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Quote:A 17-year old boy, identified only by the surname Zheng from the Anhui Province of eastern China reportedly sold one of his kidneys to finance the purchase of an iPad 2 tablet. Zheng scoured the internet looking for a way to make money and found a buyer who offered to pay him 22,000 yuan ($3000) for his organ.
"I wanted to buy an iPad 2 but could not afford it," Zheng said. "A broker contacted me on the Internet and said he could help me sell one kidney for 20,000 yuan."
The operation took place in late April without his parents' knowledge or consent. His mother became suspicious when Zheng came home with a new iPad 2 and an iPhone. When she questioned her son he finally told the truth about where he came up with the funds to buy the Apple hardware. She immediately contacted police. An investigation is underway but police say they have yet to locate the broker.
oh herro prease i roud rike an ipad courd i pay in vitar bodiry organs prease
Quote:A 17-year old boy, identified only by the surname Zheng from the Anhui Province of eastern China reportedly sold one of his kidneys to finance the purchase of an iPad 2 tablet. Zheng scoured the internet looking for a way to make money and found a buyer who offered to pay him 22,000 yuan ($3000) for his organ.
"I wanted to buy an iPad 2 but could not afford it," Zheng said. "A broker contacted me on the Internet and said he could help me sell one kidney for 20,000 yuan
Lol I wonder what he'll try to sell when the phone bill comes in.
I refuse to buy anything Apple-related. Ever. I used to hate Microsoft, but now I actually hate Apple even more. Microsoft actually earned a couple of respect points from me after they made Windoze 7, which is actually quite a decent OS.
But yeah, selling something that you could have used all your life, to pay for something that probably will only last you a couple of years until the new model comes out... fuckin' stupid.
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It's ridiculous to try to connect this to anyone who likes apple products. That kid was just stupid. Even if apple didn't exist, he'd still be stupid. And it's certainly not apple's fault that he did that.
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Quote:It's ridiculous to try to connect this to anyone who likes apple products. That kid was just stupid. Even if apple didn't exist, he'd still be stupid. And it's certainly not apple's fault that he did that.
Ipads are such a waste of money good god. Why waste 5 6 700 dollars on a huge ipod touch when you can buy a decent laptop or desktop for that price? The only apple product i own is my itouch i and enjoy the shit out of it, till i got my HTC =D
Comrade Wrote:Ipads are such a waste of money good god. Why waste 5 6 700 dollars on a huge ipod touch when you can buy a decent laptop or desktop for that price?
This. All the Ipad is is an overpriced netbook with a touchscreen.
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Comrade Wrote:Ipads are such a waste of money good god. Why waste 5 6 700 dollars on a huge ipod touch when you can buy a decent laptop or desktop for that price?
This. All the Ipad is is an overpriced netbook with a touchscreen.
Nope. Its a Giant itouch because it doesnt support flash =D so its lesser than a netbook
The only time I was about to donate my kidney was for my sick little cousin and luckily she ended up recovering without needing a new one... some people really love apple lol
Prince Rilian Wrote:It's ridiculous to try to connect this to anyone who likes apple products. That kid was just stupid. Even if apple didn't exist, he'd still be stupid. And it's certainly not apple's fault that he did that.
As usual the lord rillian hits it.
For the money he blew on this shit he could have a good high end gaming rig pc built.
Now he just has some shitty tablet.. Kids will buy anything these days..
Prince Rilian Wrote:It's ridiculous to try to connect this to anyone who likes apple products. That kid was just stupid. Even if apple didn't exist, he'd still be stupid. And it's certainly not apple's fault that he did that.
Prince Rilian Wrote:It's ridiculous to try to connect this to anyone who likes apple products. That kid was just stupid. Even if apple didn't exist, he'd still be stupid. And it's certainly not apple's fault that he did that.
Lt. Kill Joy strikes again.
Lol you and your Iphone.
Also yeah Rillian is a canadian and you know how they act.
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In reply to the original post: what a retarded Apple fanboy. He sold one of his kidneys to buy what is basically a severely nerfed netbook that will become obsolete in a year or less. Now, if his remaining kidney stops functioning one day, he's most likely screwed.
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"Within a few years a simple and inexpensive device, readily carried about, will enable one to receive on land or sea the principal news, to hear a speech, a lecture, a song or play of a musical instrument, conveyed from any other region of the globe." - Nikola Tesla
Now Lunatics right..
Even prebuilt computers are becoming cheaper these days and even buying a laptop would have been cheaper and better than getting an ipad.
Oh well he'll enjoy it for a year..