Man pays $1.1 million for a lucky phone number??!!

[MrScott81]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/13/mobile_phone_number/

Chinese man has paid the equivalent of $1.1m for a mobile phone number.

The unnamed buyer shelled out a whopping nine million yuan for 135 8585 8585, which is apparently pronounced as "let me be rich, be rich, be rich, be rich" in Chinese.

He beat off around 70 other bidders on EachNet.com, where the sale of "lucky" numbers has boomed. EachNet PR representative Tang Lei said it was believed to be "the highest price ever paid for a phone number online".

Let's hope that 135 8585 8585 proves as auspicious for its new owner as he clearly believes it to be. Otherwise, he'll soon be back on the pay-as-you-go with his friends dialling "oh God I'm so skint, skint, skint" when they want a chat. ®

 

[fs5]

wtf? now that his number is online he'll be getting more prank calls than real calls.

 

[AgentEL]

skint?

 

[sash1]

Amazing

 

[fs5]

Originally posted by: AgentEL
skint?

skeeet skeet skeet skeet

 

[Ikonomi]

I wonder if the extra luck will help him recover that nine million yuan.

 

[Mookow]

Originally posted by: fivespeed5

Originally posted by: AgentEL
skint?

skeeet skeet skeet skeet

Not something you want your phone to be doing...

 

[Valhalla1]

any *EDIT* chinese speakers to confirm the pronounciation ?

I'm sure its not so cut and dry.. probably like "ret mi bi rik rik rik" or something

 

[fs5]

Originally posted by: Valhalla1
any japanese speakers to confirm the pronounciation ?

I'm sure its not so cut and dry.. probably like "ret mi bi rik rik rik" or something

you suck at reading..

The unnamed buyer shelled out a whopping nine million yuan for 135 8585 8585, which is apparently pronounced as "let me be rich, be rich, be rich, be rich" in Chinese.

 

[Valhalla1]

japanese, chinese, hey they all sound the same to me !


by the way, I SERIOUSLY doubt it sounds like such perfect English words

 

[Howard]

Um, maybe in Mandarin? I don't think it translate that way in Cantonese. Then again, my Cantonese is pretty horrible.

 

[PoPPeR]

um well it didnt' sound like Mandarin to me, but I dropped out of chinese school so what do I know.

My dad says that guys on crack, unless there's another way to say "lucky" that we don't know about.

 

[MacBaine]

He beat off around 70 other bidders on EachNet.com

So he got a lucky number... but at what cost?

 

[lupohki]

I speak Cantonese and the numbers "5 8" sounds like "not lucky" to me.

 

[Ness]

Originally posted by: MacBaine

He beat off around 70 other bidders on EachNet.com

So he got a lucky number... but at what cost?

Glad to see I'm not the only one who noticed that :-x

 

[DanTMWTMP]

Originally posted by: fivespeed5
wtf? now that his number is online he'll be getting more prank calls than real calls.

roflmao ... anyone willing to call and save the .wav?

 

[fs5]

Originally posted by: MacBaine

He beat off around 70 other bidders on EachNet.com

So he got a lucky number... but at what cost?

is it an epidemic?

Man pays $1.1 million for a lucky phone number??!!

 

[FelixDeCat]

Ill sell anyone my mobile number for $500!! Ill just send you my damn phone!!

lol

 

[CaseTragedy]

confirmed.
i speak mandarin and 5-8 is loosely "i'll become rich"


-Case

 

[warcrow]

Thats just rediculous....

 

[WinkOsmosis]

If I was Asian I would get 8484-8484

 

[Murphyrulez]

He beat off around 70 other bidders

And boy are his hands tired!!

 

[BladeWalker]

And this is better than Jenny's number? D@mn, I was in the wrong auction.

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
If I was Asian I would get 8484-8484

id get 6969-6969 but thats just me

 

[EXman]

please say this aloud at home WE Tald did