When you go to the plasma place, they pay you a bit more money the first few times you go. I think it's an attempt to lure you into coming back by treating you well at the beginning. That, or they just like new donors because it's so easy to find the veins.

I had found a coupon on their web site for ten bucks with your second donation. I didn't know if this was in addition to the $35 you're supposed to get normally with your second donation or what, so I brought the coupon in with me when I went because hey -- ten bucks. Worth a shot. Paid off. I made forty-five dollars on this visit, and it only took two hours.