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://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2004/11/06/703467-ap.html
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://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2004/11/06/703467-ap.html