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Pastimes : I NEED To Sell a KIDNEY -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Urlman who wrote (546)	9/3/1999 6:57:00 AM
From: Cola Can	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 600

Here is what USA Today said: Kidney auction halted after $5.7M bid SAN FRANCISCO - The bidding for a human kidney offered on the Internet auction site eBay hit $5.7 million before the company put a stop to it Thursday. eBay stopped the auction because the seller broke its rules outlawing sale of body parts. Selling your own organs is also illegal under federal law, a felony punishable by up to five years in prison or a $50,000 fine. The description read: "Fully functional kidney for sale. You can choose either kidney. Buyer pays all transplant and medical costs. Of course only one for sale, as I need the other one to live. Serious bids only." The seller, identified as "hchero" from Sunrise, Fla., started the bidding at $25,000 on Aug. 26. "We get items we have to take down on a fairly frequent basis," eBay spokesman Kevin Pursglove said. "From time to time, we'll get a kidney or a liver." www.usatoday.com