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Ebay Suspends Phone Number Sales

Posted by timothy on from the all-sixes-would-be-good dept.

wellingt writes "According to the Jackson Sun, the attention brought by the sale of Jenny's famous 867-5309 has led Ebay to evaluate whether or not phone numbers are the property of their owner, and whether they can be sold. Verizon has made the claim otherwise."

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  1. Re:Would you really wanna? by Erasmus+Darwin · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    "Would you really want to have a "famous" phone number? Just think about all the random calls you would get?"

    I wouldn't mind it if I could set something up where my phone doesn't ring until after the caller enters a PIN. Something really easy like the numeric equivalent of the first 3 letters of my name. That'd kill the random calls and also telemarketing and survey nonsense (although I must admit the no-call list is doing a pretty good job with the telemarketers). And if I had to give out my number to a business for some reason, I'd just list the PIN as my extension number.