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Thread ID: 118442 2011-06-04 04:36:00 Boy - Kidney = iPad SurferJoe46 (51) PC World Chat
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1206890 2011-06-04 04:36:00 At least a couple of news outlets in China have reported that a 17-year-old boy who sold a kidney because he wanted to buy an Apple ( . newsletters . siliconvalley . com/inbgvmcfnngwdqhzwbkdhwtfptwgrkpdrbmkqrmcdynygg_ldm" target="_blank">click1 . newsletters . siliconvalley . com dhgjdknkn . html) iPad isn’t feeling so well and regrets his decision .

“I wanted to buy an iPad 2 but could not afford it,” the boy, identified by Shanghai Daily ( . newsletters . siliconvalley . com/mbnwynpkbbwldvqsltgdqlzkmzlwjgmdjtngvjnpdcbcwc_ldm" target="_blank">click1 . newsletters . siliconvalley . com dhgjdknkn . html) by his last name, Zheng .

“A broker contacted me on the Internet and said he could help me sell one kidney for 20,000 yuan . ” Not only did it seem to be a case of false advertising — the kid reportedly came away with an iPhone and a laptop instead — the broker also apparently arranged for the operation at a hospital that wasn’t qualified to perform such operations .

The Global Times ( . newsletters . siliconvalley . com/lwnzgjhywwzrnckqrdpnkrfysfrzlpsnldjpcljhnmwmzk_ldm" target="_blank">click1 . newsletters . siliconvalley . com dhgjdknkn . html), which first reported the story, has a picture that shows the scar on the kid’s stomach .
SurferJoe46 (51)
1206891 2011-06-04 04:46:00 See here:-

www.pressf1.co.nz
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