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13 Jan 15
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Entrepreneurs cash in on Charlie Hebdo carnage, selling mag for $600, other ‘Je Suis Charlie’ memorabilia online
Sellers on eBay promise to buy and ship physical copies of the French weekly satirical magazine once the new edition is released Wednesday. The commemorative edition features a crying cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad holding a 'Je Suis Charlie' sign. The issue is the first since 12 people were killed Wednesday at the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris.
The not-yet-released issue of Charlie Hebdo is going on eBay for $600 as online entrepreneurs hope to cash in on the intense international interest in the weekly, which generally prints just 60,000 copies.
Online entrepreneurs are cashing in on the carnage in Paris.
Wednesday’s not-yet-released copy of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is fetching $600 asking prices on eBay as millions hope to get their hands on the commemorative edition, the first to come out after eight staffers and four others were slaughtered.
Others are selling past issues of the weekly on eBay, including the controversial edition from September 2012 that featured images of a naked Muhammad inside its pages.
Sellers are asking $300 for that issue.
Charlie Hebdo will print 3 million copies of Wednesday’s issue — 50 times more than its usual 60,000 — in 16 languages. Last week, the magazine promised 1 million copies, but upped the number due to international demand. Editor in chief Gerard Biard on Tuesday thanked all the newspapers new fans and subscribers, including celebrities Arnold Schwarzenegger and George Clooney, who mentioned the mag during his moving Golden Globes speech Sunday.
And everyday fans are already eager to get their hands on the special edition.
Some eBay users are preselling copies, promising to ship the publication when it comes out on Wednesday. One ongoing auction attracted 35 bids and a top price of $202.50 on Tuesday morning. Another seller asked for $500 in exchange for a copy.
But will Prophet Muhammad forgive these Ebay sellers?.
Sellers on eBay promise to buy and ship physical copies of the French weekly satirical magazine once the new edition is released Wednesday. The commemorative edition features a crying cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad holding a 'Je Suis Charlie' sign. The issue is the first since 12 people were killed Wednesday at the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris.
The not-yet-released issue of Charlie Hebdo is going on eBay for $600 as online entrepreneurs hope to cash in on the intense international interest in the weekly, which generally prints just 60,000 copies.
Online entrepreneurs are cashing in on the carnage in Paris.
Wednesday’s not-yet-released copy of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is fetching $600 asking prices on eBay as millions hope to get their hands on the commemorative edition, the first to come out after eight staffers and four others were slaughtered.
Others are selling past issues of the weekly on eBay, including the controversial edition from September 2012 that featured images of a naked Muhammad inside its pages.
Sellers are asking $300 for that issue.
Charlie Hebdo will print 3 million copies of Wednesday’s issue — 50 times more than its usual 60,000 — in 16 languages. Last week, the magazine promised 1 million copies, but upped the number due to international demand. Editor in chief Gerard Biard on Tuesday thanked all the newspapers new fans and subscribers, including celebrities Arnold Schwarzenegger and George Clooney, who mentioned the mag during his moving Golden Globes speech Sunday.
And everyday fans are already eager to get their hands on the special edition.
Some eBay users are preselling copies, promising to ship the publication when it comes out on Wednesday. One ongoing auction attracted 35 bids and a top price of $202.50 on Tuesday morning. Another seller asked for $500 in exchange for a copy.
But will Prophet Muhammad forgive these Ebay sellers?.
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