The unwanted GoFundMe

“Setting up a GoFundMe without the knowledge or permission of a friend or neighbor or co-worker should be avoided in most, if not all, instances,” said Quentin Fottrell in MarketWatch.com. Consider this story of a person who was in a terrible accident that left them comatose in the intensive-care unit: Friends started a GoFundMe to pay the expenses, and soon “it was up to $15,000 and over 300 friends, even strangers, had contributed.” Unknown to the donors, however, “most of the expenses” from the hospitalization were covered by insurance. The patient had also recently inherited almost $1 million from a relative. If something like this happens to you, tell your friends you appreciate what they did for you, but refund the money.