If the latest issue of Charlie Hebdo has proven one thing it’s that there’s no such thing as bad publicity.

The new edition, the cover of which carries a pretty strong message, is selling at an unbelievable rate with the publication having to print extra copies to deal with the demand. The BBC has the following:

Three million copies of the latest edition of Charlie Hebdo were originally printed for distribution.

Copies in France quickly sold out on Wednesday morning. Editors then decided to increase the print run to five million. Normally, only 60,000 are printed each week.

Correspondents in France have also been quoted as saying that some of the proceeds from the issue will go to the victims’ families as a form of compensation. Obviously no amount of money will bring back those killed but if this is true then we can only say well played to all involved.

Of course not everyone is getting into the spirit of giving, with Ebay having a listing for the edition selling at €100 000. That translates to a cool R1 354 000, or more simply a truckload of money. CNBC reports:

 One of the two 100,000 euro eBay listings has been taken down but one remains with 20 people watching the item. The post is on eBay’s French website as people look to take advantage of the high demand…

Other price points for the Charlie Hebdo edition on eBay includes 50,000 euros, 30,000 euros and 20,000 euros.

They say one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, and it seems there are a few souls out there who feel nothing of trying to make a small fortune out of this tragedy. I also highly doubt they are the kind of people who plan on giving any of the proceeds to the victims’ families. Go on Ebay, take a little cut of the sale and send it those affected, we dare you.

[source:bbc&cnbc]