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A crowdfunding drive to raise enough money for a Greek bailout has raised a massive €250,000 in one day - and crashed Indiegogo.

We interviewed British shoe-seller Thom Feeney, 29, about his bail out plan yesterday evening.

Since then, the total amount of money pledged has shot up from just over €1,000 to a mammoth €254,615 (£180 thousand).

Feeney wants every European to donate "the cost of a feta and olive salad", claiming that a donation of just €3 per head could help Greece pay off its debt.

More than 16,000 people have now signed up for his crowdfunding campaign, prompting Indiegogo to admit the popularity of the page crashed the website.

"Crowdfunding can help because it's just a case of getting on and doing it," Thom told Mirror Online.

"I was fed up of the Greek crisis going round in circles, while politicians are dithering, this is affecting real people.

"While all the posturing is going on, then it's easy for the politicians to forget that. I just thought, sod it, I'll have a crack.

To speed the process along, Mr Feeney is offering donors a few tasty treats to help reach his ambitious goal of raising €1,600,000,000.

Pledge €3 and you'll get a postcard of Alex Tsipiras, the Greek prime minister, whilst €25 will get you a bottle of Greek wine.

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Pledged the whole lot and you'll get a Greek island, although we have a few doubts about whether Mr Feeney will be able to make good on this promise.

"I'm confident the people of Europe will get this campaign and some time soon we'll all be raising a glass of Ouzo and having a bloody great big celebration," he continued.

"I think at the very least it's important that we help our Greek cousins by buying wonderful Greek produce such as feta, olives, wine and more - and maybe considering Greece as a holiday destination.

"That's part of the idea behind each of the perks on the crowdfunding page. Trade will help Greece and the Greek people out of their current situation."

IndieGogo told Mirror Online that the outage was caused by an "overwhelming number of people interested in support this campaign".