Hello, my pretties! This "boo hiss" economy is making people sell their bodies. I mean, not in the prostitute way, but people are selling hair, sperm, eggs and blood plasma. Pretty much, anything is fair game. The extra money is going toward mortgages, groceries and electric bills.
Here is a price list:
Fertile egg: $7,000
Blood plasma: $40
Inches of hair: $150
Shot of sperm: $60 to $100
Clearly, selling your egg is the jackpot. I posted on that a while ago. I think $150 is a wee low for your luscious locks. But then again, I’m vain like that!
Would you sell your body? What part of it? What price would you put on your eggs? Your sperm? Your hair?
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I once tried to donate my eggs. The criteria is RIGID, then you had to be “selected”. I wasn’t in such a position that I had to have the money, I found another way.
I have donated plasma before. The first time I did it, it was because a co-worker had been an awful car accident, but her religion frowned on blood transfusions. Her family did go so far as to accept plasma, and needed donations. So I went. Imagine my surprise when I was checking out, the nurse handed me a release form for a check for 25.00. I ask her what it was for, and long story short, I was at the wrong clinic, but was able to donate to the correct clinic 3 days later. I alternated going to the two different clinics for as long as my co-worker needed the plasma, and when she didn’t, I kept going to the paying one. All in all, I think I earned close to 1500.00 in about 6 months. All for about an hour and change twice a week.
There are criteria though, your heartrate, blood pressure and pulse must be within a certain range, you can’t have gained or lost over a certain amount of weight since your last donation. You couldn’t donate 6 months after being tattooed or pierced or recieving any type of immunization shot. Also, the needles are a ____________. I have large, lush viens, and it still took a 16 guage needle. And it’s usually a infirmy (sp) type setting…about 30-50 beds all in one room. Take a book. And an mp3.
Not something I would recommend just for money sakes, but I now understand it to be the norm for “beer money” in college towns.
Touching experience Jeanine.
I wouldn’t sell anything on the list, not even may hair. If I did sell my hair, that price tag would have to go up!
I know that everyone is saying it’s a tough economy right now but why is it that every time I am in a store it is packed? LOL Someone has money somewhere or people are going into debt. YIKES
Um, I don’t think I could sell any of those things (exluding the obvious). I tried to give plasma once but chickened out! I don’t mind giving blood, but I have heard those needles used for plasma donations are on the large size.
Jeanine: Thanks so much for the info. Plasma donation sounds intense. You’re a strong-and $1,500 richer-woman!
PJD: Yeah, sometimes I thinks malls are the new nightclubs! I still think people are spending a bit. This IS America.
Kiauna: I feel ya, sister!
I think that in order to donate eggs, you have to have all sorts of hormone shots and the like. No thanks. Messing up my hormones isn’t worth $7000 to me!
I’ve donated my hair before, which I’d rather do than sell it. I suppose if I was hard up for cash, I’d probably do it, though.
I think that in order to donate eggs, you have to have all sorts of hormone shots and the like. No thanks. Messing up my hormones isn’t worth $7000 to me!
I’ve donated my hair before, which I’d rather do than sell it. I suppose if I was hard up for cash, I’d probably do it, though.