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kerynb@gmail.com - 22 Apr 2007 00:45 GMT

Does anyone know how to go about selling a mobile phone number here in
Australia? The number has five 8's in a row which is considered very
luck in some cultures.

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Spokes - 22 Apr 2007 14:41 GMT

On Apr 22, 9:45 am, ker...@gmail.com wrote:

> Does anyone know how to go about selling a mobile phone number here in
> Australia? The number has five 8's in a row which is considered very
> luck in some cultures.

IIRC, isn't selling phone numbers is illegal?

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Michael J - 23 Apr 2007 07:33 GMT

> On Apr 22, 9:45 am, ker...@gmail.com wrote:
>> Does anyone know how to go about selling a mobile phone number here in
>> Australia? The number has five 8's in a row which is considered very
>> luck in some cultures.
>
> IIRC, isn't selling phone numbers is illegal?

No. Because you aren't actually selling the mobile number

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Spokes - 23 Apr 2007 15:23 GMT

> > On Apr 22, 9:45 am, ker...@gmail.com wrote:
> >> Does anyone know how to go about selling a mobile phone number here in
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>
> No. Because you aren't actually selling the mobile number

I suppose then, the poster can advertise that they are willing to
transfer (and maybe port)the number they have into your name.
Someone accepts the offer and possibly expresses gratitude of the
transaction with a few hundred dollars to the previous user of the
mobile number?
Can it work that way for the poster conerned? Or do you have a better
idea?

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Michael J - 24 Apr 2007 08:42 GMT

>> > On Apr 22, 9:45 am, ker...@gmail.com wrote:
>> >> Does anyone know how to go about selling a mobile phone number here in
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> transaction with a few hundred dollars to the previous user of the
> mobile number?

Yep, thats about it

> Can it work that way for the poster conerned? Or do you have a better
> idea?

Nope, youve got it in one.

No one owns a phone number, not even the carrier. The ACMA administers them
as a "national resource"

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