Since 212 numbers were depleted over a decade ago, New Yorkers have used a variety of questionable methods and paid hundreds of dollars to acquire one. But while the coveted digits remain scarce, a few numbers have now come back into circulation.
David Day is one of those providers. The 43-year-old began collecting 212 numbers in the late '00s, and started his businessin 2009. He estimates he's sold tens of thousands of 212 numbers over the last 14 years, charging about $150 for a standard number, and going up as high as $20,000 and $35,000 for particularly unique numbers.
He notes that a lot of his sales come from law firms and hedge funds looking to buy large blocks of numbers. Manny Quintero, 35, first became aware of 212 numbers because of that "Seinfeld" episode. He works in finance, and says he got a wakeup call from a recruiter who scolded him for having a 509 area code and not using an iPhone for interviews. Just before the start of the pandemic, he went to a third-party app and snagged his own 212 number.
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