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Jermyzy
07-20-2010, 12:26 PM
http://autos.sympatico.ca/automotive-news/5174/teen-trades-old-cellphone-for-porsche-convertible

"Teen trades old cellphone for Porsche convertible
July 19th 2010,

A California teenager has traded a cellphone valued at $30 for a 2000 Porsche Boxster S.

According to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, 17-year-old Steven Ortiz used the 'barter' section of popular classifieds website Craigslist to slowly trade up to the convertible. He started with a cellphone and got incrementally more valuable items over two years and 14 trades.

Some of the items he traded over the period include a MacBook Pro an iPod touch, a 1987 Toyota 4Runner and more.

This is not a new concept, a Canadian was able to trade a red paperclip for a two story farmhouse over a year in 2005.

"A lot of people don't have money right now, in this economy. So they think, `I really need a new phone, but I don't have the money. Here I have this CD player lying around that I don't use anymore, maybe I can trade," Steven's father Esteban told the paper.

Reportedly, Ortiz says a lot of people ask him if they can trade a cellphone for a car "Yeah. It's not that easy," he replies"
Greenstoner
07-20-2010, 12:41 PM
wow, i would like to see the transation he dealt over the years ...

from phone to ??? to ?? to ?? and end up with porsche
FI-Z33
07-20-2010, 12:44 PM
haha the title is a bit misleading but wow..
hotjoint
07-20-2010, 12:45 PM
wow, i would like to see the transation he dealt over the years ...

from phone to ??? to ?? to ?? and end up with porsche

me too!
Mugen EvOlutioN
07-20-2010, 12:48 PM
o.....k............
hotong
07-20-2010, 12:48 PM
red paperclip? wtf
insomniac
07-20-2010, 12:49 PM
lol ive been doing that with ipod touch's
but holy shit a porsche? D:
Greenstoner
07-20-2010, 12:54 PM
red paperclip? wtf

famous story

http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com/2005/07/one-red-paperclip.html

click on the items, this guy wrote a diary
124Y
07-20-2010, 02:07 PM
Alright, time to barter my laptop.
I'll see you all at the 2011 RS summer meet with my 458 Italia.
Phil@rise
07-20-2010, 02:10 PM
alot to read but the paper clip one is pretty cool
JSALES
07-20-2010, 02:10 PM
that's crazy
Leparto
07-20-2010, 03:49 PM
must be one hella bargainer
Mugen EvOlutioN
07-20-2010, 03:50 PM
lame ass shit
maxxxboost
07-20-2010, 07:13 PM
1) cellphone valued at $30
2) trade
3) ?????
4) profit, 2000 Porsche Boxster S

seem easy enough. lol
mqr03
07-20-2010, 08:56 PM
Only in America. Up here in Canada people are smart enough to know what their possessions are worth.
threezero
07-20-2010, 09:41 PM
Only in America. Up here in Canada people are smart enough to know what their possessions are worth.

the guy that trade the red paper clip for a house is in canada. reading pwns you.
tofu1413
07-20-2010, 10:19 PM
so..

what would a green paper clip get me?
CP.AR
07-20-2010, 10:43 PM
Maybe this is how hyde gets his cars

trades random shit for cars
Stevie P
07-21-2010, 01:18 AM
What did he trade for the insurance?
7seven
07-21-2010, 06:43 AM
Saw this on the news, the kid actually lost in his last trade value wise, he traded a 1975 Ford Bronco, thats actually a collectors item valued at $15,000 for the Porsche Boxster which was only valued at $9000.
FI-Z33
07-21-2010, 01:33 PM
^pwned.
FerrariEnzo
07-21-2010, 02:53 PM
Saw this on the news, the kid actually lost in his last trade value wise, he traded a 1975 Ford Bronco, thats actually a collectors item valued at $15,000 for the Porsche Boxster which was only valued at $9000.

i dont think hes worried about that, he was aiming for the car, not the money


haha when i read the title, i thought he acutally traded a cellphone for the car.. damn