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Portable Phone Numbers = Market for Cool Numbers

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-want-get-bent dept.

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?"

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  1. Prank Calls by electrichamster · · Score: 5, Funny

    Great, now I can prank call the winnning bidder...

  2. What other numbers are famous or valuable? by zegebbers · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who wants to buy 3-14-159-265?

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    1. Re:What other numbers are famous or valuable? by twoslice · · Score: 5, Funny
      Who wants to buy 3-14-159-265?

      Shut your Pi hole!

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  3. Nerdy? by isNaN · · Score: 5, Funny

    You'll have to be a *real* nerd to actually buy a "famous" phone number!

    ohh... wait... forgot I was on /. there for a while ;)

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  4. eBay by ThomK · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why use eBay? Just call the guy.

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  5. It is a fake! by twoslice · · Score: 5, Funny
    On E-bay you can bid on 867-5309 (made famous by Tommy Tutone's Jenny I got your number).

    I called the number and there was no Jenny there. - Just some guy calling me an asshole for calling him at 3am...

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  6. You can't beat Creative Printing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  7. Can you slashdot a phone number? by ggvaidya · · Score: 5, Funny
    867-5309, eh?

    Can a phone number be slashdotted? :) I think we're about to find out!

  8. ironic number by JustKidding · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  9. didyaknow that 8675309 is prime? by pedro · · Score: 5, Funny

    Gawd, I'm such a geek :)

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  10. Re:That's 362-4360 by Prior+Restraint · · Score: 5, Funny

    36-24-36? Only if she's 5'3".