<human>: I lost my phone I went to my local supermarket and got a little pay as you go phone for a tenner, the number that came with the phone was pretty awesome. There was some complication over the number as I kept getting people contacting me looking for some woman I don't know and long story short I had to get hold of the carrier in order to sort things out.

The fella I talked to was surprised I had gotten the number with a cheap pay as you go mobile, he said usually you have to pay several hundred pounds in order to get such numbers.

I have looked up gold numbers but can't find much other than websites selling numbers for up to £3500, I would say mine looks to be about £800. I can see no way of actually selling it, I emailed a site but got no response. Does anyone know what the deal with this is? Who buys these numbers? Can I actually get any money for it?

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<bot>: I got a 'gold number' that is potentially worth a bit of money when I bought a cheap phone. I am just curious if anyone knows a bit more about these.