Beg-packing: Brit’s GoFundMe panned for asking netizens to fund Southeast Asia travels

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

 

BANGKOK: -- On Tuesday, Brit backpacker Jacob Stroner created a GoFundMe campaign asking readers to cough up cash to fund his travels through Southeast Asia.

 

The long entry, titled “Travelling disaster,” tells of Stroner’s numerous passport, visa, and flight mishaps due to a damaged passport that led to him being held in detention cells in both Suvarnabhumi Airport and a Vietnamese airport and blowing through his savings on flight tickets he could not use since his passport was not valid for travel.

 

He’s now back at home in Overton, England, but hopes to get back to Asia with a new passport in hand as soon as possible. And he’d like you to pay for it.

 

Full story: https://coconuts.co/bangkok/beg-packing-brits-gofundme-panned-asking-netizens-fund-southeast-asia-travels/

 

-- © Copyright Coconuts Bangkok 2017-04-24

 instead, is being shared by people making fun of Stroner for his poor spelling, punctuation, and grammar 

 

 

 

He could always get a teaching job over here ! 

Arrest him for soliciting, and confiscate any money he has received. 

 

Anybody who helps him with this nonsense is an idiot.

7 minutes ago, colinneil said:

Anybody who helps him with this nonsense is an idiot.

Unfair to idiots, I know a few, and on the whole, they are nice people.

Help. I have only worked my way through half the bars on Soi 6 and my money has run out.

 

There are still approximately 287 girls I need to spend a "short time" with.

 

Please fund me.

 

 

I am sure Thais would fund him if he was wearing a saffron robe  They give monks Billions of Baht every year 

seems his speil has been deleted, but the campaign remains active

I just read the the somewhat unstable Michael Yon wants to go to Korea to see whats going on there and will be taking " Donations " . Every month or so he is asking for cash for a new camera  , to pay his way or to just for a freebie holiday etc . 

Another example of " Independent travelers", Not a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of. Yes , not all but I see more and more on the soi's of Samui, Pattaya and Phuket.

Scrounger this guy.

You would have to be a real sucker to give this

guy a penny.

Get a job, work hard and stop begging and

scaming people.   Mentality of those from

a Welfare Country.

Go fly a kyte, you are an imbecile 

50 minutes ago, pbeieio said:

More fake news used to "fill" this vacuous website with more and more CRAP!

WHY IS THIS RELEVANT??

 

Perhaps I, along with others will "vote with our feet" and unsubscribe?

 

 

 

More fool you. The news may be trivial, unworthy and pathetic, but I don't for a moment think it's fake. This clown seems to be 100% serious in his efforts... 

So this bloke is even "smarter" than the singing backpackers on the elevated walkways around Paragon. He even won't sing and get the money  straight on his bank.

 

Matey when i went backpacking in my twenties i worked 90 hour weeks to save up for my travels. Why on earth do you think you'll get it for free??

Cheap charlie

...what has the lad been keestering...?

 

Entire campaign dead now? 

 

33 minutes ago, fruitman said:

So this bloke is even "smarter" than the singing backpackers on the elevated walkways around Paragon. He even won't sing and get the money  straight on his bank.

 

Matey when i went backpacking in my twenties i worked 90 hour weeks to save up for my travels. Why on earth do you think you'll get it for free??

I did something similar, left for Germany with 14 pounds in my pocket and worked my way all round Europe for a year,that was before the EU and yet it was surprisingly easy to find temporary work all over Europe, i worked in kitchens in Switzerland, assembled cupboards in Germany, cleaning saunas in Finland washed cars in Italy and did some farm work in France, a great way to get to know the countries.

Absolute lazy idiot!

Regardless of how stupid it may seem, he'll get money for his travels, people will fund him given he's a walking disaster. I've traveled throughout the world and never had the problems he's had. 

57 minutes ago, smew said:

Go fly a kyte, you are an imbecile 

I think you just nailed that smew, he is a real kite flyer....................

52 minutes ago, fruitman said:

So this bloke is even "smarter" than the singing backpackers on the elevated walkways around Paragon. He even won't sing and get the money  straight on his bank.

 

Matey when i went backpacking in my twenties i worked 90 hour weeks to save up for my travels. Why on earth do you think you'll get it for free??

That's why:

 

 

And to think, after college I drove a taxi to get enough money to go backpacking around the world for a year... it is difficult to imagine how low self esteem one must have to ask for others to pay for your life... 

When you have a choice of going out, getting a job and working for money to support yourself and your holidays, OR just asking for free money and others to pay for you. What do you do ?

Would appear that this young man was also absent when they taught work ethics.

He has a bright future ahead.

23 minutes ago, soalbundy said:

I did something similar, left for Germany with 14 pounds in my pocket and worked my way all round Europe for a year,that was before the EU and yet it was surprisingly easy to find temporary work all over Europe, i worked in kitchens in Switzerland, assembled cupboards in Germany, cleaning saunas in Finland washed cars in Italy and did some farm work in France, a great way to get to know the countries.

Well, that scammer could do the same even over here, yes, it's called WORKING for your coin - have met a couple folks who did it, even easier now with the likes of:

 

 http://www.workaway.info/

 

... then again, would anyone want that failure to 'work' anywhere near themselves ?! 

 

"It's only fair you all pay for it"?? Sounds like a lame attempt at humor to me.

Go Fund Me?

How about GFY

Insurance premiums would seem to be a small yet worthwhile investment....

17 hours ago, colinneil said:

Anybody who helps him with this nonsense is an idiot.

Totally agree.