Jul 21 2010Uh, Congratulations?: Kid Craigslist Swaps From Old Cell Phone To Old Porsche Boxster
Craigslist swapping: it's not just for kinky swingers anymore. You see, 17-year old Californian Steven Oritz executed 14 swaps via Craigslist, trading from an old cell phone to a 2000 Porsche Boxster. Oh come on -- they're not even real Porsches!
Ortiz spends five to six hours each day searching Craigslist for the right kind of swaps. Over the last two years and 14 trades, he's had an eclectic assortment of items in his possession, including an iPod touch, various dirt bikes, a MacBook Pro, a golf cart, and a 1975 Ford Bronco. It was the Bronco that allowed him to become the only kid at his high school who drives his own convertible Porsche to class.
In fact, when Ortiz made his final swap to get the sports car, he was actually trading down. After driving around the 1975 Ford Bronco--worth around $15,000--for a while, Steven decided to trade it for the renown of being a teenage Porsche owner, even though the Boxster was worth only $9,000.
Five to six hours a day for two years, huh? Given a 25-hour work week and a California minimum wage of $8, you could have earned $20,800 in the same time. That's enough for two crappy Boxsters, plus $2,800 for rims and candy! Just sayin', you know how many Atomic Fireballs that is? Enough to melt your @$$hole off.
How to Upgrade an Old Phone into a Porsche [yahoo]
Thanks to jediGK, Ryan and necrodancer, who have all traded their dignity for Miley Cyrus concert tickets at one time or another.
Reader Comments
1. name - July 21, 2010 1:31 PM
How many Boxters do you own GW?
2. Jagger - July 21, 2010 1:44 PM
First off, shut the hell up Nafukin. Second, not as epic as the man who started with the big red paper clip and went to a house
3. that one guy sucks the big balls, man - July 21, 2010 1:49 PM
@NAFUKIN whenever I see your name (or any of the others you comment under - you're not fooling anyone!) the words "pathetic" "sexless" and "unemployed" come to mind.
can you go ahead and start rotting in that crawl space under your mom's trailer? and then the rats can feast on your rancid flesh? it just seems appropriate.
4. jim x - July 21, 2010 1:50 PM
That Porsche's gonna set him back in repairs too, for every year that he owns it. Pwned by pawnage into peonage.
5. name - July 21, 2010 1:53 PM
Seems to me like time well spent, and he didn't have come home from work stinking like burgers...
"GW" can you just let us know whether the real GW is coming back or not so we can all move on...
6. poop - July 21, 2010 1:59 PM
GW SUCKS! this website is garbage!!!!
7. Greenman - July 21, 2010 2:03 PM
Even though that was a cheap Porsche, it's still a Porsche. That means general maintenance alone will be more than a regular car. Tires will be expensive unless he's going to be trashy and put cheap tires on a Porsche. Can he afford insurance? If something breaks I doubt he could afford that either. Also, why would a 1975 Ford Bronco be worth $15,000? Even it pristine shape I find that doubtful.
8. MFK - July 21, 2010 2:16 PM
should've kept the bronco, NAFUKIN!
9. dude - July 21, 2010 2:32 PM
melt your asshole off...still LMAO
10. Sean - July 21, 2010 3:39 PM
HAH
Cool story, bro
Now go kill yourself because no one gives a shit about your little pokemon trades with big toys.
PoS article :/
11. Octagon - July 21, 2010 3:54 PM
He traded a nice old bronco for a cheap Porsche. What a waste.
12. Brrrrian - July 21, 2010 5:01 PM
@16 - porsche will get him laid.. remember he's just a kid. his kid female friends are dumb like taht.
13. Mak - July 21, 2010 5:27 PM
Anyone else think this kid looks way older than 17?
14. Greens - July 21, 2010 6:44 PM
for a smart kid the last trade was pretty damn stupid, i want to see a post for the guy who traded the girly car for the bronco, and made 6k
15. jack mehoff - July 21, 2010 8:34 PM
some people are dumb.
how can yahoo call this guy a smart business man when he lost 6gs , i wouldn't let him take money at the domino's i run. goo move idiot!!!!!!!!!
you could have sold the bronco and fixed up that high mileage piece of shit Porsche, my $5000 k20 hatch will smoke that pile of crap.
one
MR. mehof
16. Griffin - July 21, 2010 8:42 PM
Why all the haters?
I mean, the kid started with an old cell phone.
You guys will bitch about anything.
17. Clint - July 21, 2010 9:59 PM
@2
Agreed. http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com/
18. Urban_Monkey - July 21, 2010 10:10 PM
Too bad it's a girl car.
19. lolnotworthit - July 21, 2010 11:36 PM
time well spent? if he got a part-time job he would have been able to buy that car and have some cash leftover for the repairs that will be coming. And anyone that says a 2000 Porsche is nice because it's still a Porsche is most likely poor and stupid.
20. GINORMAGANTUAN - July 22, 2010 3:59 AM
This kid is retarded, wow, just wow, why couldn;t he just sell the Bronco like someone mentioned? then buy the POS Boxter and have money left for how many times he will need to fix the dan thing in the future, just saying, and the insurance? DUMB! blah blah blah, cmon!
21. Dandy - July 22, 2010 4:06 AM
Sit on internet fapping and trading on craigs list or work at mcdonalds for two years?
Ill take internet fap.
22. Self Deprication Guy...As far As You Know - July 22, 2010 12:52 PM
You show me a 1975 Ford Bronco worth $15,000.00 and I'll probably sell it, buy the Boxter and pocket 6 grand.
Or I could sell the Bronco and buy a beater. Then I'd have closer to $12,000.00 which I could invest in the stock market and become rich.
In other words, this kid needs to do better with his smarts. He's more concerned about getting laid and by the looks of things he should forget that. Once he's rich from following my plan though, getting laid will be the least of his worries.
23. Just_As_it_IS - July 22, 2010 3:47 PM
I agree this might not be the real GW... misspelling "boxster" in the title is a big giveaway, so hats off to #1.
24. andy - July 23, 2010 3:02 PM
All these haters on here dam. There just jealous cause this kid is gonna get mad pussy!!! Fuck all you haters he went from a cell phone to a $9,000 car. If thats not impressive then you guys are fucking idiots!!! Grow up and cut the kid some slack.
25. Nick - July 26, 2010 3:10 PM
This kid has inspired me, who wants to trade something useless for a dollar?
http://newyork.craigslist.org/fct/bar/1863106775.html
26. Craig - December 18, 2010 7:21 PM
I would've stopped at the golf cart to be honest.