9090 goes for Rs 25 lakh

Jalandhar, September 6

A new PB-90 series that has been recently started by the Transport Department of Jalandhar has attracted vintage number lovers in the city.

Astonishingly, PB-90-9090 which went for e-auction that closed two days ago has received the highest bid of Rs 25,18,500. The number remained in a tough contest, say the online bidders, as the beholder of triple set of 90 will certainly remain in notice. The base price of this number is just Rs 10,000 and the bid has gone whopping 251 times higher.

Two more numbers in this series 0001 and 0009 have been auctioned for 18,07,500 (base price Rs 5 lakh) and Rs 11,19,500, (reserve price of Rs 50,000), respectively. Lucky number 0007 too has gone for a high bid of Rs 7.78 lakh.

The other high bids include those for 0002 number at Rs 3.9 lakh and 0003 for Rs 5.55 lakh. Another often preferred number 0786 has gone for Rs 3.17 lakh. All single digit numbers other than 0001 and 0786 number have a base price of Rs 50,000. Going well again with 90 series, 0900 too has fetched a bid of Rs 2.52 lakh.

Though the PB-08 series has been done till PB-08-DB level only, the PB-90 series has already got launched. SDM-2 Paramvir Singh said: “I cannot say anything about that for it is up to the state Transport Department to decide about the timing of rolling out of a new series.”

The department is still unsure if the auctions would get materialised. “The bidders have 21 days to make the payment after closing of the bid. Hence, we have to wait for three weeks to see if all payments are made,” the SDM said. — TNS