In what is being hailed one of the most successful Indiegogo campaigns of all time, 29-year-old Thom Feeney has raised nearly €1.8 million to save Greece, (almost $2 million). Within the first 3 days, over 72,000 backers chipped in to help – the most in Indiegogo history, according to Indiegogo. The campaign is now 7 days old, and that count is up to over 101,000 people. He's trying to raise cash to help the Greek people make the €1.6 billion payment (or about $1.8 billion) that Greece owed the IMF. Greece missed that payment and is in arrears. Feeney explained his motivations on the Indiegogo campaign page: "All this dithering over Greece is getting boring ... The European Union is home to 503 million people, if we all just chip in a few Euro then we can get Greece sorted and hopefully get them back on track soon. Easy." Well, maybe not that easy. Even though the campaign has gotten 100,000 people to make a pledge, none of them will be on the hook to pay anything unless the campaign reaches its goal of €1.6 billion. Indiegogo says that the campaign is officially "0% funded with 61 hours left." Anything can happen in a couple of days but it's not looking good for this to become the winning idea for Greece, even though, as we previously reported, Feeney was offering some enticing goodies to backers if the campaign was a success: Pledge €3 and get a postcard sent from Greece of Alex Tsipras, the Greek Prime Minister. We'll get them made and posted in Greece and give a boost to some local printers and post offices. Pledge €6 and get a Greek Feta and Olive salad. Pledge €10 and get a small bottle of Ouzo sent to you. Pledge €25 and get a bottle of Greek wine. Pledge €3 and get a postcard sent from Greece of Alex Tsipras, the Greek Prime Minister. We'll get them made and posted in Greece and give a boost to some local printers and post offices. Pledge €6 and get a Greek Feta and Olive salad. Pledge €10 and get a small bottle of Ouzo sent to you. Pledge €25 and get a bottle of Greek wine. SEE ALSO: Back in 2000, the CIA made 8 predictions on what life would be like in 2015 Join the conversation about this story » NOW WATCH: Forget the Apple Watch — here's the new watch everyone on Wall Street wants
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