How much would you pay for a "famous" phone number like Tommy Tutone's 867-5309?
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If I didn't have to work and stuff, I might think it was cool. But having to answer the phone countless times for no reason would drive me nuts after a while. I can't imagine though that the number is receiving thousands of calls because of a song that came out in 1982. Hundreds? Maybe. But it's not like it's a universal area code. Do people really sit down with every area code and dial the number until they get a hit? Doubt it. Can't convince me, even with a 10 year old article about it. A recent article says the number is getting 30-40 hits per day, so between 900-1200 a month.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/01/AR2009020100547.html
Here is the song for your listening pleasure. (Or torture, depending on if you like it or not!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aeBlPysd1E
http://cgi.ebay.com/867-5309-phone-number-in-NYC-area-DJ-company-8675309_W0QQitemZ260354849950QQihZ016QQcategoryZ46685QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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According to Snopes.com:
Even as recently as 1999, phone customers unlucky enough to have been assigned an 867-5309 number were still getting plenty of crank calls. An article from Brown University's newspaper explained what happened when the school added an 867 exchange in the fall of 1999:
The biggest complaints about the new phone exchange come from Nina Clemente '03 and Jahanaz Mirza '03, the two students with the telephone number 867-5309. "It's so annoying," Nina said. "It's the worst number to have in the world." The girls receive an average of five "stupid" messages every day on their machine, in addition to a slew of hang-ups. "It's as if they are really expecting Jenny to pick up the phone," Clemente said.
Unfortunately, the problem is not getting better, and people just keep calling. Some ask for Jenny, some play the Tommy Tutone song on the girls' answering machine, and some males even leave their phone numbers in hopes of finding a date.
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