17-year-old Chinese boy Zheng liked the iPad just as pretty as much every tech geek out there. But being seventeen means you don’t have your own money. Combine this with a mind-boggling local advertisement offering cash to anyone willing to sacrifice his kidney and become an organ donor and you can probably guess what happens next. The teenager has sacrificed one of his kidneys for the humble 20,000 Chinese yuan, an equivalent of some $3,000… to buy the newest iPad:
“I wanted to buy an iPad 2, but I didn't have the money," Zheng shared with local Shenzhen TV. "When I surfed the internet I found an advert posted online by agent saying they were able to pay RMB20,000 to buy a kidney." Some negotiations took place afterwards disregarding the fact that Zheng was not even of full legal age. The kid traveled north and the kidney was subsequently removed in the city of Chenzhou.