捐款给山姆店员变成了花6万买个二手车给他

https://www.gofundme.com/f/suppo ... e-hero-and-a-victim
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我记得这个捐款的最初目标是5万然后钱都是给这个保护亚裔的山姆店员，从链接的标题也可以看到最初的标题。现在的捐款目标已经到了10万。捐款的对象也从这个店员变成了受害者和店员2者。这没有问题，唯一的疑问是捐款的使用方式也变了。为什么不直接把捐款给Zach而是花6万买一个二手车？什么二手车需要6万？

The first $60,000 will be used to buy a used car for Zach Owen and donations above $60,000 will be split 50-50 between Zach and  Bawi Cung's two boys for treating the knife scars on their faces.

Bawi Cung and his two boys, aged 2 & 6, were hate crime victims in Midland, TX on March 14, 2020. The suspect thought the Burmese family was Chinese and spreading the coronavirus and attacked them with a knife. As a bystander, Zach Owen disarmed the suspect bare handedly. Unfortunately, Zach’s right palm also suffered permanent injury and the grip strength is down to 40%.

In the video, Zach described the hate crime incident and his injury with more details in his testimony at a “Tri-caucus Congressional Forum on Rise in Anti-Asian Bigotry during the COVID-19 Pandemic” on August 10, 2020,

With the hope to find a better job in the west Texas oil field, Zach came to Midland from Oklahoma. Unfortunately, the injury disqualifies him from many oil field jobs. He has also been treated for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Zach is now considering to move back to Oklahoma. The first $50,000  of donation will still be given to Zach on or before his birthday in mid-January 2021 to pay for his ongoing out-of-pocket medical bills, cover some of the financial deficit incurred due to the reduced working hours during his recovery period, and also help with Zach’s return to a normal life. We need more heroes like Zach Owen.

We are sorry to report that after we launched the fundraiser, Zach Owen had an auto accident in Midland, TX on December 10, 2020. The car was totaled. The first $60,000 will be used to buy a used car for Zach Owen and donations above $60,000 will be split 50-50 between Zach and  Bawi Cung's two boys for treating the knife scars on their faces.

链接里有个update可以点开看history:
Dec.12th update:
We are glad to report that we reached the original goal of $50K in less than four days. Unfortunately, Zach had an accident in the evening of 12/10. Zach’s car was totaled. The committee decided to raise the goal.

The first $50,000 will still be given to Zach on or before his birthday in mid-January 2021 to pay for his ongoing out-of-pocket medical bills, cover some of the financial deficit incurred due to the reduced working hours during his recovery period, and also help with Zach’s return to a normal life. .

The next $10K is for Zach to buy an used car to replace the one totaled on Dec. 10.

Donations above $60K will be split equally between Zach Owen and Bawi Cung’s two boys for treating the knife scars on their face. Please spread the words. Your kindness and support are greatly appreciated.

美国人做事不太讲逻辑的, 这跟中国人的思维很不一样.

之前Gofundme上有个很有名的"Detroit Walking Man", 这个人干着一份时薪 $11的工作, 但是住得很远而且没有车, 只有一小段可以坐公交车, 导致每天要步行20 miles.  
我们中国人的思维是, 他为什么不买车, 不搬家, 不换工作...
然而一个美国大学生知道此事后很感动, 就在Gofundme上给他筹钱, 起初的目标是 $5000, 买辆二手车. 但这个故事太轰动了,捐款很快就超过了$5000. 按照我们的思维, 目标达成, 捐款通道应该自动关闭, 但是并没有. Gofundme上goal达到后, 仍然可以捐, 美国人心善, 明明看到超过goal了, 还源源不断的有人捐. 后来捐款发起人就吧goal改成 $25000, 也可以理解. $5000只能买个破车, 既养不起也修不起. 但即便Goal变成 $25000后也很快超过. 这个Goal保持在$25000不变, 但最终收到了35万美金的捐款! 也就是说绝大多数人是看到了已经完成了$25000的Goal之后, 还心甘情愿的捐款. 这些人绝大多数自己都没有35刀的存款吧. 除了捐款, 这个Detroit Walking Man还被人捐了一辆新车! 以及有人给他租了公寓! 他上班变成只需要12分钟...

djw612 发表于 2020-12-13 18:28:17
链接里有个update可以点开看history:
Dec.12th update:
We are glad to report that we reached the original goal

地里的和gofundme上面的描述并不相同。不知道地里的帖子哪里来的信息。我看到的是6万买一辆二手车。可以点进链接看网站。截图也附上

a6219221 发表于 2020-12-14 12:06
地里的和gofundme上面的描述并不相同。不知道地里的帖子哪里来的信息。我看到的是6万买一辆二手车。可以点 ...

我说的也是gofundme上面的。里面有个update history，里面有详细说明。

a6219221 发表于 2020-12-14 12:06
地里的和gofundme上面的描述并不相同。不知道地里的帖子哪里来的信息。我看到的是6万买一辆二手车。可以点 ...

页面有个按钮叫“See older updates”，里面看Dec. 12, 2020的更新。

Gofundme 很多都是骗子

一直好奇 这类组织的管理费收多少

a6219221 发表于 2020-12-14 12:06
地里的和gofundme上面的描述并不相同。不知道地里的帖子哪里来的信息。我看到的是6万买一辆二手车。可以点 ...

楼上已经说了有一个 update button, LZ 能不能看仔细一点？

我之前也有怀疑真实性，不过看gofundme里面有视频链接Zach 也有出来说话所以觉得可能性比较高所以也捐了

有没有了解的人来说说一般gofundme 是怎么防伪的，应该有个统一的流程吧？

楼主毫不怀疑捐款真实性。针对一些细节抓一抓而已。感谢组织者的努力和付出和楼上的回答。如果是5W给他然后1W买车那就很make sense。

这个事情还是要继续跟进的， 貌似组织者ACP也在他们的首页update了gofundme 的信息， 至少说明确实是ACP。
我不了解ACP，剩下就看是不是真的拿给Zack和受害者

我看了一下gofundme网站，好在如果有问题gofundme应该会负责处理，受捐赠人都有SSN和ID实名注册的应该跑不了