"Spokes" <spokesman123@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Apr 23, 4:33 pm, "Michael J" <mich...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> "Spokes" <spokesman...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:1177249268.678839.131770@o5g2000hsb.googlegro ups.com...
>>
>> > On Apr 22, 9:45 am, ker...@gmail.com wrote:
>> >> Does anyone know how to go about selling a mobile phone number here in
>> >> Australia? The number has five 8's in a row which is considered very
>> >> luck in some cultures.
>>
>> > IIRC, isn't selling phone numbers is illegal?
>>
>> No. Because you aren't actually selling the mobile number
>>
> I suppose then, the poster can advertise that they are willing to
> transfer (and maybe port)the number they have into your name.
> Someone accepts the offer and possibly expresses gratitude of the
> transaction with a few hundred dollars to the previous user of the
> mobile number?

Yep, thats about it

> Can it work that way for the poster conerned? Or do you have a better
> idea?

Nope, youve got it in one.

No one owns a phone number, not even the carrier. The ACMA administers them
as a "national resource"