Online whip-round sites

swiow

Hi all, in these Covid days doing a whip round or collection for someone in the office is not easy when a lot of people are working from home. I’ve seen a few sites online set up to do this in the virtual world. Had anyone used them and can recommend one? Are they safe?

greatcrested

Bad enough being regularly hassled at work to contribute to Bob-in-IT or Marge-in-HR's birthday do.

Don't encourage the same thing online. Pleeeease!

(plus this is a board for savings, not expenditure!)

strawb_shortcake

At work we've had a few leavers, usually one person takes responsibility and organises the present then we bank transfer our share.
Far easier than adding a 3rd party

scoot65

annabanana82 said:

At work we've had a few leavers, usually one person takes responsibility and organises the present then we bank transfer our share.
Far easier than adding a 3rd party

That's what we've been doing as well. Seems to work pretty good with no need for third parties.  

Helen8012

Our office has been using Viing.com for a few years now since before lockdown and it’s always been excellent. I think a few others have come out recently, but I’ve always been happy with their service. Saves a lot of faffing around and customer services are pretty great if you need anything. 

Sea_Shell

Just think of all those birthday doughnuts that haven't needed to be brought in too!!

Doshwaster

Paypal Money Pools seems to be the standard platform at my place.
https://www.paypal.com/uk/webapps/mpp/money-pools
Not having an enveloped passed around for someone in Admin who you have never heard of is one of the many things I don't miss about being in the office.

MX5huggy

PayPal money pool gets my vote from experience.  much easier then using a current account where it all gets mixed with normal transactions. No fees.