WinRed
Reviews and Complaints

This one is a no-brainer. I used a different credit card for my most recent donation which included merch.

I got an email confirmation, and it posted to my credit card account. I have already paid the bill. I reached out to WinRed and the emails trying to get this straightened out are feverishly flying back and forth between me and three different people. It is exhausting.

I suggest nobody donate or purchase things from this organization. They are sloppy and certainly don't endear any candidate to the donor. I would think someone in the Republican Party would want to project a better image.

From what I have read, there are State Attorney Generals looking into WinRed practices. Just sayin'.

Hello WinRed.

First, we want to thank you for all you are doing to help us take back the White House and a solid majority in both the House and the Senate.

We are writing with a concern that may not make sense to you because we are in surge mode and pushing hard for financial resources. However, we believe that WinRed has a genuine problem raising funds.

I no longer use WinRed because I can not afford to have my phone (text messages) and email bombed with fund-raising. We have friends that are far more wealthier than we are, and they have had the same problem and no longer give to the GOP through WinRed. A person may unsubscribe 50 times - it makes no difference. If you test STOP, you will get a STOP confirmation, which is another intrusion and annoyance, but it never stops.

I think STOP should STOP WinRed, not just that specific candidate.

There has got to be a better way to do this. Maybe send us a text 2 or even 3 times per week where we open to a page where we can see the candidates and a BRIEF description of their story and what they plan on doing for us, and then check a box to support that candidate with an amount. It should include a clear notice that WinRed will only send out urgent reminders a couple of times per week and not bomb their phone or email. There may be better ideas, but I believe the current method is killing us and costing us millions in financial resources.

The other day I heard President Trump address the people, and I really wanted to give right then, but I knew if I did, I would increase the bombing of my text messages and my email, so I did NOT give.

That was $100.00 lost. There was a time in the past when you could give directly to the Trump Campaign without going through WinRed. A lot of people did that because they did not want to be bombed by WinRed. Nowadays, WinRed is about the only way to give, so people JUST DON'T do it.

The other thing that hurts us is crying and begging for help.

For example, Jen Kiggans recently texted me this.

I guess that's all she wrote.

Maybe my hopes were just too high. I was counting on a huge response from my last text, but I've come up short.

We can't continue to conduct the campaign as usual if we aren't able to raise what we need to keep the lights on and pay our staff.

I'm Jen Kiggans. I'm not sure you've heard of me, but this text is a heartfelt & humble request for your help.

Why would anyone be motivated to give? Many people who read this will conclude that most are not supporting her.

She goes on to say that Joe Biden and the Dem Machine have 180 million lined up to crush her. If the Dems have 180 million in contributions and she can't even keep the lights on, that does not speak well of her candidacy. That tells the reader that she must be a horrible candidate. Jen is just one of many examples of horrible, negative PR from our candidates.

Who wants to give to a loser? We need to hear a brief description of who she is, what she stands for, and what she will do if elected. We need to hear a positive message of hope and a bright future - not all this stuff about the Dems out funding us, and we've come up short.

Finally, what Jen Kiggans and the many others crying the blues in their failed efforts as a candidate DON'T KNOW is this. There may have been people who wanted to give, even with their defeatist PR approach, but WILL NOT and CAN NOT because of WinRed.

If you give just ONE TIME through WinRed, you will learn very quickly NEVER to do that again as your phone and email become practically unusable because of the bombing.

So, I hope you will actually get this message to someone who can make a decision about future fundraising efforts and find a way to make this work. Many of us want to give but can not afford the fallout.

Thanks for all you do. President Trump has our Vote for sure.

John Vogt

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