GoFundMe closed my account in secrecy.
This is the type of insanity and fuckery that makes you wanna give up on this world. So so unfair.
I made a donation campaign to help me pay for the yearly camper insurance since I cannot pay it by myself especially since I am on my own after Sasha exited herself from our relationship. The camper is my home. If I lose that all of my projects are in danger, of course. So if people help me they also help all of the many TROM projects we have.
I made the campaign and asked for 600€. This is the content of the campaign:
Help me pay for my “tromhome” yearly insurance:
Every year I have to pay around 600€ for the car insurance. This car is not just a car, is my only home. Is the place from where I create all of the TROM projects. From content, to VideoNeat, TROMjaro, TROMnews, TROM.tf and many more.
See what I do here tromsite.com/ and here tiotrom.com/projects/
This past year has been an absolute nightmare for me. Health issues, my girlfriend left me, financial problems, etc.. I was able to support myself via the monthly donations I get from TROM, barely, but now being alone I cannot afford these big expenses. So I have to ask for help,
It’s always like that, and I hate asking for this sort of help, but is not much I can about.
Thank you to anyone who can help out. If a miracle happens and I get more than this amount then I can fix some problems with the car, like the front suspensions that cost a lot of money (650€ …), or buy a new window (big one) for the camper because the one I have is cracked and it rains inside of it.
At least I hope to raise the money to pay for the insurance. My savings are around 1.000 Euros (maybe) and I can pay for it from that, but then I am too close to being totally broke. I need some savings in case of emergency situations.
Ok. That’s all.
I hope that if people appreciate the work I do for TROM they can help me a bit financially so I can continue, as people are the reason I can still do these things.
I appreciate it!
After 2 days and a single anonymous 10€ donation, I got this email from GoFundMe (in German, for some reason – I even thought it is Spam). Translated:
Hello,
We regret to inform you that GoFundMe can no longer process donations for your account. We have removed your GoFundMe account, including all associated campaigns.
Furthermore, we have initiated refunds for all donations to your campaign that have not yet been paid out; the respective donors will receive their funds back within the next 3–7 business days.
Unfortunately, we cannot provide details regarding the reasons for this action. This measure is taken to ensure the security of our platform.
Thank you for your understanding.
I ignored it for a day and did not even translate that message because I thought it was spam, until my friend Roko asked me what happened to the campaign because the link is not working. I checked and indeed the campaign was gone. I translated the german message and I was shocked…
I replied to them:
They replied back:
So was this an issue with that anonymous donation I got or what?? What can I do if a donor donates in a suspicious way to my campaign…or what this has to do with me?
I replied:
And they replied back:
And that’s it! The secrecy is insane. WTF has happened one might wonder…I will probably never ever know.
This is what happens when you rely on these platforms…they can shut you down WITHOUT any explanation. This should be ILLEGAL.
The Universe was already against me. After so many problems attacking me for the past year, for the past week I had to urgently fly to Romania after my father had the 5th stroke. I am helping my parents move back to Spain because the healthcare system in Romania is a disaster. A lot of stress, lack of money….terrible situation I am in. I barely had time to create this donation campaign and I got it shut down like that.
Nothing works for me. I am cursed. If I were to believe in such nonsense I would have all the reasons to go mental about it. Final Destination: Cursed.
I will make the campaign again as soon as I can….because I have little choice. I need help. Likely I will make a campaign to pay for our servers for a year, so I can pay the insurance with my own savings.
Life sucks. And I really really look forward to when it wont suck anymore. Let’s see.
And a big FUCK you to the gofundme company!
2 Replies to “GoFundMe closed my account in secrecy.”
This is truly an abomination of the behavior and very showing of our current world state. I dunno what Gofundme is, a financial organization or what or maybe they work with the payment systems, but I only saw that type of behavior from the companies like banks or transaction systems, because guess what? They actually LEGALLY allowed not to disclose anything to you, that’s it. Period. Of course, for the noble cause, for your children safety, no less. I literally know people who had their bank accounts closed like that, with no explanation whatsoever. Imagine living in this world where almost every vital thing now depends on you having a bank account and then pooof, you are done, no reasoning, no way to appeal that, nada. That is the world we live in, nothing personal, it is just business.. And I do not think this is your fault really, and of course you are not cursed. However, alter you have been through lately, I can understand why you may see it this way. But do not give my friend, you are a way more decent human being than all of those madafuckas could ever be. And we find a way to detach ourselves from this insanity, trust me. There is so much freedom for ourselves lies ahead and the ways not to depend on this fuckery. And yeah, FUCK YOU gofundme! I assume you gonna refund all those extra payments I did on top of my donations to support your fuckin’ platform, huh?! Guess not, slimy bastards..
Yes man…abomination for sure! I start to get desensitized about these many problems…idk…what can I do at this point?! Move on, try to find an alternative…sucks but maybe it can make me more resilient. I hope at least….