That is literally all you can call it.

It's definitely not a sneaky "hack" - and is used extremely commonly.

Of course you've lived it. I totally believe that.

You went to Iran, saw an ad and got yourself a kidney.

And if you're claiming to have seen an ad in some other country - I still totally believe you. Of course. Both your kidneys must be from there, no?

As for regulation, two charities work with the Iranian Ministry of Health to regulate this. Since it's legal, it can easily be regulated.

Read up, before you BS on the Internet, Baby!

Yes, since it's legal there - the newspaper ads and the public advertisement bit only happens in Iran.

You won't find classifieds for kidneys in any other third world country.

While in Iran, you'll find handwritten posters on trees and outside their "kidney centers" with the contact details, blood type and age mentioned.

Nope. The claim was never that.

Illegal organ trade happens across the world, even in developed countries. Never contested that.

The OP for this thread stated that people in "third world countries" blatantly post public ads offering their kidneys. That was my point of contention. Since kidney trade (with a monetary benefit) is legal in only Iran and the ad thing is quite common there.

It's not happening in "third world countries" - it happens only in Iran.

And it's not like you said - they go in as volunteers after receiving the payment.

They have a centralized matching system, which sets a fixed price of $4.6k per kidney.

Read a little more.

Edit - For all the downvoters. This message is specifically about the comment at the top of the thread that says "it's common to find advertisements in third world countries for kidneys" and not about the illegal kidney trade, which unfortunately is extremely rampant.