Mobile number ending with Eight zeroes: 16000 euros

suave.4u · 13-10-2013 4:01pm #1

Crazy news. But this can be a way for the govt. to make some much needed money.
A man in India spends Rs 13 Lakh (close to 16000 euros) for a "fancy" mobile number that ends with Eight zeroes.

http://newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Fancy-number-craze-Rs-13-Lakh-for-eight-zeros/2013/10/13/article1834290.ece

Let people choose their car numbers, mobile numbers and let them bid.

PizzamanIRL · 13-10-2013 4:07pm

Nah.

stimpson · 13-10-2013 4:10pm

Wow. 16k. That's just another 7 billion a year and we can balance the books!

krudler · 13-10-2013 4:12pm

"golden" numbers used to be a thing, especially for businesses, but everyone wants 0851234567 or something and all the good ones are taken, I have a cool one on an old sim card someplace.

MonaPizza · 13-10-2013 4:16pm

suave.4u wrote: »

Crazy news. But this can be a way for the govt. to make some much needed money.
A man in India spends Rs 13 Lakh (close to 16000 euros) for a "fancy" mobile number that ends with Eight zeroes.

http://newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Fancy-number-craze-Rs-13-Lakh-for-eight-zeros/2013/10/13/article1834290.ece

Let people choose their car numbers, mobile numbers and let them bid.

And how the hell do you propose the government make some "much needed money" out of this?

gctest50 · 13-10-2013 4:18pm

ringadingding · 13-10-2013 4:18pm

MonaPizza wrote: »

And how the hell do you propose the government make some "much needed money" out of this?

Simples,
Make many numbers end with 8 zeros and sell them all.

wazky · 13-10-2013 4:19pm

MonaPizza wrote: »

And how the hell do you propose the government make some "much needed money" out of this?

Maybe the government could set up one of those premium chat lines?, and have Joan Burton on it?

Panthro · 13-10-2013 4:24pm

wazky wrote: »

Maybe the government could set up one of those premium chat lines?, and have Joan Burton on it?

If the Govt wanted to make some real bling, they would set up a direct line to Enda K-Dawg and charge us a premium price to fock the head off him for 5 minutes.
Joe.ie could get in on the act by having a direct line from his show as well!

Peregrine · 13-10-2013 4:24pm

krudler wrote: »

"golden" numbers used to be a thing, especially for businesses, but everyone wants 0851234567 or something and all the good ones are taken, I have a cool one on an old sim card someplace.

I got a number very similar to that :pac: No, I didn't pay for it.

It's a bit annoying because every time I tell someone my phone number, they think I'm kidding.

Guy:Incognito · 13-10-2013 4:25pm

ringadingding wrote: »

Simples,
Make many numbers end with 8 zeros and sell them all.

So are the government setting up their own network now or just buying all the existing ones at a cost of whatever billion euro so they can make 16 grand off a few people?

wazky · 13-10-2013 4:27pm

Panthro wrote: »

If the Govt wanted to make some real bling, they would set up a direct line to Enda K-Dawg and charge us a premium price to fock the head off him for 5 minutes.
Joe.ie could get in on the act by having a direct line from his show as well!

Or letting you loose into the same room as Dame Enda for 10 minutes with one of those foam tube things you see at swimming pools and charging you for the pleasure, that would be a great stress reliever.

Armadillo · 13-10-2013 4:29pm

I want 08* - 45580085

suave.4u · 13-10-2013 4:46pm

MonaPizza wrote: »

And how the hell do you propose the government make some "much needed money" out of this?

For example, next year people can bid for say a car reg :141 D 007
or 141 C 12345 etc.etc.
There are still many who would be willing to pay a premium for this (perhaps anonymously)

Guy:Incognito · 13-10-2013 4:53pm

suave.4u wrote: »

For example, next year people can bid for say a car reg :141 D 007
or 141 C 12345 etc.etc.
There are still many who would be willing to pay a premium for this (perhaps anonymously)

You can already reserve a reg for a fee of €1000 (or at least you could, not sure if you still can) . It doesn't bring in much money.

Lapin · 13-10-2013 4:54pm

suave.4u wrote: »

For example, next year people can bid for say a car reg :141 D 007
or 141 C 12345 etc.etc.
There are still many who would be willing to pay a premium for this (perhaps anonymously)

They can't I'm afraid.

Car registerations in single figures only contain that number. There are no zeros in front of it.

So that reg would be 141 D 7.

As for your second example, it would be worth a lot more if the reg was 141 G 12345.

MonaPizza · 13-10-2013 4:56pm

ringadingding wrote: »

Simples,
Make many numbers end with 8 zeros and sell them all.

And exactly how many unique and exclusive numbers ending in 8 zeroes could you come up with seeing as the first two have to be 08, let's see shall we....

OK, we've got

08 00000000

Next one?

stimpson · 13-10-2013 4:58pm

MonaPizza wrote: »

And exactly how many unique and exclusive numbers ending in 8 zeroes could you come up with seeing as the first two have to be 08, let's see shall we....

OK, we've got

08 00000000

Next one?

Actually, you could have an infinite number of numbers ending with 8 zeros.

MonaPizza · 13-10-2013 5:00pm

stimpson wrote: »

Actually, you could have an infinite number of numbers ending with 8 zeros.

Not with 10 digits you can't

stimpson · 13-10-2013 5:01pm

MonaPizza wrote: »

Not with 10 digits you can't

You didn't specify that.

NuckingFacker · 13-10-2013 5:08pm

stimpson wrote: »

You didn't specify that.

The world kinda did already though..

stimpson · 13-10-2013 5:11pm

NuckingFacker wrote: »

The world kinda did already though..

I must have missed that bit when the world posted on this thread.

Peregrine · 13-10-2013 5:11pm

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

You can already reserve a reg for a fee of €1000 (or at least you could, not sure if you still can) . It doesn't bring in much money.

You can.

You have to fill out this form and pay €1000.

pharmaton · 13-10-2013 5:24pm

krudler wrote: »

"golden" numbers used to be a thing, especially for businesses, but everyone wants 0851234567 or something and all the good ones are taken, I have a cool one on an old sim card someplace.

when I signed up for the tv phone net bundle thing with upc years ago the engineer asked me did I want a tailored number, I was like what did you have in mind, so he said 2345678 (think that's how it went anyway and area code ended in 1) was available so I said yeah sure go ahead. It was a good few years ago and I no longer have the number so feel free to dial it if ya like.

MonaPizza · 13-10-2013 5:26pm

stimpson wrote: »

You didn't specify that.

We're talking telephone numbers here.
I don't have to specify it.

mfceiling · 13-10-2013 5:30pm

Maybe some of the other guys on here might want to help you OP, but it's not really something i could help you with so, I'm out.

stimpson · 13-10-2013 9:29pm

MonaPizza wrote: »

We're talking telephone numbers here.
I don't have to specify it.

Phone numbers have 7 digits not 8, so in that case you have zero numbers containing 8 zeros.

Pulsating Star · 13-10-2013 10:38pm

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

You can already reserve a reg for a fee of €1000 (or at least you could, not sure if you still can) . It doesn't bring in much money.

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

You can.

You have to fill out this form and pay €1000.

Yes, it used to be €200 but they got greedy and in so doing, killed the market for them.

Dempsey · 13-10-2013 10:53pm

In Australia, I seen mobile numbers for sale in shops etc , some worth more than others and not cheap either. Seems like a big deal with Asians

Guy:Incognito · 13-10-2013 10:54pm

Pulsating Star wrote: »

Yes, it used to be €200 but they got greedy and in so doing, killed the market for them.

Did you not read the op? We can put the price up to 16k and make a fortune sure.

Artful_Badger · 13-10-2013 11:05pm

stimpson wrote: »

Phone numbers have 7 digits not 8, so in that case you have zero numbers containing 8 zeros.

That's mathematics, son! You can argue with me, but you can't argue with figures! - Foghorn Leghorn

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Bootsy. · 13-10-2013 11:46pm

My phone number is 086xxx6969

MonaPizza · 14-10-2013 1:40am

stimpson wrote: »

Phone numbers have 7 digits not 8, so in that case you have zero numbers containing 8 zeros.

Oh boy.

Write down your mobile number and count the digits.

LoonyLovegood · 14-10-2013 2:20am

Worked in a launderette, had a customer come in with a number like 4567456 or something similar. She became a regular, we got talking about the number. She'd been offered a substantial amount of money from a company to give them the sim card that the number was with. This was in 2007 or thereabouts, mind.