• cro_magnon_gilf@sopuli.xyz
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    Blood - 0, but you get spammed with text messages asking for more

    If somebody would seriously pay 138700$ for a kidney, I still couldn’t afford to have a kid in the city I was born in.

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      Nah. It’s like frozen onions being cheaper than fresh. They are just orders of magnitude cheaper to ship and store and still be in a useful state. If you get artisanal fresh, never frozen bones they are a lot more expensive.

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      Frozen bone for transplant that I’ve seen (I work in Blood Bank) are small pieces, not entire bone. That price quote doesn’t specify per gram, per bone, or per “unit” so who knows.

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    Is that buying price or selling price?

    Gotta be buying price based on blood

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      I don’t know where they are getting that price for blood. My perfectly legal, screened, and tested Red Blood Cell units are about $455/pint, plasma $118/pint, and platelets are $1,577/pint. I don’t know if they are undervaluing because whole blood is a pain to work with.

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    Not bad. Can buy 138 iphone 14 pro maxes for a kidney. Guys I have an idea 💡

    1. Setup shop
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    3. Profit ???