Selling a mobile number

yankinlk

Does anyone know if this has been done in the irish market?

The story is my auntie rang me the other day with this incredibly easy to remember mobile number - so easy i actually thought is was some sort of a code that the provider was using to block her number - when i asked, she said that yes, it was her new ready to go phone she just got.

Is there a market for this? Is it legal? Is it better that it's ready to go - ie she can easily transfer it to whomever she wants?

Id love to get something for my dear auntie if its possible.

eth0_

Well I've seen it on ebay.co.uk, there does seem to be a market for really easy to remember numbers.

Saruman

Luck of the draw.. i dont think they can be sold here BUT if someone has a pay as you go sim they could in theory sell it on boards or buy and sell. I know of numbers that are all 8's and 6's in sequence..

PHB

My phone number has leet in it if anyone wants to buy it off me

rymus

I recently experienced a mobile number with four zero's in it. Furrrrreaky!

jesus_thats_gre

I have loads of 69's

Tusky

My home number begins with 8...the rest is 2's and 0's.

ballooba

my mobile number is 0857ABBCBB

where C = 2xA and B another number number. (If you get me)

I was starting a new business, rang meteor and asked for a good number and the dude sorted me out.

Ported to O2 shortly afterwards. Suckers!!!

Saruman

Originally posted by ballooba
my mobile number is 0857ABBCBB

where C = 2xA and B another number number. (If you get me)

I was starting a new business, rang meteor and asked for a good number and the dude sorted me out.

Ported to O2 shortly afterwards. Suckers!!!

Thats just too much like maths to think about

Blisterman

My old mobile number spelt out smilehug

Urban Weigl

I asked o2 for a good number almost 2 years ago, and got 086 835 2426... Any good do you think?

Agent Smith

you relise you posted your number on the internet....

Urban Weigl

Originally posted by agent smith
you relise you posted your number on the internet....

Boards is the internet now?

fragile

My number is completely unique in the Irish mobile market, and I am willing to sell it to the highest bidder, let the bidding begin :ninja:

alleepally

Ok fragile, what's the number then and I'll start the bidding.

CuLT

I want 087****YOU.

fragile

Originally posted by alleepally
Ok fragile, what's the number then and I'll start the bidding.

Hah, im not going to fall for that one, cash up front

Blisterman

If you sell a number, all that persons friends will be calling you.

Jim

Originally posted by PHB
My phone number has leet in it if anyone wants to buy it off me

My extention number in work is 1337

rymus

Originally posted by Jimeatsmenu
My extention number in work is 1337

Joo are teh sex!

Creamy Goodness

Originally posted by ballooba
my mobile number is 0857ABBCBB

where C = 2xA and B another number number. (If you get me)

I was starting a new business, rang meteor and asked for a good number and the dude sorted me out.

Ported to O2 shortly afterwards. Suckers!!!

did that cost you any extra money to get a good number?

Tellox

my number starts with 086085..

I would also pay big money for 087****YOU

billy the squid

Tried this when i recently changed my number vodafone wouldnt sell me a "golden number" over the phone. even had one of their people read out a list of crap numbers whcih was allocated to them that day but alas no good numbers.

incedentally i know someone with a 7 digit mobile number where the first three digits are the same and the last four digits are 2600

AdMMM

I'd love 086/087 8008135

Space Coyote

lol gud 1 Murderer

alleepally

Originally posted by |.Murderer.|
I'd love 086/087 8008135

i don't get it

Space Coyote

are u just being sarcastic allee?

read the number as letters

alleepally

Originally posted by Space Coyote
are u just being sarcastic allee?

read the number as letters

nope, wasn't being sarcastic. looked at it again and now i get it.

i was translating the numbers to the letters on the phone keys....