Olympic Handphone Numbers Are Damn Hot
News July 6th, 2007
The Beijing Olympics 2008 commences on the 8th August 2008 which is 20080808 in numerical form. In China, handphone number 13920080808 is being auctioned with a minimum price of 20 0000 yuan (US$26300). Called the “Olympic Handphone Number”, it has attracted an average of 1200 enquiries daily.
The owner of this number, Mr Zhang, hopes to let the number go to Olmypic-related groups so that it will be a true Olympic number. Mr Zhang even jokes that this number can go into the Guinness World Records as the “busiest handphone number”.
Other phone numbers in China that are ending with 20080808 have also risen in value.
Can I have one too?
Via Beijing2008
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