Infrequent blood donor here. Universal donor O-.
Just been offered money to donate my blood. Very unusual and very strange. Normally just a reminder and a cookie. Received notice asking me to donate along with a raffle for $10,000 from local blood bank.
Been recently receiving more reminders about blood donation.
If they offer you money for your blood it is going for animals and experiments. They can not $ if going to be used in humans
They can in the form of raffles and gift cards, they can't offer straight cash, but they have many work arounds, I worked in bloodbanking for many years, and you'd be amazed at some of the give aways they went through, everything from free dental visits to car giveaway raffles.
I don't think I would bet the ranch on that one......