What Price Luck? Avoiding Unluck?

Jul 17, 2008

Three categories of phone number for sale in this rural Hebei province mobile phone shop - low price/unlucky numbers, regular price/regular numbers and higher price lucky numbers. Only 10 yuan (1 Euro) separating the ecstatically lucky from the desperately unlucky.

The importance of having the right number in Tehran, Cairo (below), Mongolia and beyond

Location:
 China
 China »  Handan
 China »  Heibei Province Keywords:
 cultural norms | lucky | phone number | rural | unlucky