I told a friend of mine after we heard about this yesterday that I wondered what Trump would do to help the victims and their families. It didn't take him long.
I've rcvd 2 text messages today- nothing like the last time. I did start a new account and made sure to leave the phone # out. Fingers crossed. Once they finish counting the money we will be bombarded.
I donated to Jocelyn Nungary through GFMe and was surprised at how much GFMe charged for the donation. They could do it for a quarter of what they charge. Kind of disgusting.
As long as people keep paying their high fees--it will persist to go even higher. I won't contribute on GoFundMe anymore--if they don't use GiveSendGo--then I don't give. Period! despise WinRed PAC, but that's the only way we can contribute to most political campaigns...and then they have the unmitigated 'gall' to ask for a 'tip' after you complete the donation.
I volunteer with a lot of campaigns and always encourage them to offer an alternative to just Win Red. It's the easy button as it makes campaign finance reporting easier and easy to set up but at the very least give an address to send checks. A lot of people don't like win red, me included, although I give a lot more time than money. I was at an event today and lots of people were just tossing cash although that can be a problem for campaign finance reports if they don't provide donor info and the cash total is too high. Win Red is a service and there are fees from the credit card companies and fees to Win Red, so the 'tip' means the candidate gets the full amount. I ran an event last month for a R group I am in using EventBrite just so we could take cards for advance registrations, and the fees are ridiculous.
If you had a business that would accept CC, that would probably be lower fees than EventBrite. I have a small biz and use SQUARE UP now as my payment processor...their fees are .0345 per transaction which is very reasonable - no other fees are attached. What does EventBrite charge--per transaction, Donna?
3.7% + $1.79 per sold ticket + 2.9% processing fee for the card.
We're a small R women's club and don't even have a website. Eventbrite gave us the ability to share a link to the event - landing page, order online. Our usual meetings are old school, rsvp by phone, text or email, but this was a big candidate forum where we had nearly 100 attendees, had to pay for lunches in advance, and lots of non members. I ran events for a mfg assn for 11 years and know people suck at RSVP in general so wanted to get their money up front so we would not be stuck with paying for no shows. So it was pay a lot in fees, or pay for lunches that people didn't show up to eat. I have a business but it's consulting/B2B and don't take cards. If we did more big events it would be worth it but this is just something we do every other year, election years.
Well...Square Up would work so much better in the future--you can register using your B2B business profile and when you have a political 'event' use your own Square Up account to take credit and debit card donations/fees.
That’s exactly what I thought?! Why wouldn’t they use give send go? It is so ridiculous. I really don’t want to donate to that site. I’d rather start my own gifts and go for them. We all know what GoFundMe is capable of!
I sure wanted to donate, but I won’t use gofundme. I don’t understand why any conservative would. Donated to it when the Canadian truckers were striking and then gofundme wouldn’t give it to them. They totally went along with their corrupt government. That’s when I learned of GiveSendGo instead. I actually got my donation refunded at that time from gofundme and then resent it through GiveSendGo.
There appears to be a fundraiser, started by Trump's campaign, for the victims of yesterday's shooting, per @Pulte on X.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/president-trump-seeks-support-for-butler-pa-victims
Kid Rock donated $50,000!
Vivek donated $30,000.
Awesome!
I think he could do a lot better than that.
Relax. That's a big donation. Jeez.
no need to comment!!
How much did you give?
Vivek is a former bio tech ceo. Of course he could
1.7 million as of now. Less than 24 hrs after incident.
❤️awesome. !
He’s a good guy.
Class act.
I told a friend of mine after we heard about this yesterday that I wondered what Trump would do to help the victims and their families. It didn't take him long.
I just donated 102.00
Same!
$102.22
I’ll regret it soon. 😩
I've rcvd 2 text messages today- nothing like the last time. I did start a new account and made sure to leave the phone # out. Fingers crossed. Once they finish counting the money we will be bombarded.
Interesting remark. And you just might. Still too early to say.
We're talking about WinRed and the calls and texts they send after a donation- you got to leave your phone # out. They just blow up your email!
Nearly $1 million has already been donated for the families.
1.7 mil now
$102.22
Why would they use Go Fund Me?
I would contribute but not thru GoFundMe
100%
❤️
Hahahaha. Truth! Not thinking everything through…..
I donated to Jocelyn Nungary through GFMe and was surprised at how much GFMe charged for the donation. They could do it for a quarter of what they charge. Kind of disgusting.
I thought the same thing!!!
good question, but it is what it is
As long as people keep paying their high fees--it will persist to go even higher. I won't contribute on GoFundMe anymore--if they don't use GiveSendGo--then I don't give. Period! despise WinRed PAC, but that's the only way we can contribute to most political campaigns...and then they have the unmitigated 'gall' to ask for a 'tip' after you complete the donation.
I volunteer with a lot of campaigns and always encourage them to offer an alternative to just Win Red. It's the easy button as it makes campaign finance reporting easier and easy to set up but at the very least give an address to send checks. A lot of people don't like win red, me included, although I give a lot more time than money. I was at an event today and lots of people were just tossing cash although that can be a problem for campaign finance reports if they don't provide donor info and the cash total is too high. Win Red is a service and there are fees from the credit card companies and fees to Win Red, so the 'tip' means the candidate gets the full amount. I ran an event last month for a R group I am in using EventBrite just so we could take cards for advance registrations, and the fees are ridiculous.
If you had a business that would accept CC, that would probably be lower fees than EventBrite. I have a small biz and use SQUARE UP now as my payment processor...their fees are .0345 per transaction which is very reasonable - no other fees are attached. What does EventBrite charge--per transaction, Donna?
3.7% + $1.79 per sold ticket + 2.9% processing fee for the card.
We're a small R women's club and don't even have a website. Eventbrite gave us the ability to share a link to the event - landing page, order online. Our usual meetings are old school, rsvp by phone, text or email, but this was a big candidate forum where we had nearly 100 attendees, had to pay for lunches in advance, and lots of non members. I ran events for a mfg assn for 11 years and know people suck at RSVP in general so wanted to get their money up front so we would not be stuck with paying for no shows. So it was pay a lot in fees, or pay for lunches that people didn't show up to eat. I have a business but it's consulting/B2B and don't take cards. If we did more big events it would be worth it but this is just something we do every other year, election years.
Well...Square Up would work so much better in the future--you can register using your B2B business profile and when you have a political 'event' use your own Square Up account to take credit and debit card donations/fees.
Here's a link to their registration page, Donna: https://squareup.com/us/en/payments
Agree with the gofundme and GiveSendGo
That’s exactly what I thought?! Why wouldn’t they use give send go? It is so ridiculous. I really don’t want to donate to that site. I’d rather start my own gifts and go for them. We all know what GoFundMe is capable of!
Correction above since i cannot edit my mistakes, it should say,
I’d rather start my own Give Send Go for them.
Almost up to $2.4 million now! 😳❤️🙏
Just donated.
Thank you.
3 mil now. 4pm. 20 hrs after started.
I sure wanted to donate, but I won’t use gofundme. I don’t understand why any conservative would. Donated to it when the Canadian truckers were striking and then gofundme wouldn’t give it to them. They totally went along with their corrupt government. That’s when I learned of GiveSendGo instead. I actually got my donation refunded at that time from gofundme and then resent it through GiveSendGo.
Thank you for sharing!!
Thanks just donated!