyone to use this

Date of experience: February 6, 2022
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Over reach
February 7, 2022

Go fund me decided that the cause I donated to had unacceptable views and suspended all funds.
Seeing the extremists have used this site I am shocked and saddened and not sure I will ever use their services again.
So sorry to see this happen

Date of experience: February 6, 2022
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Thief
February 7, 2022

Bunch of robbres! Dont give them money or they are going to rob it for false reasons they need to be JAILLED!

Date of experience: February 6, 2022
Indiana
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Untrustworthy
February 7, 2022

You may donate to a fundraiser, but GoFundMe will decide if it's a worthy cause, i. E. if it meets their narrative. They will try to confiscate your donations! DO NOT USE! NOT TRUSTWORTHY!

Date of experience: February 6, 2022
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Donated to a cause funds were never received by the intended cause, refund was difficult and slow. Do not trust with your donation, use a more reputable crowd funding site

Date of experience: February 6, 2022
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Freedom Convoy 2022
February 6, 2022

Regardless of their political allegiance they have no right to do what they did. They have done nothing but cause concern as to whether their platform works for everyone. If you don't align with their rhetoric they may shut you down. Never again will I donate through GoFundMe.

Date of experience: February 6, 2022
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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This organization is SUCH a joke! They stole the "Freedom Convoy" funds that all of us average Canadians donated to, claiming that the convoy was destructive (which it wasn't, despite what some MSM outlets say). If that's the reasoning behind the decision, why weren't "Black Lives Matter" funds shut down and taken away? Seeing as how a large portion of BLM protestors literally burned their cities down, looted, caused riots, and physically assaulted innocent bystanders. If GoFundMe truly has ZERO tolerance for any violence, shouldn't the BLM funds have been cut off as well? Or is it only the causes you don't agree with? The Freedom Convoy have not done ANYTHING violent, and you'd know that if you did a bit of research. The Chief of Police in Ottawa came out and said so himself. Then you decide to give us our money back AFTER an official investigation was started?!? What does that tell us? I will NEVER use GoFundMe again, and I know I'm not alone. Congratulations GoFundMe, you just upset 84% of Canadians who are now refusing to use your services.

GoFraudMe reversed their previous decision when government officials lodged an investigation into them. What are they so scared of if their practices are above board?
Date of experience: February 6, 2022
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Complete Distrust
February 6, 2022

Never again. They stopped an honest campaign but allowed a campaign that raised bail for criminals. A dissatisfied person.

Date of experience: February 6, 2022
Canada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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They chose and judge on their own whom to give donations which were collected by free will of donators.

Date of experience: February 6, 2022
Washington
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Frauds
February 6, 2022

I thought about sending $$ through this show. Until I heard what they did to peaceful people. But this scumbag site. Is a blm & antifa supporters.so no $$ from me to your $#*! show site. Get ready to get cancelled. I will be using. GIVESENDGO

Date of experience: February 6, 2022
Utah
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Thieves
February 6, 2022

Apparently they can take your money if they don't like the cause you're donating to, and give it to another cause that they like better.

Will never use to donate money again.

Date of experience: February 6, 2022
Canada
1 review
9 helpful votes
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Not for Canadians.
February 6, 2022

Millions of dollars, just over 10 to be exact, was donated to Canadians to help for food, fuel, lodges etc. And any money left over would be donated to a charity for Canadian Veterans was shut down due to government pressure. Not cool! The world is watching, history is being made, I'm tired of all the negativity in this world, we finally have something positive to look forward to and you cave! Regardless, we'll go else where, the people always do.

Date of experience: February 6, 2022
Israel
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Disgraceful company
February 6, 2022

This is a disgraceful company, not to be trusted. Do not use. Not to be trusted with your hard earned money. Use someone else.

Date of experience: February 6, 2022
Illinois
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Dishonest and No Support
February 6, 2022

Set up a GoFundMe for a fellow nurse and when I tried to turn the account over to her, it took her weeks to get it set up and there was no way to get support because we both would end up in a circular call tree for several minutes, but would never be able to speak to anyone. My friend finally got it figured out on her own, but she shouldn't have had go through all of that.

Then, when I heard today that GFM wants to refund the donations for the Canadian Truckers or donate it to a cause they deem as more worthy, like BLM, I'm out. I will NEVER donate to another cause on their platform or set up an account to help a friend. I've done it for several. From now on, I will use GiveSendGo. I hope GFM gets their asses sued into oblivion. They're nothing more than Leftist thieves. Get Woke, Go Broke! Bye GoFundMe!

Date of experience: February 6, 2022
Florida
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Horrible company. I've seen them steal money multiple times from donors. With no explanation. If the alarm free well. This company should be shut down

Date of experience: February 5, 2022