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Anyone ever heard of Internet Begging sites and what do you think?

Asked by gbear (3points) | asked December 30th, 2008 | 7 responses | “Great Question” (0points) | Flag as…

My understanding is some people, who are either in debt, have a dream or has an illness, will create a site to make some extra cash.

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DrasticDreamer's avatar

I’ve heard of them and I know many exist. The first one I heard of was a guy asking for money, to help get through college. He said he didn’t care even if people only wanted to pay a few cents. I know a lot of people sent stuff to him, so obviously he had a good idea.

I don’t think I would trust the reasons most people could come up with, as to why they wanted the money. But I don’t blame people for trying. I think it’s a cool idea, when it can be believed that someone isn’t lying about why they want/need the money.

millastrellas's avatar

Does anyone remember when Dustin Diamond (Screech from Saved by The Bell) begged for money to not have his house taken away. I am sorry, but i don’t think i have too much sympathy for someone who has been successful and who was probably irresponsible and threw their money away on partying, etc. (of course I really do not know what his case was) But it worked for him, so I suppose it could work and there are people who did sympathize. I’ll stick to donating to ones really in need.

cak's avatar

@millastrellas – he was (is) a complete jack ass, too. His since of entitlement is amazing…how is it my fault that he didn’t keep up with things and this was before the economic meltdown.

millastrellas's avatar

i am seriously wondering who the people that donated money to him were? and did he do anything to show his thanks?

BossHog's avatar

I created an internet begging site called, www.ImBeggingYou.com (good domain name huh?). I heard that other people have had some success, so on a shoe string budget (like 10 bucks), ImBeggingYou.com was born. You never know until you try, right? Check out my story, and oh yeah--donate!

dynamicduo's avatar

There was also this woman, Karen maybe, who begged to pay off something like $10,000 in debt. She had bought hundreds of pairs of shoes and other merch. I believe she paid it off. Personally I would never give money to such or other beggars. Combined with the fact that on the Internet there are tons of scammers etc, it’s a resounding NO.

mssasham's avatar

The rising star in internet begging is http://www.bailafamilyout.com its the only cyberbeggar where members, visitors and the donors themselves interact which each other in the live chat and blogs. Also the members page is not set where you just post a story and button. You get your own editable webpage thats similar to a myspace page. Since the six months its been online over $13000 in donations have been given to its members and the number of donations is growing daily. The website was created by a woman and she always find the time to contact or chat with her members. Her geniune concern for them is why this website is gaining popularity online and its the reason its been so successful.

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