If you're going to buy numbers from eBay may I advise caution, and suggest you stay clear of all Vodafone PAYG numbers.
I used to deal with people every day at work who had purchased these 'gold numbers' from eBay, only to find they had been fraudulently re-registered and the original owner had taken the number back. Unfortunately, due to the terrible systems in place for PAYG admin at Vodafone, with no individual sign ons, only group sign ons, it was a cash cow for dodgy members of staff to either re-register numbers and sell them themselves, or to take a small payout for reregistering them. Its also a scam that the travelling folk used to be heavily involved in.
I used to deal with people every day at work who had purchased these 'gold numbers' from eBay, only to find they had been fraudulently re-registered and the original owner had taken the number back. Unfortunately, due to the terrible systems in place for PAYG admin at Vodafone, with no individual sign ons, only group sign ons, it was a cash cow for dodgy members of staff to either re-register numbers and sell them themselves, or to take a small payout for reregistering them. Its also a scam that the travelling folk used to be heavily involved in.
