Chinese buyer pays $257,400 Cdn for lucky mobile phone number 133-3333-333

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Sat Nov-06-04 04:46 PM
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Chinese buyer pays $257,400 Cdn for lucky mobile phone number 133-3333-333

BEIJING (AP) - A Beijing man has paid the equivalent of $257,400 Cdn for the ultimate in lucky cell phone numbers -133-3333-3333.
The phone number was sold this week at an auction in the Chinese capital, newspapers reported Saturday.

Chinese tradition considers three a lucky number and groups of threes even luckier. Though the number eight is the luckiest, all Chinese cell phone numbers begin with 13, making it impossible to make a number with all eights.

The reports by the Beijing Times and Beijing Morning Post didn't identify the buyer. Phone calls to the number on Saturday weren't answered.

http://www.mytelus.com/news/article.do?pageID=cp_oddities_home&articleID=1759836

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