What do you think of this?
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Topic: What do you think of this?
Posted By: Kramer
Subject: What do you think of this?
Date Posted: May 06 2009 at 1:07am
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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 meetSellers offer everything from hair to blood to make a buckChristina Stolarz / The Detroit NewsCommerce 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." 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 http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009905050367# - 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. http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009905050367 - http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009905050367
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Posted By: paper
Date Posted: May 07 2009 at 7:15am
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Wow, that is sad some people have to do that. Her hair was beautiful. Is the after picture posted yet?
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Posted By: lovebobs
Date Posted: May 07 2009 at 8:54am
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if some nut is going to pay her a grand to cut her hair she should do it!!!
she obviously realizes it is just hair and if she wants it long it will indeed grow back.
she was going to cut it anyway to donate it so instead she should sell it for $1,000 and maybe donate $100 to a similar charity.
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Posted By: Susan W
Date Posted: May 07 2009 at 9:06am
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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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Posted By: Bob S
Date Posted: May 12 2009 at 3:28pm
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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Posted By: spartan117sj
Date Posted: October 02 2009 at 8:25am
| This is so sad!! When its gotten so bad that you have to sell your hair for money......wow. I love her aditude about it though =D |
Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: November 11 2009 at 7:24pm
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What do I think? Long hair in good condition is an asset. |