Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: steve@uunet.uu.net Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Selling an Interesting Telephone Number? Message-ID: Date: 6 Apr 89 12:23:54 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: steve@dmntor.UUCP (Steve Pozgaj) Organization: Digital Media Networks Inc. Toronto, Ontario, Canada Lines: 11 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Originally-From: steve (Steve Pozgaj) X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 129, message 5 of 11 A. E. Siegman siegman@sierra.stanford.edu asks: > Anyone have any thoughts on the dollar value of such a number? Rumor > has it that someone whose all-digit dialing number was "AMERICA" got > $1000 for turning over this number during the Centennial". I only know of one published sale. It was the Hyatt hotel chain. They bought 1-800-243-2546 (CHECKIN) from Hank and Marie Oscar, of Oscarvision Systems, for $40,000 + $5,000 in credit towards hotel stays. A heck of a lot better than a few pizza coupons:-)