Teen Uses Craigslist to Barter Phones for a Porsche (VIDEO)
In a world where many teens seem to lack both patience and common sense, one teen in Glendora, CA, demonstrated both masterfully. Steven Ortiz, 17, used Craigslist to trade his way up from an old cell phone to a Porsche. It took him 2 years of bartering like mad, but it appears that the effort was worth it. He’s the only student at Charter Oak High School who drives a Porsche to school. His path from old cell phone to Porsche included working his way up to an iPod, then a MacBook Pro laptop. Eventually, Ortiz traded up from electronics to dirt bikes, then cars and trucks, and an SUV. “A lot of my friends are jealous,” Ortiz said. “A lot of my friends come up to me and tell me, ‘You want to trade my phone for a car? Try to get me a Ferrari.’ I tell them it’s not that easy. It takes time and patience, definitely.” Video after the break. Ortiz’s skill at identifying a good deal started years ago when he would buy cell phones off of his friends. At $30 each, he would tu...