Grandma Tried to Sell Baby for $75K

[JackLuis]

$75 Grand!

Would you pay $75K for an eight week old?

Patty Bigbee, 45, who was arrested Friday afternoon, allegedly approached someone in October and offered to sell the baby boy for $75,000. That person contacted police about the alleged offer and acted as a confidential informant.

Well, in Florida she might get off?

 

[3113]

$75 Grand!

Well, she haggled on down to $30 Grand. Far more reasonable.

 

[SlickTony]

To adopt a kid, by the time a couple has jumped through all the hoops and paid their lawyer, that's probably about what they've spent.

 

[Tyro999]

Well, she haggled on down to $30 Grand. Far more reasonable.

Via Google:

http://usgovinfo.about.com/b/2010/06/16/cost-to-raise-a-child-in-us-tops-220000.htm

Jun 16, 2010 ... It will cost a middle-class US family about $222360 to raise a child born in 2009 to the age of 17, according to the USDA.

Good for her. Thereby reducing the potential life cycle cost of raising the waif (including purchase price) from $297 Grand to $252 Grand, a 15% savings.

A penny here, a penny there ...