DCist: Special Edition Washington Post to Hit Stands between 3 and 5 p.m.

HCE

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:43:33 -0500

This is why people are in line: eBay! Damn! I think I'd rather pay $20 for it on eBay than stand in line for hours to buy one from the source.

Politburo

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:48:36 -0500

If your former Dem claim is true, which I doubt, then good riddance, you ignorant fuckwit. Have fun in the Party of Palin.

Politburo

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:48:35 -0500

If your former Dem claim is true, which I doubt, then good riddance, you ignorant fuckwit. Have fun in the Party of Palin.

Politburo

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:35:50 -0500

specialed: Close.. but apples and oranges. In this case, the Post did a special printing run. That very likely resulted in having to pay overtime to the workers, and possibly additional costs for supplies, etc.

districtdon19

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:09:50 -0500

oh yeah.. 50th post! =D

districtdon19

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:08:28 -0500

@Crawfish: The mailroom doesn't count as working for both Clintons. Did you pick up Nancy Pelosi's dry cleaning? Rubbed Ted Stevens' feet? I think people are perfectly aware that their taxes will now go up with the incoming administration. But, they also understand that the spending will be more responsible. And so long as Obama doesn't lie about anything or enact Executive Privilege like it's the goddamn bright red Staples' Easy Button, then this presidency will already be better than any presidency the presently failed Republican framework can belch out.

Spiment

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:30:31 -0500

Wow. I work across from the Washington Post Building and in hindsight I feel like I should have posted on DCist letting everyone know what was going on at the Post. There was a huge line but once you got up there it turned outt hat if you had exact change ($2) you could just stroll on in, buy up to 5, and stroll on out. I got out of work at 5:30, and was on my way home by 5:38.

cactus jack

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:27:48 -0500

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IMGoph

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:25:30 -0500

crawfish: thank you for your contribution. you may now crawl back into your bitter, angry hole for four more years...

RJ

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:28:25 -0500

For the first time ever I was worried about someone swiping my copy (still in its plastic bag) while I was on the Metro.

jpl1019

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:12:44 -0500

Bitter much, Crawfish?

Crawfish

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:03:29 -0500

OMG! Yuppies can't get their 'historic' papers fast enough! Let's see, the same Compost which bent over backwards to help elect the totally inexperienced, illegitimate son of a Kenyan alcoholic and a hippie grad student is now SELLING OUT its pathetic liberal rag - the same one it could barely give away last week. I'm not sure what's more hysterical - the utter lack of reporting on The One's beyond-suspect history (where's the birth cert? Why's Columbia not releasing his transcript? And more...) or the fact that a bunch of white liberals now feel so good about assuaging their consciences. When your taxes go way up, the government decides who your doctor will be, and terrorists continue to threaten the USA, remember who you voted for. Oh, and one more thing...those slavery reparations will come out of YOUR paycheck, yuppies! P.S. Before you attack me as a 'conservative,' you might want to know I'm a FORMER Dem who worked for BOTH Clintons.

kaylaraine

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:53:27 -0500

The 14th and Irving CVS, as well as the one on Columbia Rd, near 17th, are sold out. Harris Teeter still hasn't received theirs and the guy tells me is is not guaranteed that they will. It should not be this hard to find a second edition copy of a newspaper!

Mainland

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:52:06 -0500

Being sold out of the back of a mini van at the Giant in Silver Spring. 40-50 people line.

Heather Goss

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:04:03 -0500

The CVS at 14th and Irving got 900 copies at about 6:15 and the line is going really quick. If you're nearby (or even not) and want one, they're bound to be in stock for a couple hours.

hryan4740

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:31:03 -0500

I just got home from getting my copy at the 7-11 on Glebe Rd. in Arlington. The guy had just arrived and brought 80 copies. There were only 5 people there when he dropped them off.

kaylaraine

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:52:50 -0500

I'm at the Harris Teeter and there is a sign that the WP printer is broken and they will not be delivered till 9pm

Tom Lee

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:48:05 -0500

Worth noting: they handed em out at the Post building just a few blocks away about an hour ago. Not sure what the situation is now, or if the papers were charged for at the Post building.

Gordon

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:40:08 -0500

5:40 and still quite the line at CVS on M Street.

voyage35

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:34:00 -0500

This is why people are in line: eBay!

jpl1019

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:23:31 -0500

as of 5pm there are no papers yet at the 7-11 on Quaker Lane in Alexandria.

Reid

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:21:34 -0500

Damn, I was just going to throw out my Wall Street Journal from this morning, but now since it's worth about twice my 401k, I think I might hold on to it. Disclaimer, my 401k has leveled off at about $12.67. I'm sure there's a particular shortage of papers in the southwestern New England today, as I'm certain my mother went to and from each Dunkins and Mobil Mart hoarding them all, as is her wont on occassions like this.

Deep

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:05:36 -0500

There better be a fat TV guide in there.

dcsterorama

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:04:04 -0500

If you have a good color printer, just print today's PDF version of the Express. It's over here

specialed98

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:01:57 -0500

Hmmmm... when "Big Oil" and gas stations mark up their prices to reflect high demand, doesn't the Post consider that to be "greedy price gouging?" But when the Post marks up its price 300% to reflect high demand, that's just the free market in action, right?

majapa

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:00:23 -0500

Word is that the papers aren't actually hitting the stores til 5pm, which is right about now.

MB_DC

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:54:18 -0500

I waited for an hour at the CVS outside of the Courthouse Metro in Arlington. There was a line of about 50 people winding its way to the back of the store. Eventually, a store employee was like, "Sorry, but you guys can't stay here. We don't know when the paper is coming." The took names and phone numbers and said they'd call everyone when the paper arrived.

Shelbsthomcat

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:38:44 -0500

And people doubted Obama would turn the economy around quickly... President Elect for less than a day and so-called "angry mobs" are already willing to pay more for less paper. Ahhhh, America.

boondoggle

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:31:22 -0500

Does that dude in the middle of the line really tuck his tshirt into his Dockers? Cause I didn't vote for that.

virtutethecat

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:30:44 -0500

I live in the Montgomery County suburbs, and called around various Giants and Safeways around 3:30. They said they were getting the reprints, but they weren't in yet. Called again at 4:15, still not there. I live in Germantown, so hopefully I can snap up a copy sometime this evening. I figured that the trucks delivering the WP to the suburbs wouldn't get here till later, anyway.

Deep

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:28:07 -0500

Will the comics be in color?

HCE

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:27:17 -0500

I bought one from the vending machine in front of my building this morning at 7:30, and there were plenty left.

districtdon19

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:25:04 -0500

Uggh DCist! Always trying to contradict me! http://dcist.com/2008/11/05/mass_ave_closed_due_to_fire.php

Wizzyliz

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:24:50 -0500

Hey, Hey, Hey! I'm still waiting in line for the Nov. 3 Chicago Tribune paper: DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN

JoanArkham

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:23:55 -0500

Wow, this is crazy! I should have bought 10 this morning instead of two...and there were Expresses as far as the eye could see on the blue line this morning...

districtdon19

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:23:29 -0500

Anyone get on or off at the Silver Spring metro stop? The guy who distributes the Express there in the morning was exceptionally cheery this morning giving out his papers. It didn't even occur to me how valuable print press became again after last night. Needless to say, he actually gave away all of his papers, when they're lucky to unload 3/4 of their daily supply on a normal day. And if McCain won, who knows if DC would be using WaPo and WaPo Express to start small fires this morning. I would say an Obama win ensured the fire safety of the city for some time to come.

somegirl

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:20:37 -0500

What's with this 3-5 pm crap? Only people who can leave work two hours early can buy the paper?

Kev29

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:19:51 -0500

Guessing it's essentially a late, late edition. With some extra articles that were released today. Maybe updated maps and results as well. Don't know though.

Rukasu

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:13:57 -0500

Peregrine Espresso was chock full of em this morning...but that's cuz hipsters only read "blogs"

Bethesdaist

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:05:51 -0500

The CVS near my office doesn't have them in stock yet, but they've got a loooooong line of people waiting.

sticks

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:03:34 -0500

I had no problems getting the regular paper today around lunchtime, but I can't find an express to save my life!

econosize

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:03:05 -0500

So if I'm reading the Post's statement right from Kev29, there is nothing new about this commemorative edition--it is just the A and election section from this morning? I was just at CVS getting a snack and the angry mob there seemed to think they were waiting for something new and different...and maybe laminated.

taloisi1

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:00:09 -0500

I'm confused. Isn't the daily paper only 50 cents? that's how much I always pay!

Ian Buckwalter

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:50:56 -0500

DE- The publishers of the Post are just trying to be good capitalists. You know, high demand + low supply = higher price. They figure this is their last chance to do so before the incoming administration turns the Washington Post Company into the People's State Sanctioned Print Media Collective.

sixfive

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:50:06 -0500

The cover of Express is a lot more aesthetically pleasing than the Post today anyway..though I have both *breathes on fingernails*.

Bethesdaist

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:44:48 -0500

This morning I couldn't even find a copy of Express on the Metro - everyone kept theirs! It was the neatest and tidiest I have ever seen the trains. Good times, good times.

DE

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:40:43 -0500

Is this afternoon edition going to be gold plated or something? My home delivery edition reported that Obama won too.

Gordon

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:38:20 -0500

I'd suggest getting in line, virtuethecat. I just popped over to the CVS across the street from my office on M Street for a Gatorade and the line is about half the length of the store. I stopped by my local corner market on the way to work to see if they had any copies left this morning (of course, they didn't). It'd be nice to send a copy to my mom in Ohio, but at the end of the day this election was about much, much more than "commemorative editions" of newspapers.

virtutethecat

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:33:00 -0500

Thanks, kev29. I've got all of those stores near me, so at least one of them should have a copy!

Kev29

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:24:21 -0500

From the Post The special edition will sell for $1.50 and should be available between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. today at the following retail locations: 7-Eleven, CVS, Giant, Harris Teeter, Safeway and Shoppers Food and Pharmacy. The commemorative edition will consist of the A section and the election section.

PAonPenn

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:06:13 -0500

Yeah - not sure if they will be in newspaper boxes if they are a different price. I'm not sure where to pick on up.

erincarly

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:00:21 -0500

i usually get my sunday paper in Virginia . . . where can we go to get one here in DC?

monkeyrotica

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:58:57 -0500

Man, I'm senile enough to remember afternoon editions of newspapers. I might still have a few copies of the Evening Star lying around, complete with ads for Mortons and Garfinkels. Any chance there'll be a bulldog edition out after dark? Because I'd pay to read the Washington Post: After Dark. Probably a little risque, too. Say, with George Will in pasties and a thong. Or Bill Kristol giving William Raspberry a blumpkin.

virtutethecat

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:58:48 -0500

Does this mean that all the stand-alone kiosks (don't know what else to call them) will be refilled sometime after 3 pm, and that grocery stores and Borders will get more? I ran around earlier trying to find ANY copies of the WP, but got the last copy of the NYT at Safeway. Every place had a sign saying that they were sold out of all newspapers and would NOT get anymore in today...

Virginia is for Losers

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:49:18 -0500

Are there any newspapers left that still offer reprints on archival-quality rag paper?