QuoteReplyTopic: What do you think of this? Posted: May 06 2009 at 1:07am
How bad is the economy here in Michigan? Some people are "mining their bodies to make ends meet," according to The Detroit News. One woman, who originally was going to donate her long hair, will now sell it for $1,000.
Here's the portion of the artlcle that talks about the hair sale. A link to the full story and a nice photo her photo follow.
Michiganians mine bodies for cash to make ends meet
Sellers offer everything from hair to blood to make a buck
Christina Stolarz / The Detroit News
Commerce Township -- Heidi Fetzner is unemployed and willing to be creative to make a few bucks.
So when the German and psychology student at Kalamazoo College realized someone was willing to pay her $1,000 for her long brunette locks, her attitude was: Break out the scissors.
"Most of it I'm going to put in my bank account and just save because school is expensive," said Fetzner, 20, of Commerce Township. "It's a lot of money. You gotta do what you gotta do."
Fetzner is among those realizing that, in these tough times, the body isn't just a temple. It can be a gold mine.
As Michigan's economy continues to suffer, people are offering themselves up as medical guinea pigs for a quick buck to make ends meet. Some are selling plasma, others their hair for hundreds on the Internet, while others take the more extreme road by wanting to sell their eggs or participate in medical studies in exchange for payment and free medical exams.
If she was going to donate it anyway, no big deal cutting it off I'd say, she didn't want to keep it. It is sad people have to do that these days, but its nice she has the option. (in other words, I was more sad when I read about ladies in Russia selling their much longer hair for a measly 5 bucks so a middle man could make thousands on it).
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First, who is it who is making her feel guilty about *selling* her hair, instead of donating it somewhere to be warehoused and sold or trashed? Second, if this young woman is cutting her stunning hair anyway, fine, make a profit. But if she's going short only to make some "mining" cash, ($1000 isn't much, maybe $20 per month of growing), what is she going to do next month? Bob
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