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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s sad that people feel the need to comment continually on the go fund me after his death. If you don’t want to donate you don’t have to. You aren’t going to change anyone’s mind with your constant rants over it either. Get a life![/quote]

I see this type of response a lot on social media over this.   Its not so much about the van der beeks, its more about a ridiculous donation culture that needs to be called out where people are using gofundme as a way to take financial short cuts, taking advantage of people in the process.

Its just like calling out that the absurdity that tipping culture has become.   If we stay silent the problem becomes more widespread.

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Get real. If your spouse has to die very young to “cut a financial shortcut” that sounds like a pretty shit deal. You should be so lucky, right? I’d rather have decades to work and save than have one of our lives cut short. You lack perspective on this.[/quote]

DP, but I have a real world example that highlights how people feel when they are asked to donate and then find out there was never a real financial need.

Someone I know IRL lost her husband unexpectedly in his late 40s/early 50s. A GoFundMe was launched by the woman’s sister to cover funeral expenses, housing costs, and college savings. They quickly pulled in over $250k+. (Well north of that actually.)

And then a few months later everyone found out he was heavily insured and already had tons of money invested, etc. They moved into a nicer home, kids were already in private school, etc. A relative with more intimate knowledge said the money wasn’t needed; just a money grab.

As someone who had no idea, I contributed $500—like most of our friends (some gave more). We worried she would struggle to pay bills. Long story short: she’s financially better off than literally everyone who contributed to the GFM. And that’s not cool. [/quote]

\$250K isn’t retire and live off the interest for life money. It’s like 1 years salary for people. If you can’t afford to donate, then don’t.[/quote]

You’ve missed the point.

The widow didn’t need any money because her husband was sitting on millions in investments and then was heavily insured on top of it.

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That’s the point: the GFM was an unnecessary money grab for someone who didn’t need a dime…and apparently the Vanderbeek widow doesn’t really need average Joe’s to crowd-fund her family’s lifestyle either. [/quote]

No, the point is that $500 was a lot to you and you needed it more than the widow. Don’t donate more than you can comfortably afford. A lot of people donated $10 to the Van Der Beeks. That’s like one Starbucks drink. [/quote]

And the other point is that is it greedy to ask for money through a Go Fund Me if you are better off than most of the people you sent the info to. [/quote]

I never donate to go fund mes. It’s easy to not worry about this. Just don’t do it. Easy peasy.[/quote]

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