I sit here in the newsroom near the folks who’ve been answering the phones all day. They’ve been getting calls from people looking for a copy of Wednesday’s paper. We are, like probably every other paper in the nation, sold out. (An extra edition was put out today, but I believe those are going quickly as well.)

So where do you find a copy? The Internet, of course.

I just spent a few minutes browsing eBay. And now I know where a lot of those papers ended up. It looks like some entrepreneurs are looking to turn a profit this morning, after snapping up dozens of copies of the paper. A seller in St. Peters, for example, is trying to sell 11 copies of the Post-Dispatch for nearly $15 each, including shipping.

But maybe you’d rather have something a little closer to home - or at least President-elect Obama’s home. A seller in New Lenox is trying to sell an unopened bundle (20 newspapers) of the Chicago Tribune for a little over $2,200. But hey, the seller is offering free shipping.

Checked out Craigslist as well, but it’s pretty quiet there. As of this writing, there’s just a few people looking for papers.