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07-20-2010, 12:26 PM
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| Teen trades cellphone for porsche
http://autos.sympatico.ca/automotive...he-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"
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07-20-2010, 12:41 PM
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#2 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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wow, i would like to see the transation he dealt over the years ...
from phone to ??? to ?? to ?? and end up with porsche
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07-20-2010, 12:44 PM
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#3 | | Female Driven
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haha the title is a bit misleading but wow..
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07-20-2010, 12:45 PM
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#4 | | Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
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Originally Posted by Greenstoner  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!
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07-20-2010, 12:48 PM
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#5 | | Banned (BBM)
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o.....k............
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07-20-2010, 12:48 PM
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#6 | | I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie
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red paperclip? wtf
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07-20-2010, 12:49 PM
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lol ive been doing that with ipod touch's
but holy shit a porsche? D:
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07-20-2010, 12:54 PM
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#8 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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Originally Posted by hotong red paperclip? wtf | famous story http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com/...paperclip.html
click on the items, this guy wrote a diary
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07-20-2010, 02:07 PM
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#9 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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Alright, time to barter my laptop.
I'll see you all at the 2011 RS summer meet with my 458 Italia.
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07-20-2010, 02:10 PM
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#10 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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alot to read but the paper clip one is pretty cool
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07-20-2010, 02:10 PM
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#11 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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that's crazy
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07-20-2010, 03:49 PM
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must be one hella bargainer
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07-20-2010, 03:50 PM
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lame ass shit
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07-20-2010, 07:13 PM
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#14 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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1) cellphone valued at $30
2) trade
3) ?????
4) profit, 2000 Porsche Boxster S
seem easy enough. lol
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07-20-2010, 08:56 PM
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#15 | | Banned (ABWS)
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Only in America. Up here in Canada people are smart enough to know what their possessions are worth.
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07-20-2010, 09:41 PM
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#16 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Originally Posted by mqr03 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.
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07-20-2010, 10:19 PM
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#17 | | :: Sells McLarens, Not tofu :okay: ::
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so..
what would a green paper clip get me?
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07-20-2010, 10:43 PM
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#18 | | YOU CANT CUT BACK ON FUNDING! YOU WILL REGRET THIS
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Maybe this is how hyde gets his cars
trades random shit for cars
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07-21-2010, 01:18 AM
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What did he trade for the insurance?
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07-21-2010, 06:43 AM
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#20 | | RS.net PIMP
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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.
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07-21-2010, 01:33 PM
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#21 | | Female Driven
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^pwned.
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07-21-2010, 02:53 PM
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#22 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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Originally Posted by 7seven 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
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