can I sell my phone number?

Cellular phone number portability makes me, in a sense, the effective owner
of my phone number. By accident, it just so happened that my number spells
something that could be considered very desirable by a whole lot of
companies (I won't say what it spells for reasons of privacy). If I had to
guess, I'd say there are companies that would pay thousands for it.

Is it possible for me to actually sell my phone number, and if so, how can I
go about doing it?

E wrote:

> Ha, that's funny. I think there was a big stink not to long ago about this
> topic. Someone had 867-5312 from the song and tried to sell it on ebay. I
> think it was taken down because they did not have authority to sell the
> number.
>
> "Jack Zwick" <jzwick3@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:jzwick3-932E0E.19323313042005@news1.west.earthlink.net...
>> In article <1157546.CKdT0RIOnR@yahoo.com>,
>> homer simpson <homer@simps.on> wrote:
>>
>> > Cellular phone number portability makes me, in a sense, the effective
> owner
>> > of my phone number. By accident, it just so happened that my number
> spells
>> > something that could be considered very desirable by a whole lot of
>> > companies (I won't say what it spells for reasons of privacy). If I had
> to
>> > guess, I'd say there are companies that would pay thousands for it.
>> >
>> > Is it possible for me to actually sell my phone number, and if so, how
> can I
>> > go about doing it?
>>
>>
>>
>> Try eBay.
But the song is 867-5309 so he is selling a nebulous number. You must be
singing it wrong.
--
Dave

Hi,

but as long as he's a current subscriber it's "his"....

kinda sorta....

so I can see a scenario where he might decide to drop that
subscription for some compensation so that the "other" party could get
it....

NoNoBadDog! wrote:

> Let's see if I can make it simple for you...You are paying for a service.
> Currently, that service is associated with a number...your number. Should
> you decide to cancel the service and not port the number, it goes back into
> the pool, and will eventually given to someone else. You do *NOT* own the
> service. you do *NOT* own the number. You are paying for the privilege of
> using the service. You are paying to use a certain number while you are
> paying for that service. Surely this is simple enough for even you to
> understand.
>
> Bobby
>
> "homer simpson" <homer@simps.on> wrote in message
> news:4845992.sQzg2OcbTp@yahoo.com...
>
>>Who does it belong to? My service provider? What if I port it to another
>>service provider? If the number is the property of the original service
>>provider, how come I can easily deprive them of their property without
>>their concent?
>>
>>Isn't the situation similar to Internet domain names? They definitely get
>>bought and sold.
>>
>>"NoNoBadDog!" <mypants_bjsledgeATpixi.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Your cellular phone number does *NOT* belong to you any more than your
>>>landline phone number belongs to you. Just because the number can now be
>>>used with most cellular providers does not make it yours.
>>>
>>>Bobby
>>>
>>>"homer simpson" <homer@simps.on> wrote in message
>>>news:1157546.CKdT0RIOnR@yahoo.com...
>>>
>>>>Cellular phone number portability makes me, in a sense, the effective
>>>>owner
>>>>of my phone number. By accident, it just so happened that my number
>>>>spells something that could be considered very desirable by a whole lot
>>>>of companies (I won't say what it spells for reasons of privacy). If I
>>>>had to guess, I'd say there are companies that would pay thousands for
>>>>it.
>>>>
>>>>Is it possible for me to actually sell my phone number, and if so, how
>>>>can I
>>>>go about doing it?
>>
>
>
>
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