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Portable Phone Numbers = Market for Cool Numbers
goombah99 writes "The New phone number rules that allow you to keep your phone number when you switch carriers has given rise to phone nascent number property rights. On E-bay you can bid on 867-5309 (made famous by Tommy Tutone's Jenny I got your number). As I write this the bid is over $8000 dollars with seven days to go. What other numbers are famous or valuable? Will we see a land rush like the internet names?"
Great, now I can prank call the winnning bidder...
My cell phone number is (XXX) U-OWE-HIM.
I won't give out the area code of course. But it is the area code for a major city.
Should I sell it? Seems like a quick way to get the extra cash.
Whatcha think slashdotians?
Who wants to buy 3-14-159-265?
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Who's trying to sell my phone number...again?
The Yasashii Syndicate ||
Which spells BUT-FUCK. Please, don't ask me why I know this.
Of course, all that superstition I don't go for. Can anyone sell me 420-4242? ;)
666-6666. My guess, however, is that Microsoft just won't give it up!
Too bad phone's number displays don't use the calculator font, as you could create some cool words by turning the phone-numbers upside down just like with calculators. Ah well, 31337-speak is here to save the day.
Sweet! Now I can finally get 976-GIRL!
(This would probably be funnier if you knew me personally. Ever since the 9x days, in the network naming box on my computers, I have always put "For a good time, dial 976-GIRL." It was even more ammusing with the advent of XP Home, and it's method of listing computers on the network by their description instead of their name.)
If Murphy's Law can go wrong, it will.
You'll have to be a *real* nerd to actually buy a "famous" phone number!
/. there for a while ;)
ohh... wait... forgot I was on
No, i don't like sigs...
Why use eBay? Just call the guy.
TK
I called the number and there was no Jenny there. - Just some guy calling me an asshole for calling him at 3am...
From excellent karma to terible karma with a single +5 funny post...
I want my slashdot account id as my phone number, of course! :)
Sig Nature
xxx-9333 (weed)
515-382-5968.
For those too lazy to find a phoneagram script, their number equates to 515-FUC-KYOU.
I searched Google but couldn't come up with any other real examples of 382-5968. I would imagine most telcos know about it and don't assign the number, I'm surprised someone managed to actually get it in Iowa.
Can a phone number be slashdotted? :) I think we're about to find out!
From Mitch's standup:
If I got to pick my phone number, it would be 222-2222. That way when people ask me for my number, I could just say 'press two for a while'. I wouldn't answer the phone, 'hello,' I'd answer it 'stop!'
Here in the Netherlands, you can always call the local police station by dailing 0900-8844, which spells 0900-TUIG.
Tuig means scum in dutch.
"36-24-36"
She sounds hot! What's her name?
Putting the romance back into necromancer.
1-900-867-5307.
Sure, I'll answer it all freakin' day long. For a modest charge of $24.95 per call.
Gawd, I'm such a geek :)
Brak: What's THAT?
Thundercleese: A light switch.. of TOTAL DEVASTATION!
Owning the number would be more useful for a small-medium business. There is a service company in my area that has xxx-867-5309 and they can put it in their commercials knowing that people will remember it. For a business this is a very valuable thing.
Ya know, this number's gonna be phone-bombed like mad, and for $14,000 (current bid as of this posting)? I can only think of ONE BUSINESS that would want this many calls...
Phone-sex hotline.
"That's right, for a good time, you can FINALLY call Jenny at 867-5309!"
I am going to call the number a few days after the auction is over and ask whomever answers WHY???? At this rate the person will be paying the equivalent of a year's salary for an entry level support person. I suggest that everyone call once and say hi. It isn't a prank if you actually intend to have a semi-intelligent converstation...
"What we do in life echoes in eternity." Maximus Decimus Meridius
36-24-36? Only if she's 5'3".
My phone number at the time was an anagram of 867-5309. It was 537-0869. I only got prank calls from dyslexic people.
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
- The grade school cafeteria. Too much fun to be had with that.
- An ex-girlfriend. Her family had fun and set up a cool answering machine greeting.
- A girlfriend of my ex-girlfriend. They just got pissed off.
- Last I heard, some elderly couple, who are undoubtedly quite puzzled by now if they still have the number.
I play guitar, and someday I would really like to cover this song in my band as an inside joke. It would be especially cool if the ex-girlfriend just happened to be in the audience.Somebody call 405-867-5309 and see who has the number now.
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