r/Glasgow Tools

The problem is the way the "contract" is structured. They sign folk up by selling them an amazing looking deal. A group of friends of mine from years ago signed up for a holiday deal where they got to trek the Grand Canyon for a week with the final night being a big blow out in Las Vegas. The deal is that they need to go out for the next year and raise money to pay for the holiday plus whatever amount Quarriers want/need to go back to the charity. Quarriers hard sell it and make it look amazing, but once ink is on paper they gave very minimal support and leave it entirely up to the person to come up with how they are going to raise several thousand pounds to pay for the trip plus whatever amount Quarriers want to take for the charity. They had something like a year to raise around £2500 each. From memory, I think 6 folk did it. So, the total amount needing raised by the group was around 15 grand. It can only lead to aggressive fundraising tactics. I remember them doing bag packing in supermarkets, street chugging, a couple of race nights and similar at community centres. As time passes and the date gets closer and you can see that charity events are only chipping away at the bill a little bit at a time, desperation sets in and you get to the point that you have no choice but to get even more aggressive with each passing event.

Long story short, they ended up a few grand short of the total needed. Quarriers still sent them on the Grand Canyon Trek and night in las vegas. Flights paid for. Accommodation in vegas paid for. Grand Canyon tour guides paid for. ... They come home and a few weeks later they start getting letters from lawyers. Quarriers are taking them to the cleaners for the amount their fundraising came up short by plus legal costs.