Man Will Sell His Kidney To Buy A Home

[matcom]

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A 38-year-old unemployed man from Vienna has offered to sell one of his kidneys for 150,000 euros ($246,507) to fund the purchase of an apartment, a report said overnight.

"Special offer. Who needs my kidney? Healthy, non-smoker. Fixed price: 150,000 euros," read the advertisement he posted in the city's underground railway network, Heute newspaper reported.
The man named only as Josef V told the newspaper he hoped to buy an apartment in Vienna, lease it to someone else and live off the proceeds so he would not have to seek work.

A television program about kidney donors gave him the idea, he said.

But Austrian authorities are likely to take a dim view of jobless Josef's pension scheme. While organ donations are permitted in Austria, sales are banned.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16621766-13762,00.html

[Shell Beau]

1. I think it is great that he wants to donate a kidney.

That will be great news for someone, but it is an incredibly stupid idea to sell a kidney for a house.