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  • Mobiles.co.uk_company_representative
    Mobiles.co.uk_company_representative Posts: 659 Organisation Representative
    Desirable mobile numbers were one of the first things to be traded for money, and all dealers technically can sell from eg Orange's Bronze, Silver, Gold lists - nice try though :)
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  • space_rider
    space_rider Posts: 1,741 Forumite
    davefez wrote: »
    Did anyone have one of them chipped bt cellnet phones where everytime you turned it off then back on you got £10 of credit?

    I didn`t but I knew lots of people who did. Also if the system was down or busy it would let you make lots of free calls when it first came back.
  • Mobiles.co.uk_company_representative
    Mobiles.co.uk_company_representative Posts: 659 Organisation Representative
    And don't forget *#746025625 on Nokias makes all your calls free :D
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  • Nednats
    Nednats Posts: 330 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    I remenber when you didn't have to pay for text messages. Does that make me old?
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