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What would you sell to get an iPad
« on: June 02, 2011, 06:51:45 PM »
I might sell one of my bicycles, I have a couple and don't really need all of them, but a kidney? seriously?

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2011/06/02/Boy+regrets+selling+his+kidney+to+buy+iPad/
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Re: What would you sell to get an iPad
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2011, 06:55:48 PM »
Sell a bike for an iPad?  Nope! 
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Re: What would you sell to get an iPad
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2011, 07:05:38 PM »
At least he knew why he woke up laying in a bathtub full of ice. ;/

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20,000.00 CNY  = 3,084.61 USD 
Chinese Yuan Renminbi   US Dollar
1 CNY = 0.154231 USD   1 USD = 6.48380 CNY


But a kidney for $3,084.61 ???  I don't think so. :facepalm:  I'm guessing this kid might have had a bit of trouble with math while in school.  That, plus a question: do some Chinese kids get to ride the short bus?

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Re: What would you sell to get an iPad
« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2011, 08:45:21 PM »
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Re: What would you sell to get an iPad
« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2011, 09:47:26 PM »
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What would you sell to get an iPad?

A broken alarm clock.

A pair of old socks with one toe worn through.

A six-pack of empty soft drink cans.
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Re: What would you sell to get an iPad
« Reply #5 on: June 03, 2011, 02:37:12 AM »
I'd sell a kidney for $15,000, if it was legal and done in a proper hospital. Israel attempted to legalize kidney-selling a few years back. Failed, of course.
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Re: What would you sell to get an iPad
« Reply #6 on: June 03, 2011, 03:04:10 AM »
Quote from: MicroBalrog on June 03, 2011, 02:37:12 AM
I'd sell a kidney for $15,000, if it was legal and done in a proper hospital. Israel attempted to legalize kidney-selling a few years back. Failed, of course.

What happens if your remaining kidney breaks?

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Re: What would you sell to get an iPad
« Reply #7 on: June 03, 2011, 05:20:12 AM »
then you buy one for $25,000.....
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Re: What would you sell to get an iPad
« Reply #8 on: June 03, 2011, 05:33:39 AM »
I'd have to sell my soul and my good sense before I'd even consider an iPad....now this, on the other hand....  :cool:

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Re: What would you sell to get an iPad
« Reply #9 on: June 03, 2011, 06:15:26 AM »
A pencil.

MAYBE a bottle of water.

Just not a huge fan of the Apple "Thou Shalt Not Mess With Thine Hardware" aesthetic.  Not that I'd turn one down if it were given to me - I entered the Washington Examiner's Ipad 2 contest every day, up until it ended on May 22nd (didn't win one, though), but I wouldn't pay anywhere NEAR $600-800 bucks for them to tell me what I can and can't do with MY hardware.
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Re: What would you sell to get an iPad
« Reply #10 on: June 03, 2011, 06:24:33 AM »
Quote from: Avenger29 on June 03, 2011, 03:04:10 AM
What happens if your remaining kidney breaks?


That is an 'if'. :D
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Re: What would you sell to get an iPad
« Reply #11 on: June 03, 2011, 07:21:21 AM »
Uhhhhhh................. I'm not interested in an iPad.
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Re: What would you sell to get an iPad
« Reply #12 on: June 03, 2011, 08:43:55 AM »
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What would you sell to get an iPad?

The cardboard inner cylinder from an empty roll of toilet paper . . .

An old (used) Post-It note . . .

A Bic ballpoint that's out of ink . . .

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Re: What would you sell to get an iPad
« Reply #13 on: June 03, 2011, 09:27:50 AM »
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The cardboard inner cylinder from an empty roll of toilet paper . . .

An old (used) Post-It note . . .


Fail.

Those items can be used to start an emergency fire, and iPad can not. :laugh:
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Re: What would you sell to get an iPad
« Reply #14 on: June 03, 2011, 10:10:17 AM »
fistful's left kidney.
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Re: What would you sell to get an iPad
« Reply #15 on: June 03, 2011, 11:00:21 AM »
I've got this serial cable here, and I'll throw in a buggered #2 Philips driver bit and half a can of seafoam and a cool sedimentary rock and a good, used 16"x1.25"bike tire tube and Mike Waskowski coffee mug and some HB lead for a 0.7mm mechanical pencil.

Nevermind. 
I'll keep the mug.
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Re: What would you sell to get an iPad
« Reply #16 on: June 03, 2011, 04:37:20 PM »
Quote from: brimic on June 03, 2011, 09:27:50 AM
Fail.

Those items can be used to start an emergency fire, and iPad can not. :laugh:
What kind of battery does an iPad have? If it's a Sony lithium ion, it may ignite all by itself.
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Re: What would you sell to get an iPad
« Reply #17 on: June 03, 2011, 05:37:30 PM »
Quote from: roo_ster on June 03, 2011, 10:10:17 AM
fistful's left kidney.

I sold fistful's left kidney and all I got was this Ipad:




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