Steven Ortiz is just your average 17-year-old. But when it comes to bartering online, this Glendora, CA teen rocks. He manages to trade an old cellphone into a 2000 Porsche convertible in Craigslist in two years using his bartering skills, patience and common sense.
Along the way, he traded the old cellphone with an iPod, then a MacBook Pro laptop, then electronics to dirt bikes, then cars and trucks, and an SUV. The latest is a Porsche. Who knows he might trade it again for something.
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 turn around and sell the used cell phones online for three times the amount he paid. He also picked up a knack for repairing electronics, which enabled him to take something that was almost worthless and get it functioning again.
Here’s a video of him and his Porsche featured in a local TV news.
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 turn around and sell the used cell phones online for three times the amount he paid. He also picked up a knack for repairing electronics, which enabled him to take something that was almost worthless and get it functioning again.
