Vandana created a Wigadoo invite and emailed it out to her friends. She wanted at least 8 people to pledge £35 each by Friday. She wanted 8 people because then she could get a great group discount.
By Friday, 9 people had signed up. 3 more signed up the week after. Best of all, Vandana knew that no one would pull out because they had all pledged.
Vandana then collected slightly less than she'd asked people to pledge because the tickets were cheaper than she thought they'd be.
The money went into an online event account which came with its own virtual prepaid MasterCard®. This meant that she could pay for the theatre tickets on TicketMaster straight after she'd collected the money.
They all had a great time and loved the show!
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