• Chinese boy trades kidney in exchange for iPad 2, regrets it

    There are Apple fans, and then there are real Apple fans.

    Count 17 year-old Chinese student “Zheng” as a member of the latter camp. Zheng is the new owner of a brand new iPad 2, which the Anhui Province resident received through the unlikeliest of means: By trading one of his own kidneys.

    Both The Global Times and Shanghi Daily report the story, which begins when Zeng is contacted online by a bona fide organ broker. Zheng, clearly enticed by the notion of finally owning an iPad 2, underwent the surgery on April 28th, exchanging the extracted organ for 22,000 yuan ($3393).

    Suffice it to say that Zheng’s mom wasn’t happy with the trade, and made honest maternal efforts to get the police to help retrieve her son’s irreplacable body part. No dice, of course, because the kind broker who arranged the trade was sadly also the kind of organ broker who keeps his phone in a perpetually off state.
    Now, Zheng, stricken with sickness after the surgery, regrets his decision, especially after finding out that the hospital where he stayed wasn’t actually qualified to remove his kidney in the first place.

    Now the question is, are there any apps for searching for kidney donors?

    Source: ZDnet
    Comments 14 Comments
    1. Cut-Copy-Paste's Avatar
      Cut-Copy-Paste -
      Now the question is, are there any apps for searching for kidney donors?
      Some poeple just dont know where not to use their gay humour. He wasn't even major and life with one kidney is no easy.
    1. phayze101's Avatar
      phayze101 -
      I dont know, I found it pretty hilarious. This is an example of natural selection in its purest form, and as terrible as it is to say, if you feel sorry or feel offended you clearly have the wrong priorities. I mean you use the word "gay" in the most offensive way to gay people, and are offended by a crude joke against someone clearly not intelligent enough to make his own decisions.
    1. Funkin''s Avatar
      Funkin' -
      Quote Originally Posted by phayze101 View Post
      I dont know, I found it pretty hilarious.
      It is. What's not funny about some dumb ass kid wanting an Ipad bad enough that he sells one of his own organs to some stranger that contacts him through email?

      Comedy at it's finest.
    1. merwais's Avatar
      merwais -
      Chinese FTW

      American will sell his ass to get an iPad 2, news will come soon, just wait
    1. unclemilty74's Avatar
      unclemilty74 -
      Seriously why are you thinking that this guy.. I mean kid... deserves any sympathy? 17 is not old enough to make these kinds of decisions in America and there is a reason for that. I was 17 and bought a CD-writer for $900 because I ... wait for it...wait for it... yes, I worked for it! Save the dough and save the organs yo! An ipad 2 for $500 and he couldn't scrape up the cash? This shit is funny as hell and should be mocked. Stupid kid.
    1. Xbox_360's Avatar
      Xbox_360 -
      All over an ipad, what an idiot of course he regrets it, it's an over sized ipod touch what did he expect from it? Maybe when he trades his next kidney for the ipad 3 he will be happy with his choice lol. Instead of looking to get his kidney back he should be looking for a new brain.
    1. Cabalo's Avatar
      Cabalo -
      Apple should now offer him a new kidney implant.
    1. mjmacky's Avatar
      mjmacky -
      Apple didn't like the press, now wants his other kidney...
      Add another to the iDiot list
    1. Cabalo's Avatar
      Cabalo -
      Quote Originally Posted by mjmacky View Post
      Apple didn't like the press, now wants his other kidney...
      Add another to the iDiot list
      That's more likely to happen.
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      A -
    1. bubbyspencer's Avatar
      bubbyspencer -
      apple purchased his kindney for the HUMAN CENTIiPAD!
    1. Tlegasse's Avatar
      Tlegasse -
      HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Hahahaha, haha. HAHAHAhaha! That's most unfortunate.
    1. darkmawl's Avatar
      darkmawl -
      Quote Originally Posted by unclemilty74 View Post
      An ipad 2 for $500 and he couldn't scrape up the cash? This shit is funny as hell and should be mocked. Stupid kid.
      You kidding right and from what I gather and airline pilot only earns a little over 1000 dollars a month. How do you imagine a 17 year old kid scrape together 500 dollars? A factory worker only would earn about 180 dollars a months and I assume that is for an adult.
    1. tesco's Avatar
      tesco -
      Quote Originally Posted by darkmawl View Post
      Quote Originally Posted by unclemilty74 View Post
      An ipad 2 for $500 and he couldn't scrape up the cash? This shit is funny as hell and should be mocked. Stupid kid.
      You kidding right and from what I gather and airline pilot only earns a little over 1000 dollars a month. How do you imagine a 17 year old kid scrape together 500 dollars? A factory worker only would earn about 180 dollars a months and I assume that is for an adult.
      $500 / $180 = <3 months to save up...