Was it really sold on ebay?

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What is the story behind this 80’s song 867–5309/Jenny? I know it was a real number of a girl named Jenny, but is it true that this number caused a lot of commotion? Is it true it was sold on eBay?

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“In 2004, the putative owner of the 867–5309 phone number in New York (area code 212) put it up for auction on eBay.”

From Snopes
http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/8675309.asp

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Please use google from now on. That [snopes article] was the second hit on google for “8674309”. The first hit was the wikipedia page. If you google “8675309 ebay” there’s a over 8million hits with links to relevant stories.

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