“ Don't be fooled ”. In a tweet published on Tuesday in the middle of the morning, Franck Annese, the founder of the magazine Society, warns readers against the resale prices on the web of the last two issues of the fortnight, devoted to the Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès affair.
"Victims" of readers' interest in this tragic news item, the first two parts of the investigation carried out over four years by four journalists from the fortnightly editorial staff are out of stock in newsstands. Three weeks after the release of the first part, 280,000 copies have already been printed.
Faced with such enthusiasm, buyers wanted to ride the wave by selling their own copies on Leboncoin or Ebay, with a nice added value on arrival.
Average resale price at 25 euros
Whether sold in pairs or individually, the average resale price is around 25 euros. But some sellers do not hesitate to ask for even more for this 77-page survey which looks back on the drama that occurred in Nantes in 2011. An advertiser from the Ile d'Yeu even goes so far as to offer a lot including the first two issues. of the trilogy for almost 500 euros! That is almost 63 times the amount required to obtain the two numbers in a newsstand (3.90 euros per unit).
When we scroll through the ads, we notice that individuals have acquired several copies of the two issues to resell them massively online.
To meet the demand, and in the process counter this phenomenon, Society announced that new copies of the magazine would be distributed from Wednesday. To facilitate the research of the most impatient, Society also maintains a file indicating the points of sale still having these two coveted numbers.