Comments on: Donating Plasma for Fun and Profit http://www.financegetspersonal.com/2008/03/31/donating-plasma-for-fun-and-profit/ Personal Finance Blog of a Girl Trying to Get Out of Debt and Change Careers Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:52:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: plaskaking http://www.financegetspersonal.com/2008/03/31/donating-plasma-for-fun-and-profit/#comment-2233 plaskaking Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:49:58 +0000 http://financegetspersonal.wordpress.com/?p=91#comment-2233 There are also other companies that pay much more for plasma, the only thing is you have to be sick. This company looks for people who have auto immune disorders or viral infections and pay as much as 500 each time you donate. Check out this site accessclinical.com There are also other companies that pay much more for plasma, the only thing is you have to be sick. This company looks for people who have auto immune disorders or viral infections and pay as much as 500 each time you donate. Check out this site accessclinical.com

]]> By: Finance Girl http://www.financegetspersonal.com/2008/03/31/donating-plasma-for-fun-and-profit/#comment-2217 Finance Girl Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:56:33 +0000 http://financegetspersonal.wordpress.com/?p=91#comment-2217 Jennifer - Just visit this website and enter your ZIP code: http://www.donatingplasma.org/ Jennifer - Just visit this website and enter your ZIP code: http://www.donatingplasma.org/

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.financegetspersonal.com/2008/03/31/donating-plasma-for-fun-and-profit/#comment-2216 Jennifer Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:46:30 +0000 http://financegetspersonal.wordpress.com/?p=91#comment-2216 How would i find a place that does payed plasma donations in my area........ San Antonio. TX How would i find a place that does payed plasma donations in my area…….. San Antonio. TX

]]> By: HK http://www.financegetspersonal.com/2008/03/31/donating-plasma-for-fun-and-profit/#comment-1326 HK Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:44:47 +0000 http://financegetspersonal.wordpress.com/?p=91#comment-1326 I think, given the danger of my plasma going to a republican, I would want considerably more compensation than 20 or 30 dollars... I think, given the danger of my plasma going to a republican, I would want considerably more compensation than 20 or 30 dollars…

]]> By: Quick ways to make $50 « Cheap Like Me http://www.financegetspersonal.com/2008/03/31/donating-plasma-for-fun-and-profit/#comment-1021 Quick ways to make $50 « Cheap Like Me Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:42:55 +0000 http://financegetspersonal.wordpress.com/?p=91#comment-1021 [...] Give plasma. If you and your honey both contribute, you can make $50 with one donation each. [...] [...] Give plasma. If you and your honey both contribute, you can make $50 with one donation each. [...]

]]> By: livingpaychecktopaycheck http://www.financegetspersonal.com/2008/03/31/donating-plasma-for-fun-and-profit/#comment-133 livingpaychecktopaycheck Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:45:41 +0000 http://financegetspersonal.wordpress.com/?p=91#comment-133 I donated plasma for a short time back in college. I would receive $20 for the first time and $30 for the second in a week's time. We could only donate twice a week, and we had to have at least two days in between donations. I never had a problem with it. Once I was turned away because my iron count was just barely too low; they test your iron before each donation. Once the needle is in, you don't really feel it. It varies for each person how long it takes--for me, it took around 45 minutes, I think, from needle in to needle out. I didn't have any bruising, but a pale, bruisable pal of mine did her first time there; she decided not to go back. It was definitely worth it to me, but I'm not afraid of needles. I don't like them at all, but they didn't bother me enough to stop. In fact, I recently searched online to find somewhere in the Northern VA area where I could get paid for donating, but I couldn't find anything. I'd love to do it again. I donated plasma for a short time back in college. I would receive $20 for the first time and $30 for the second in a week’s time. We could only donate twice a week, and we had to have at least two days in between donations.

I never had a problem with it. Once I was turned away because my iron count was just barely too low; they test your iron before each donation. Once the needle is in, you don’t really feel it. It varies for each person how long it takes–for me, it took around 45 minutes, I think, from needle in to needle out. I didn’t have any bruising, but a pale, bruisable pal of mine did her first time there; she decided not to go back.

It was definitely worth it to me, but I’m not afraid of needles. I don’t like them at all, but they didn’t bother me enough to stop. In fact, I recently searched online to find somewhere in the Northern VA area where I could get paid for donating, but I couldn’t find anything. I’d love to do it again.

]]> By: ldub http://www.financegetspersonal.com/2008/03/31/donating-plasma-for-fun-and-profit/#comment-129 ldub Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:17:29 +0000 http://financegetspersonal.wordpress.com/?p=91#comment-129 hah! i'm with you FG - pasty white bruisable peach. crazy! i'm on the marrow donor registry, too... i feel sort of weirdly excited that my body can be helpful to someone else (and not in that dirty way... though that's good, too). well, either way, i hope you report on what you decide to do and how it goes! i love that you update your blog so often - it helps keep me motivated when i feel like debt reduction/net worth raising is such a sluggish, boring business! hah! i’m with you FG - pasty white bruisable peach. crazy! i’m on the marrow donor registry, too… i feel sort of weirdly excited that my body can be helpful to someone else (and not in that dirty way… though that’s good, too). well, either way, i hope you report on what you decide to do and how it goes! i love that you update your blog so often - it helps keep me motivated when i feel like debt reduction/net worth raising is such a sluggish, boring business!

]]> By: financegirl http://www.financegetspersonal.com/2008/03/31/donating-plasma-for-fun-and-profit/#comment-131 financegirl Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:08:09 +0000 http://financegetspersonal.wordpress.com/?p=91#comment-131 Wow, lulugal, sounds intense! Did you ever get bruises on your arm from it? When I was searching flickr for "plasma donation," it brought up all these pictures of people with huge bruises on their arms. That was kind of discouraging, esp. since I'm a pasty white girl who bruises easily. Wow, lulugal, sounds intense!

Did you ever get bruises on your arm from it? When I was searching flickr for “plasma donation,” it brought up all these pictures of people with huge bruises on their arms. That was kind of discouraging, esp. since I’m a pasty white girl who bruises easily.

]]> By: lulugal11 http://www.financegetspersonal.com/2008/03/31/donating-plasma-for-fun-and-profit/#comment-128 lulugal11 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:00:36 +0000 http://financegetspersonal.wordpress.com/?p=91#comment-128 I used to donate plasma (when I was drowning in debt.) It was while I was in college and my boyfriend and I would go twice a week. Ours paid $15 each time so we got less money. I have small veins and it was a challenge for them to get the needle in. In fact there were only two people who could get me and if they were not at work then NO ONE could touch me. I got over the ick factor quickly because I was desperate for money and that $100 to $120 a month REALLY helped. We would drink gatorade before we went in to the place and then drink tons of juice when we got back. I only stopped when I had been doing it for about 5 months straight and one time I started to feel sick after and almost passed out. Then I took a break...and started up about 5 months later for another 5 months straight. I used to donate plasma (when I was drowning in debt.) It was while I was in college and my boyfriend and I would go twice a week.

Ours paid $15 each time so we got less money. I have small veins and it was a challenge for them to get the needle in. In fact there were only two people who could get me and if they were not at work then NO ONE could touch me.

I got over the ick factor quickly because I was desperate for money and that $100 to $120 a month REALLY helped.

We would drink gatorade before we went in to the place and then drink tons of juice when we got back. I only stopped when I had been doing it for about 5 months straight and one time I started to feel sick after and almost passed out. Then I took a break…and started up about 5 months later for another 5 months straight.

]]> By: financegirl http://www.financegetspersonal.com/2008/03/31/donating-plasma-for-fun-and-profit/#comment-130 financegirl Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:58:32 +0000 http://financegetspersonal.wordpress.com/?p=91#comment-130 I don't know. I mean, if paying people helps get more donations, then it's all for the greater good, right? Still, I feel kind of guilty that that's my motivation for doing it. It also kind of reeks of desperation - like I'm so desperate for money that I'll sell my own blood/plasma. I mean, what's next - selling my eggs to infertile couples and my hair to wig companies? (side note: I read someone else's post about selling your hair to wig companies for hundreds of bucks, but I think that's kind of wrong when you can donate it to charities that make wigs for people with cancer - so I guess it's kind of the same logic). My husband's friend says it's rare to find a place that pays you for donating plasma (don't know if that's true, but that's what he said). He's in the military, and I guess they encourage them to do it. I felt really good about signing up for the bone marrow registry, and I'd think that giving blood/plasma would give you the same feeling, once you get over the wuss factor. Maybe I will give blood sometime and see what that's like first. I don’t know. I mean, if paying people helps get more donations, then it’s all for the greater good, right? Still, I feel kind of guilty that that’s my motivation for doing it. It also kind of reeks of desperation - like I’m so desperate for money that I’ll sell my own blood/plasma. I mean, what’s next - selling my eggs to infertile couples and my hair to wig companies? (side note: I read someone else’s post about selling your hair to wig companies for hundreds of bucks, but I think that’s kind of wrong when you can donate it to charities that make wigs for people with cancer - so I guess it’s kind of the same logic).

My husband’s friend says it’s rare to find a place that pays you for donating plasma (don’t know if that’s true, but that’s what he said). He’s in the military, and I guess they encourage them to do it.

I felt really good about signing up for the bone marrow registry, and I’d think that giving blood/plasma would give you the same feeling, once you get over the wuss factor. Maybe I will give blood sometime and see what that’s like first.

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