# Home Telephone:The phone number can not start with a 0 or a 1.

[FandangoKango]

So i make a new paypal and I add a number that starts with a 1 after the area code and I get this message: # Home Telephone:The phone number can not start with a 0 or a 1.

Anybody know why? I did the same for ebay and ebay didn't give a problem?

[GreenBean]

paypal never accepts foo-foo™ phone numbers.

[FandangoKango]

⊗⊗⊗⊗ numbers? I don't get it. I thought numbers could start with a 1?

[mr888]

1 you mean the country code?

[JEM]

I wonder how that would work for a legit company that has a legit 1-800 #??

[FandangoKango]

No i mean: 786-11

after the area code in the usa which is a 3 digit number i put a 1 and paypal gives me that message...

[imjustme]

They are discriminating against 1's and 0's. Just use any other number.

[lakeman]

Is it a valid phone number or made up??

[FandangoKango]

for example a full number i would put in is:

786-112-3432

this is a valid number, which is not mine, but i don't know who it belongs to so where one's are those can't be accepted by paypal system. weird!

[rsot]

What is the location of that phone number? No North American numbers can ever start with 112...

[FandangoKango]

Doesn't only the area code matter?

[rsot]

Area code matters but the actual number has to be real'ish - 112 is an impossible number in North Am.

[First Edition]

holy crap....


The prefix, after the area code, NEVER starts with a 1 or a 0, because this often designates dialing long distance, calling the operator... etc. Your default phone line usually automatically assumes you're not calling long distance, so the number you're calling has to start with 2 through 9, or the switch won't know what's up

Jeez, don't you guys know anything about telephone engineering?