Chinese teen sells kidney for an iPad 2

[[SS]Midnight]

Wonder what he would do for a Klondike Bar?

A teenager in China reportedly sold one of his kidneys so he could buy an Apple iPad 2, according to reports from Chinese media.

Identified as simply Zheng, the 17-year-old took to the Internet to find a way to raise money so he could buy himself an iPad 2, according to Shanghai Daily.

"I wanted to buy an iPad 2 but could not afford it," Zheng told the Daily. "A broker contacted me on the Internet and said he could help me sell one kidney for 20,000 yuan."

So, on April 28, the high-schooler left his home in the Anhui province to have his kidney removed in the Hunan province of China, according to reports from both Shanghai Daily and the Global Times newspaper.

Zheng got his 20,000 yuan, which is equal to about $3,100, and returned home with a laptop and an iPad 2, according to a report from the BBC.

When Zheng's mother noticed the computers and a "deep red scar on his body, which was caused by the surgery," the teen confessed to selling his kidney.

NBC got video footage of what it says is the boy's kidney-removal scar and aired it on the Today show.

After learning what Zheng did, his mother went straight to the police, who so far have been unable to track down the organ broker, the reports said.

However, police have learned that the hospital where Zheng had his kidney taken out "was not qualified to perform organ transplants," the Shanghai Daily report said. "The hospital claimed they had no idea about Zheng's surgery because the department that did the surgery had been contracted to a Fujian businessman."

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/tech...le-ipad-2.html

[[SS]Chief]

Originally Posted by [SS]Midnight

Wonder what he would do for a Klondike Bar?

Damn that kid REALLY wanted it!!

[[SS]Midnight]

Yes he did. And now that his health is going downhill he is regretting it.


The stupid things we do as teenagers. Sometimes they haunt us the rest of our lives.

[[SS]Wally]

For $500? OMG

[[SS]Midnight]

No Wally. The amount of $500 was not mentioned. A different price is mentioned in the quoted article. Over 4 times that. (still not a fair price even for the black market)

[[SS]Wally]

lol I know, but my buddy just got one for $500, so that sets the precedent, wow

[[SS]Midnight]

Oh. You are talking about the price of an iPad. I am sure it is the same there. What this talks about is how this kid got butchered illegally for the meager sum of $2300 dollars. He bought an iPad and a laptop with the money. But that is hardly adequate compensation for a kidney.

Considering how shady the whole deal was I am a bit surprised they followed through with paying the kid at all. I kind of expected it to mirror the waking in a tub of ice with a note to call 911 tale.

[[SS]CJ]

I'd sell a nut for $2300.00. No issue at all.

I'm a mutant though of sorts. I have a 3rd nut.